# Pulp Literature Press

Pulp Literature Press is a Canadian-based small press founded in Richmond, BC in 2013. The primary work of the press is the publication of the quarterly literary journal, Pulp Literature. In 2016, the press expanded into publishing writing guides, and added full-length novels in 2017.

## Publications
### Pulp Literature

Pulp Literature is a Canadian quarterly literary journal that features the work of emerging and established writers. Launched in Richmond, BC in 2013, Pulp Literature publishes and promotes short fiction, poetry, art (including graphic novel short stories), and feature interviews. The journal has an affirmative action policy for submissions and publishes at least 75% Canadian content. Pulp Literature is distributed in print and electronic format throughout Canada, and to an international readership.
* 2014 - Issues 1-4
* 2015 - Issues 5-8
* 2016 - Issues 9-12
* 2017 - Issues 13-16
* 2018 - Issues 17-20
* 2019 - Issues 21-24
* 2020 - Issues 25-28
* 2021 - Issues 29-32
* 2022 - Issues 33-36
* 2023 - Issues 37-40
* 2024 - Issues 41-44

#### History

In 2013, Pulp Literature magazine was founded on Bowen Island. The journal's title came from the founding editors’ taste for great storytelling in genre fiction. The word 'Pulp' is an homage to pulp publications such as The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog, Ellery Queen, etc., while ‘Literature’ represents the ideal of narrative quality.

#### Notable contributors

Each issue features a story from a well-known author writing outside their usual genres. These include C.C. Humphreys, JJ Lee (writer), Joan MacLeod, Susanna Kearsley, George McWhirter, Matt Hughes, Eileen Kernaghan, Robert J. Sawyer, Carol Berg, Brenda Carre, Bob Thurber, Matthew Hooton, Genni Gunn, Kristene Perron, Robert Silverberg, Kelly Robson, A.M. Dellamonica, Tomson Highway, Kate Heartfield, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Shashi Bhat, Dan MacIsaac, James Sallis, Richard Thomas, Claire Humphreys, and Finnian Burnett.

### Novels

2017
* Stella Ryman and the Fairmount Manor Mysteries
* Allaigna’s Song: Overture
2019
* Advent
* The Labours of Mrs Stella Ryman: Further Fairmount Manor Mysteries
2020
* Allaigna's Song: Aria
2022
* The Extra: A Monument Studios Mystery
* Allaigna's Song: Chorale

### Writing Guides et al.

2016
* Colouring Paradise: A Renaissance-Inspired Colouring Book
* The Writer’s Boon Companion: Thirty Days Towards an Extraordinary Volume
2018
* The Writer’s Friend & Confidante

## Writing contests

Pulp Literature runs six annual contests for fiction and poetry that provide cash prizes up to $500 and publication for the winners. Judges for these contests have included George McWhirter, C.C. Humphreys, JJ Lee, Bob Thurber, Brenda Carre, Diane Tucker, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Leo X Robertson, Jude Neale, Kelly Robson, and Finnian Burnett.
* The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest (originally the Bumblebee Microfiction Award) - est 2015
* The Magpie Award for Poetry - est 2014
* The Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize - est 2014
* The Raven Short Story Contest (originally the Raven Cover Story Contest) - est 2015
    Raven Winners
      * 2023 EC Dorgan for ‘Flehmen Grimace’
      * 2022 Cate Sandilands for ‘Revolutions’
      * 2021 Laura Kuhlmann for ‘A Jar of Marmalade’
      * 2020 Nancy Ludmerer for ‘Good Intentions’
      * 2019 Michael Donoghue for ‘Life4Sale’
      * 2018 Cheryl Wollner for ‘Girls Who Dance in the Flames’
      * 2017 Elaine McDivitt for ‘The Tape’
      * 2016 Pat Flewwelling for ‘The Handler’
      * 2015 Emily Linstrom for ‘Black Blizzard’
* The First Page Cage Contest - est 2023
* The Kingfisher Poetry Prize - est 2023