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The Editors’ Choice Finalists in the First Page Cage Match!

A Tale of Two Stories We are delighted to announce the Editors’ Choice finalists in the First Page Cage Match.
com/contests/the-first-page-cage/" >First Page Cage Match!

These two stories each opened with the thirty-page entries (of the four semifinalists) that most made at least two of the three of us Pulp Literature editors want to read more.

Both finalists will receive editorial critiques of their first thirty pages, and will be invited to submit their full manuscripts.

And the author of the winning manuscript (announced soon!) will receive $200, an editorial review, and a synopsis critique.

You can catch up on all the excitement here, but for now …

The First Page Cage Match Finalists

The Pansy Paradox by Charity Tahmaseb

The Year We Got Away by Nikita Andester

Congratulations to the finalists! Stay tuned to the blog to discover which of these stories has the winning pages in the cage, announced later this month!

While You Wait

Check out more from these standout authors: Visit Charity Tahmaseb at writingwrongs.blog, and Nikita Andester at nikitaandester.com.

Thank you to all who entered the First Page Cage Match. And congratulations to the finalists!

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