NOMINATIONS FOR PULP FACTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN UNTIL 3/7;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lombard, Illinois – February 7, 2021

Every year, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near

Yorktown Mall in metro Chicago to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. Although the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention has been rescheduled for September, we are opening the Pulp Factory Award Nomination process for delivery in April 2021.   The 2021 PFAs will cover works published during the calendar year 2020. 

The nomination process will be as follows:

    • Members of the Pulp Factory Facebook group have through Sunday, March 7th  to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any work published in print in 2020 can be considered for nomination. (Digital-only books are excluded.) Reprints are not eligible for individual awards such as Best Short Story but may be included in collections if those collections feature stories published for the first time in 2020.

    • Nominations (by members of the Pulp Factory only) should be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com, with choices in any or all of the following categories. (You may nominate as many works in each category as you wish.)

        ◦ BEST PULP NOVEL

        ◦ BEST PULP COVER

        ◦ BEST PULP SHORT STORY

        ◦ BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

        ◦ BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY

    • The Best Pulp Anthology category covers any anthology or collection featuring multiple stories by a single author (a collection) or stories by a variety of authors (a normal anthology). The book must have been printed in 2020 and must have contained at least one new story. In the case of a new story plus reprints, the book is eligible for Best Pulp Anthology but only the new story is eligible for the Best Pulp Short Story category.

    • Members are encouraged to discuss their choices on the Pulp Factory FB group but note that your nominations must be e-mailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com to be included.

    • After March 8th, the committee will tally and craft a final ballot for voting (deadline to be scheduled), and that ballot will be submitted for fans to vote electronically for the awards. Awards will be shipped to winners in the month of April 2021. 

Questions and nominations should be directed to PulpAwards@gmail.com. This will ensure a more prompt response than reaching out to individual committee members.

Thank you for your interest, and looking forward to your nominations!