2025 Pulp Factory Awards open for nominations!

On behalf of the Pulp Factory Awards committee, we're pleased to announce that it's time to submit your nominations for this year's awards, recognizing the best in new pulp writing and art. Full details posted below:

Every year, fans gather at the Westin Hotel near Yorktown Mall in metro Chicago to celebrate the best in classic and New Pulp literature. As part of those celebrations, nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards are open. The 2026 awards will cover works published during the calendar year 2025.

The nomination process will be as follows:

• Members of the Pulp Factory Facebook group have through Monday, February 2, to submit their initial nominations for the Pulp Factory Awards. Any work published in print in 2025 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 2025.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Any novel published in 2025 in print format
  
  
• BEST PULP COVER
  
  
• Best cover produced for a pulp novel or anthology. Any final artistic product produced by AI app/server/machine will not qualify for any PF awards.
  
  
• BEST PULP SHORT STORY
  
  
• Best short story published in 2025 in print format
  
  
• BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS
  
  
• Best interior illustrations for a novel or anthology, produced by a single artist for the book. Single illustrations or books with illustrations by multiple artists are not eligible for the awards. Any final artistic product produced by AI app/server/machine will not qualify for any PF awards.
  
  
• BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
  
  
• 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 2025 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 Facebook group but note that your nominations must be emailed directly to PulpAwards@gmail.com to be included.
  
  
• After February 2, 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 handed out to winners during the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention on Friday, March 27, 2026.

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 we're looking forward to your nominations!