Pulp is a lit mag for low brow filth found in the pages of penny dreadfuls and strewn in the back of stores with privacy curtains. Send us your manifestos, your 3 am love letters to toxic exes, queer westerns, subverted neo noires, romance/scifi hybrid experimental stories, and whatever else you made in the dumpster behind the 7/11.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
💌 SHOP OPEN!🍉 STATEMENT ON PALESTINE🪩 PULP'S VIBES✨ PULP'S MANIFESTO
Big Announcement COMING SOON!!!!
EDITOR IN CHIEF - FINNIALLA (they/them)
Finnialla or (finn-all-uh) is a screenwriter, poet, novelist, certified bog monster, and artist whose work can be found on the side of freeways or found in the garbage. They have been published in multiple indie magazines and is a staff member at The Incognito Press, Democratic Left, The Queer Gaze, and Kokomo Diaries. If you want to reach out, you can check out their website, finn-all-uh.org, or their Twitter for 2 am hyperfixation rabbithole threads and protest links, @finnalluh. Usual haunts include oddities shops, cemeteries, trash cans and protests.
STAFF
PROSE WRITER - Stephen (He/him)
S.G. Mallett is a quebec based author of the full-length poetry collection Disparate Logoi(Alien Buddha Press) and the chapbook A Brief History of Scarecrows (Back Room Poetry).
PROSE WRITER - Yasha (She/her)
Lithuanian based writer, filmmaker, artist, and photographer with work forthcoming in National Flash Fiction Day Journal, Easy Does It Zine, and Vellichor Lit. She also writes a substack, On the Outside, looking in.
PROSE WRITER - Simon (He/Him)
Simon is a writer from England. He seeks solitude and shadow.
Poetry and Prose Writer - TOM Stuckey (He/him)
Tom is a poet from Devon in the UK and has been published in Punk Noir, Bristol Noir and A Thin Slice of Anxiety.
POETRY WRITER - Will (He/They/it)
Will Myers is a queer poet from the American Midwest who has possessed a passion for writing from a young age. They also enjoy video games, theater, and anything that has to do with the horror genre. This is their first time as a staff contributor so it’s excited to see where this experience takes him.
Poetry Writer - Samruddhi (she/her)
bio coming soon!
POETRY WRITER/EDITOR - DEVON (She/her)
Devon Webb (she/her) is a writer & editor based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her award-winning work has been published extensively worldwide & revolves around themes of femininity, vulnerability, anti-capitalism & neurodivergence. She is a staff writer for Erato Magazine & Pulp Lit Mag, an editor for Prismatica Press, & a founding member of The Circus (@circuslit), a collective prioritising radical inclusivity within the indie lit scene. She can be found on social media at @devonwebbnz.
EDITOR/Photographer -DIMITRI (he/him)
Brazil based lover of old things, music, and transgressive literature/horror.
Little Survivals by Liam Strong
Elecktro-Geist, or Something In The Powerlines by Jak Alam
The Emo-To-Trans Pipeline: How Rock Music Helped Me Embrace Myself Before I Even Knew Who I Was by Steph Kyriacou
* next to a name indicates an author who has been published in more than one issue of PULP!** next to a name indicates an author who is also a staff member at PULP!
✨ Submissions will be read on a rolling basis for each issue.✨ Submitters of this lit mag need to be 18 or older because of the inclusion of NSFW works.✨ if you don't know if your piece fits, like a soundscape or weird piece of art or whatever other fun thing, It does. We will find a way to make it work, if it's cool enough and we want it in the magazine. We'll find a way.✨ We encourage previous submissions and simultaneous submissions. On the submissions page, there is a part for you to fill out where it's been published before so we can call out the amazing lit mags who published it. If it gets submitted somewhere else, shoot us an email and we will congratulate you and update your form.✨ If your piece needs to be pulled for any reason, just reach out and we will do it no questions asked.✨ No AI writing or art of any kind will be allowed. We don't need robots doing our jobs. Now, if you write an awesome science fiction about it, we will probably publish it, but if you get a robot to write it, then that's just mean.✨ No submissions from Zionists will be considered in this magazine. The Editor in Chief and Staff stand with the people and state of Palestine.✨ There are no formatting requirements on any of this. Do you, babes.✨ PULP does not want work that is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or xenophobic. We will publish work that makes a comment on these topics if it displays these in a negative light and brings forth the flaws in the thinking, but any kind of hateful speech outright is not allowed. When a piece displays that commentary, a trigger warning will be present at the beginning.✨ There is no technical word limit, but we do ask you keep it to one piece for any long fiction, creative nonfiction, or article pieces. If you write War and Peace 2, electric Boogaloo, we will probably reject it, but write your little hearts out, we can't wait to read it.✨ There is also a three piece max for short stories and a five piece max for poems, artworks, photos, and hybrid works. We are are a little team right now. (I.e. It's only me and I want to be able to read all of your amazing works.)✨ We cannot afford to pay contributors at this time. We can definitely pay you in experiences and social media shout outs though!
CHAPBOOK SUBS OPEN
Open until Dec 15th
Limited spots available
Accepting: Poetry, fiction, non fiction prose
100 pages or less
Have any questions? Just want to send us fan fiction? Do you have a really cool idea for a way for us to get rich quick and want to share the wealth with us? Shoot us an email AT [email protected].
*Please note that our EIC is based in the Mountain Time Zone of North America, so their responses will reflect those times. Also Also note that they suck at having a normal sleep schedule. If you get an email at 3 am, it's probably them.
Want to contribute to every issue? Edit some pieces? Just draw some cover art? You can join PULP and hang out with the weirdos at the back of the class.All positions are volunteer and unpaid. We have no money, as this place is ran by a gen z kid who is currently contemplating their 200,000 dollar art degree and other young adults who make poor financial decisions. We are living off of hope and ramen noodles in this house.Applications are read on a rolling basis.STAFF INFORMATION HERE
AVAILABLE POSITIONS:
Poetry writers, Prose writers, Editors, Illustrators/Photographers, and Social Media Manager
PULP wholeheartedly supports the people of Palestine, and hopes for a permanent ceasefire and liberation of the region. We strongly encourage readers of this publication to donate to families in the Gaza Strip, protest, and amplify the injustices, violence, and international war crimes that have been ongoing since 1948.The pinkwashing campaign from Israel is used to justify genocide the Palestinian people on their own land. As a queer person, I will not stand in silence as queer Palestinians are forced to justify their identity to live, just to get killed with their families and friends anyway. If you want to learn more about the plight of queer Palestinians, I recommend reading A Liberatory Demand from Queers in Palestine.As I have said before and I will say until it's true, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
RESOURCES
ACTIONS
🍉 STOP THE GAZA GENOCIDE TOOLKIT - Very important. A treasure trove of information.🍉 FREE AND FAST WAYS TO SUPPORT PALESTINE🍉 PALESTINIAN BUSINESSES - Support people and Palestinian businesses directly.🍉 CALL CONGRESS: STOP FUELING VIOLENCE🍉 JAM THE PHONE LINES🍉 FREE PROTEST ART🍉 WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR PALESTINE BLANK ZINE
Places to donate
🍉 CARE FOR GAZA - Nonprofit that’s taking donations to help get food to the people in Gaza right now.🍉 E SIMS FOR GAZA - eSims are one of the only ways Palestinians have been able to keep in touch with the world and loved ones.🍉 CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE eSIM DRIVE - If you donate an eSim to Gaza through the link and provide proof, you can get a commission or free art piece from these amazing artists.🍉 MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS - an organization on the ground in Gaza working to stock hospitals with essential healthcare supplies🍉 MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE🍉 PALESTINE CHILDREN’S RELIEF FUND🍉 UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM🍉 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
Poetry
🍉 I Grant You Refuge - Hiba Abu Nada🍉 Not Just Passing - Hiba Abu Nada🍉 If I Must Die - Refaat Alareer🍉 Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying - Noor Hindi🍉 Calm Day - Ghassan Zaqtan🍉 Palestine -Navakanta Barua🍉 War Machines Dress Up as Drag Queens - Mohammed El-Kurd🍉 Oh Rascal Children of Gaza - Khaled Juma🍉 In Jerusalem - Mahmoud Darwish🍉 WORDS UNDER THE WORDS: SELECTED POEMS - Naomi Shihab Nye🍉 BIRTHRIGHT - George Abraham🍉 DEAR GOD DEAR BONES DEAR YELLOW - Noor Hindi🍉 RIFQA - Mohammed El-Kurd🍉 I COULD DIE TODAY & LIVE AGAIN - Summer Farah🍉 BORN PALESTINIAN, BORN BLACK - Suheir Hammad🍉 HOW WATER HOLDS ME - Tariq Luthun🍉 ALMOND BLOSSOMS AND BEYOND - Mahmoud Darwish
Misc resources
🍉 PALESTINE READING LIST - by Dogfish99🍉 BLACK ZINE ARCHIVE LINKS FOR PALESTINE - Lots of good resources and articles about Palestine🍉 POLITICAL EDUCATION PODCAST PLAYLIST - by Emma Kim Rust🍉 PALESTINE READING LIST - by Dilettante Army🍉 CATASTROPHE IN CONTEXT: A TEACH IN ON THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND BEYOND🍉 READINGS AND DIGITAL RESOURCES ON PALESTINE - Center for Middle Eastern Studies🍉 JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE RESOURCES🍉 TEACH PALESTINE🍉 CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS🍉 +972 MAGAZINE
ARTICLES
🍉 Introduction to Palestine🍉 what is the ethical way to climb out of hell🍉 There Was an Iron Wall in Gaza🍉 Have We Learned Nothing?🍉 palestinian suffering is never as urgent as the counterfactual🍉 South Africa’s ICJ Case Against Israel Is a Call to Break Free From the Imperial West🍉 The Nakba did not start or end in 1948🍉 I Joined Gaza’s Trail of Tears and Displacement🍉 A Tradition of Defiance🍉 What Every American Should Know About Gaza🍉 Turning the Tables | The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Revisited🍉 The Shoah after Gaza🍉 Documenting Six Months of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza🍉 Photographs of Life in Palestine (ca. 1896–1919)
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Books
🍉 FREE EBOOKS FOR A FREE PALESTINE - Haymarket Books🍉 FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA🍉 THE SHOAH AFTER GAZA - Pankaj Mishra🍉 PALESTINE IS THROWING A PARTY AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS INVITED - Kareem Rabie for the Duke University Press🍉 TEN MYTHS ABOUT ISRAEL - Ilan Pappe🍉 "LIGHT IN GAZA" - Writings Born of Fire. Edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, and Mike Merryman-Lotze🍉 THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE - Edward. W Said🍉 “EXCEPT FOR PALESTINE: THE LIMITS OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS - The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick🍉 THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR ON PALESTINE: A HISTORY OF SETTLER COLONIALISM AND RESISTANCE 1917-2017 - Rashid Khalidi
Zines
🍉 TKHINES FOR A FREE PALESTINE🍉 KADDISH FOR THE SOUL OF JUDAISM: GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE🍉 THREE PERSPECTIVES ON ZIONISM, JEWISHNESS, CLASS, AND LIBERATION🍉 JEWISH CURRENTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE EXPLAINER🍉 A RADICAL VOICE FROM PALESTINE🍉 SEEDS FROM PALESTINE🍉 SIGNS OF THE TIMES🍉 COLONIZATION🍉 NO STATE SOLUTION🍉 THIS IS THE LIFE🍉 IRAQ AND KUWAIT, A HISTORY SUPPRESSED🍉 PALESTINE ZINES AND READING LIST - by @cyclista_zine🍉 PALESTINE ZINES - by ig @illegibledistro
FESTIVAL OF INDIE LIT
TO DO LIST
- Set up form for Indie Lit Mags
- Schedule the days out (panels, q and a's, seminars) ((2 days))
- Set up sign up formSCHEDULE
DAY ONE
