Pulp Idol - Firsts 2012

by Jenny Newman, Penny Feeny (Editor), Mike Morris (Editor)

Pulp Idol - Firsts 2012 is the third collection of first chapters from new and up and coming novelists who were finalists in the Pulp Idol writing competition organised by the Liverpool-based Writing on the Wall Festival. The competition takes place each year during the festival (usually held in May) and features writers taking part in a series of heats and a final, reading from their work and answering questions from the judges, who are all published writers themselves. The purpose of the competition, and the 'Firsts' publication, is to support new writers and bring their work to the attention of publishers and agents. The judges for the Pulp Idol 2012 final said of this year's collections of 'Firsts': This year's Pulp Idol yielded some of the most powerful and original prose I've read in a long time. A truly notable collection of FirstsHelen Walsh, Brass, Go to Sleep, Once Upon a Time in EnglandThe standard of the entries I read at this year’s Pulp Idol wasexceptional. It’s a superb competition, seeking talent in placeswhere many don’t think to look, and the variety of the writing Iwas introduced to impressed me enormouslyLuke Brown, Senior Editor, Tindal Street PressNew writers pen their first chapters, and judging by thisstandard, the future of the novel is in good handsDebbie Morgan, Disappearing Home

108 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 5, 2012