Tag: Pulp Literature

I have a MAGPIE…I’d love a RAVEN!

Oct 26, 2015

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Ace Baker

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Don’t worry–I don’t keep wild birds captive in my home. All I mean is that I just heard some good news: Dear Authors, Congratulations! If you are receiving this email it means one or more of your stories has made it onto the long list for the Raven Contest. . . Pulp Literature is a high-quality…
Official Journey Prize nominations by PULP LITERATURE !

Feb 2, 2015

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Ace Baker

in champion, fancy footwork, fiction, golden gloves, poetry, short stories

“Victory Girl” Nominated by Pulp Literature The editors at Pulp Literature have been incredibly kind to me this year… My poem, “Big Red Schoolhouse,” was selected by past Poet Laureate George McWhirter as the winner of The Magpie Award, and was subsequently nominated by Pulp Literature’s editors for a National Magazine Award. One of…
Ace Baker at Golden Ears Writers

Nov 21, 2014

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Ace Baker

in touch gloves

This past Tuesday, the Golden Ears Writers put on a presentation at the ACT–the Arts Centre and Theatre in Maple Ridge… Ace Baker dug himself out of his writer’s cave long enough to take it in… and so did many others… Pulp Literature editors Sue Pieters and Jen Landels gave an informative presentation on how to…
Pulp Literature (and Ace Baker) at VCon!

Oct 4, 2014

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Ace Baker

in fiction, poetry, short stories, writer ace baker

Last night, I finished work at 6:30, flew across the Port Mann bridge, and made it to the VCon book signing event by 7:00. VCon looked like a bar scene from Star Wars–many interesting characters, and these ones weren’t in between pages of a book! Wandering the halls were fantasy and sci-fi characters, steampunkers,…
Hummingbird Flash Fiction Contest: “WFF” is an editor’s pick!

Sep 15, 2014

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Ace Baker

in short stories, writer ace baker

Well, the results are in for Pulp Literature’s flash fiction Hummingbird contest. First, I was contacted that I was one of twelve finalists. Then, the results came out today. My story, “WFF,” wasn’t the winner or runner-up; those accolades go to Rob Taylor’s “Here I Lay Down My Heart,” and Daniela Elza’s “Waiting for Twilight,”…
STELLA NOVELLA? Mel Anastasiou can certainly TELLA tale!

Aug 28, 2014

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, writing technique

Memorable characters–they’re the lifeblood of strong storytelling. Artist, writer, and editor Mel Anastasiou understands that all too well… Anastasiou is the author of several Stella Novellas, mysteries featuring an unlikely heroine: Stella, the octogenarian star of her Fairmount Manor Mysteries. Yes, I said octogenarian. Imagine if Janet Evanovich’s Grandma Mazur got smarter and actually did…
Update on “Big Red Schoolhouse” . . . Judges’ comments!

Jul 10, 2014

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Ace Baker

in champion

Ok, so here are the lovely words the judges had to say about “Big Red Schoolhouse,” my poem that won the inaugural Magpie Poetry Award: Magpie Award Winner ‘Big Red Schoolhouse’ by Ace Baker “The poem in 1st place, ‘Big Red Schoolhouse, keeps us up to our elbows in the muck of the moment and the…
“BIG RED SCHOOLHOUSE” wins MAGPIE POETRY AWARD!

Jul 10, 2014

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Ace Baker

in champion, poetry

Ok, I am THRILLED to announce that my poem, “Big Red Schoolhouse,” was the winner of the inaugural Magpie Poetry Award by PULP LITERATURE, whose contest’s final judges were the amazing Daniel Cowper and past Poet Laureate of Vancouver, George McWhirter. This poem is special to me because I wrote it because of Patrick and…