The 2022 Pulp Factory Awards ballot is out, its finalists chosen by votes from members of the Pulp Factory, a professional association of pulp writers, artists, editors and publishers.

The public is invited to vote on this shortlist/final ballot – not just Pulp Factory members. The voting deadline is Midnight (EST) Friday March 28. The ballot is here. 

The awards will be handed out at the traditional ceremony at the Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention in Chicago, IL, May 6-8, 2022.

BEST PULP NOVEL

• Captain Hawklin and the Invisible Enemy – Charles F. Millhouse (Stormgate)
• Fangs of the Sea – Fred Adams Jr. (Airship 27)
• The Great Chicago Fire Conspiracy – George Tackes (Airship 27)

BEST PULP SHORT STORY

• “Saturn’s Child” – Mark Allen Vann – Saturn’s Child And Other Tales (Xepico Press)
• “Snow Shorts: Snow Ambition” – Brian K. Morris (BEN Books)
• “Strigoi” – Jonathan W. Sweet – Ghosts of the Jackal (Brick Pickle Pulp)

BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY

• Blood on the Blade – Flinch Books
• Mystery Men (& Women) Vol. 7 – Airship 27
• Occupied Pulp – Flinch Books
• Pulp Reality #2 – Stormgate Press
• Pulp Reality #3 – Stormgate Press

BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS

• Chris Nye – RUNEMASTER – Shield Maiden’s Blade (Airship 27)
• Ed Catto – THE MUSKETEERS – New Adventures (Airship 27)
• Gary Kato – PULP MYTHOLOGY Vol 2 (Airship 27)
• Guy Davis – THE SILVER PENTACLE (Airship 27)
• Rob Davis – C.O.JONES – Hometown U.S.A. (Airship 27)
• Stephen Burks – PULP REALITY #3 – (Stormgate Press)

BEST PULP COVER (larger images below)

• Clayton Murwin – PULP REALITY # 2 – (Stormgate Press)
• Adam Shaw – FANGS OF THE SEA (Airship 27)
• Adam Shaw – JEZEBEL JOHNSTON 7 – Mastiff (Airship 27)
• Douglas Klauba – SATURN’S CHILD And Other Tales (Xepico Press)
• Rob Davis – JEZEBEL JOHNSTON Vol 8 REVELATION (Airship 27)