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“From fantasy to realism, every story in this collection proves that northern writers have something powerful to say.”
Zoë Richards. Author of Garden of Her Heart (2024, Fox and Ink Books) and Tell it to the Bees (2025, Fox and Ink Books).
Writing on the Wall proudly presents the first chapters of our 2025 Pulp Idol Champions.
For over a decade, the Pulp Idol novel-writing competition has been a vital platform for emerging voices from diverse, working-class backgrounds across the Liverpool City Region, helping new writers bring their stories to publishers, agents, and readers everywhere.
The competition has already helped launch the careers of remarkable authors, including:
Ashleigh Nugent LOCKS, Picador
Philippa Holloway The Half-Life of Snails, Parthian
James Rice Alice and the Fly, Hodder & Stoughton
Melissa Grindon Everything Grows When You Bury It and many more.
Pulp Idol ‘25 continues that legacy, showcasing an exceptional collection of first chapters from a bold new generation of storytellers, each one certain to leave you eager to read more and demanding to see their full novels in print.
Finalists:
Winner: Amber-Page Moss
Runners Up: Sue Hooton & Sarah Hinks
Finalists: Evita Akomode, Oliver Back, Julia Clayton, Eleanor Hall, Dan Melling, Stephanie Power, Dawn Reeves, Karen Sephton and Angela Zhu