One of the highlights of PulpFest is the convention’s program book, The Pulpster. For over thirty years, a complimentary copy of this great publication has been provided free of charge to all PulpFest members. It is also available for sale through Bud’s Art Books and Mike Chomko Books.
Although The Pulpster reflects the themes of each year’s PulpFest, it is open to a wide range of articles concerning pulp magazines, collecting, genre fiction, illustrative art, and other popular culture topics. Each issue has a circulation of over 500 copies, reaching a serious core of collectors, readers, and other fans.
Be a big part of PulpFest 2026 by placing an ad in this year’s issue of The Pulpster.
The magazine’s advertising rates are very reasonable:
color back cover – $250
inside front color cover – $200
inside back color cover – $150
centerfold 2-page color spread – $250 (all sold out)
inside 2-page color spread – $225
inside color full page – $100
inside black-and-white full-page – $90
color half-page – $80
black-and-white half-page – $70
black-and-white quarter page – $50
Please write to PulpFest marketing director Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com to reserve your space in The Pulpster. You have until May 31 to buy an ad. All spaces are sold on a first-come, first-served basis, with payment expected upon placing your order. Please be aware that our cover spaces and the centerfold sell very quickly.
Another way to advertise through PulpFest is to donate material that will be provided free to our members or serve as door prizes. Your generosity will be acknowledged on our website and at the convention. Over the years, Bear Manor Media, Chaosium Inc., Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Jim Gerlach and ERB Books, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Meteor House, Mike Chomko Books, New Dimensions Comics, Curt Phillips, Pulpville Press, Radio Archives, Stark House Press, Steeger Books, Vanguard Publishing, and others have donated to PulpFest.
Sponsorships are also available. You can sponsor the convention’s membership badges, welcome banner, homepage, and more. To learn more about donations or sponsorship opportunities, please contact the convention’s marketing director, Mike Chomko, at mike@pulpfest.com.
Our lead image was adapted by Pulpster editor William Lampkin from Dalton Steven’s cover for the November 1930 issue of Ghost Stories, published by Harold Hersey.
Our featured image is “Robots Buying Pulps,” by Xene and TED Otting of Get Weird! Sci-Fi. It is used with permission and demonstrates that even A. I. enjoys reading The Pulpster.
