The official archives of the
The 1998 Rhysling Anthology
and 1997/1998 Rhysling Awards
The 1997 Rhysling Awards
Short Poem Category
Winner
Day Omega by W. Gregory Stewart
Second Place
Dash by Mary Turzillo
Third Place
Speaking Bones by Denise Dumars |
Long Poem Category
Winner
Spotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes by Terry A. Garey
Second Place
Memories of My Mistress by Blythe Ayne
Third Place
Canto (Evocare!) by James S. Dorr |
The 1998 Rhysling Awards
Short Poem Category
Winner
Explaining Frankenstein to His Mother by John Grey
Second Place
Shaman by Charlee Jacob
Third Place (tie)
On Reading Bradbury by Sandra Kasturi
It's All Time-Machines, She Said by Timons Esaias |
Long Poem Category
Winner
why goldfish shouldn't use power tools by Laurel Winter
Second Place
Ghost Ships by Charlee Jacob
Third Place
Medusa's Daughter by James S. Dorr |
The 1998 Rhysling Anthology:
The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 1996 and 1997
 |
Rhysling Chair: Lida Broadhurst
Editor: David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Cover Art: Marge Simon
Back Cover Art: Morgan L. Kopaska-Merkel
Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association
and Stone Lightning Press |
Short Poems First Published in 1996
Awards Key
First Place winner
Second Place winner
Third Place winner
More than one poem with the same color code within a category indicates a tie.
Keith Allen Daniels • Return of the Haruspex • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 46, 1996
Denise Dumars • Speaking Bones • Speaking Bones, Dark Regions Press, 1996
Peter Goldstein • Aleph Null • Star*Line, Vol. 18 Issue 6/Vol. 19 Issue 1, 1996
Peter Goldstein • Diet of Hermits • Frisson, Summer 1996
Jerry H. Jenkins • Biosynth • Pirate Writings, Issue 12, 1996
John Nichols • black holes • Mindsparks SF Poetry Anthology, 1996
Jacie Ragan • Melancholic Rhapsody • Star*Line, Vol. 19 Issue 4, 1996
Bobbi Sinha-Morey • Marilyn Monroe as a Vampire • Rouge et Noir, Issue 7, 1996
W. Gregory Stewart • Day Omega • Asimov’s Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 1996
W. Gregory Stewart • Dog Weed • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 46, 1996
Mary Turzillo • Dash • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 16, 1996
Long Poems First Published in 1996
Awards Key
First Place winner
Second Place winner
Third Place winner
More than one poem with the same color code within a category indicates a tie.
Blythe Ayne • Memories of My Mistress • Mindsparks SF Poetry Anthology, 1996
Ruth Berman • On Webster Hill: Reflections on Rereading City • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 16, 1996
Keith Allen Daniels • An Evening with Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) • Xenophilia, Issue 9, 1996
James S. Dorr • Canto (Evocare!) • Dante’s Disciples, White Wolf, 1996
Terry A. Garey • Spotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes • Serve It Forth, Warner Aspect, 1996
Nicholas Midgley • Miss Lilah thoughtful in the underworld • Odyssey, Issue 21, 1996
Todd Earl Rhodes • Momento • Star*Line, Vol. 18 Issue 6/Vol. 19 Issue 1, 1996
David Walter • 16 Watertight Compartments • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 46, 1996
Pat York • A Faerie’s Tale • Realms of Fantasy, Aug. 1996
Short Poems First Published in 1997
Awards Key
First Place winner
Second Place winner
Third Place winner
More than one poem with the same color code within a category indicates a tie.
Marion Arenas • Warning to the Younger Sisters • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 1997
Timons Esaias • It’s All Time-Machines, She Said • Star*Line, Vol. 20 Issue 5, 1997
John Grey • Explaining Frankenstein to His Mother • Star*Line, Vol. 20 Issue 3, 1997
Rhys Hughes • Monkey from a Cannon • Nasty Piece of Work, Issue 5, 1997
Charlee Jacob • Shaman • The Catbird Seat, Issue 1, 1997
Andrew Joron • The Weatherman • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 1997
Sandra Kasturi • On Reading Bradbury • Tesseracts 6, Tesseract Books, 1997
Carol D. Page • California • Star*Line, Vol. 20 Issue 1, 1997
Kathryn Rantala • Email • ALBA, Sept. 1997
Wendy Rathbone • This Dream We Lumber In • Talebones, Summer 1997
Clélie Rich • lunary • Tesseracts 6, Tesseract Books, 1997
Margaret Ballif Simon • Sourdough Bread • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 18, 1997
Long Poems First Published in 1997
Awards Key
First Place winner
Second Place winner
Third Place winner
More than one poem with the same color code within a category indicates a tie.
Mike Allen • Gears • Space & Time, Issue 87, 1997
James S. Dorr • Medusa’s Daughter • Star*Line, Vol. 20 Issue 3, 1997
Charlee Jacob • Ghost Ships • Asylums and Labyrinths, Nov. 1997
David Memmott • The Grounded Astronaut Forgoes His Pension for the Gift of Prophecy But Learns Time Does Not Flow in One Direction • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 1997
Rhea Rose • whistling women • Tesseracts 6, Tesseract Books, 1997
Laurel Winter • why goldfish shouldn’t use power tools • Asimov’s Science Fiction, Dec. 1997
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