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The 1982 Rhysling Anthology and Awards

The 1982 Rhysling Awards

Short Poem Category

Winner

On the Speed of Sight by Raymond DiZazzo

Long Poem Category

Winner

The Well of Baln by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Rhysling Anthology
The Best Science Fiction Poetry of 1981

The 1982 Rhysling Anthology             Cover art: Alfred Klosterman
            Interior graphics: Robert Frazier, Karen G. Jollie,
                   Alfred Klosterman & M.M. Roessner-Herman
            Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association

Rhysling Award nominees published in 1981

      Awards Key
            First Place winner
            More than one poem with the same color code within a category indicates a tie.

SHORT POEMS

Raymond DiZazzo • On the Speed of Sight • Uranus, Issue 3, 1981

Elissa L. A. Hamilton • Ybba • Star*Line, Vol. 4 Issue 2, 1981

Andrew Joron & Robert Frazier • Their Terminals Have Said... • Amazing, Sept. 1981

Marge Piercy • Absolute Zero in the Brain • The Berkley Showcase, Vol. 4, Berkley, 1981

Kathryn Rantala • Noah at Sea • Portland Review, Vol. 27 Issue 2, 1981

Kathryn Rantala • Voyager IV • Star*Line, Vol. 4 Issue 2, 1981

LONG POEMS

Terry A. Garey • The Grove • Room of One’s Own, Vol. 6 Issue 1&2, 1981

Albert Goldbarth • Saucer Station: Monday-Friday • The Little Magazine, Vol. 13 Issue 1, 1981

Ursula K. Le Guin • The Well of Baln • Hard Words & Other Poems, Harper & Row, 1981

Adrianne Marcus • Paper Clocks • Umbral, Issue 4, 1981

Gene Van Troyer & Robert Frazier • The Starfarers • Portland Review, Vol. 27 Issue 2, 1981

Final nominee not included in the anthology:
Steven M. Tymon • Of Apollo: 7/20/69 • Star*Line, Jan. 1981

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