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The 1985 Rhysling Anthology and Awards




The 1985 Rhysling Awards


Short Poem Category

Winner

  • For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets by Bruce Boston
  • Long Poem Category

    Winner

  • A Letter from Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) by Siv Cedering




  • The 1985 Rhysling Anthology
    The Best Science Fiction Poetry of 1984


    The 1985 Rhysling Anthology             Cover Art: Robert Frazier
                Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association


    Rhysling Award nominees published in 1984

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

    SHORT POEMS

  • Hope Athearn • The Twenty-Fifth (found in the archives of Sirius IV) • Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1984
  • Michael Bishop • Independence Day Forever • Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1984
  • Bruce Boston • For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets • Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1984
  • Anne J. Braude • Launcelot in Winter • Niekas, Issue 27, 1984
  • Helen Ehrlich • For Alfred, Lord Tennyson • Star*Line, Vol. 7 Issue 2, 1984
  • Suzanne Lummis • How It All Began • Idiosyncracies, Illuminati Press, 1984
  • Chuck Oliveros • The Man Who Left Us Behind • Velocities, Issue 3, 1984
  • Jonathan V. Post • The Problem of Pain • Poetry Chapbook 1, Star/Sword Publications, 1984


    LONG POEMS

  • Siv Cedering • A Letter from Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) • Science 84, June 1984
  • Bill Hotchkiss • Audible Lithography • Pudding, Issue 11, 1984
  • Andrew Joron & Robert Frazier • Hominid Voices • Uranus, Issue 4, 1984
  • David Lunde • The Still Point • Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1984





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