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 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.

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

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