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The 1986 Rhysling Anthology and Awards




The 1986 Rhysling Awards


Short Poem Category

Winner

  • The Neighbor’s Wife by Susan Palwick
  • Long Poem Category

    Winner

  • Shipwrecked on Destiny Five by Andrew Joron




  • Rhysling Anthology 1986
    The Best Science Fiction Poetry of 1985


    The 1986 Rhysling Anthology             Cover Art: Robert Frazier
                Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association


    Rhysling Award nominees published in 1985

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

    SHORT POEMS

  • Bruce Boston • The Evolution of the Death Murals • Asimov's Science Fiction, Sept. 1985
  • Michael R. Collings • Sputnik • Naked to the Sun, Starmont House, 1985
  • Andrew Darlington • The Flight in the Cave of the Moonbutchers/The Mooncalf • SF Spectrum, Issue 1, 1985
  • Ron Ellis • Car Radio • Velocities, Issue 4, 1984
  • Steve Eng • Bardicide • Eldritch Tales, Issue 11, 1985
  • Michael Finley • The Man in the Air • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 1985
  • B. Buckley Finnegan • Orbiting Structure • Star*Line, Vol. 8 Issue 3, 1985
  • Robert Frazier • Perception Barriers • Asimov's Science Fiction, Dec. 1985
  • Thomas Ligotti • One Thousand Painful Variations Performed Upon Divers Creatures Undergoing the Treatment of Dr. Moreau, Humanist • Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Silver Scarab Press, 1985
  • Richard McMullen • Dracula’s Dentist • Jam To-day, Issue 11, 1985
  • Susan Palwick • The Neighbor’s Wife • Amazing, July 1985
  • Jonathan V. Post • To the Stars: Love Hypertext • To the Stars: Love Hypertext, Emerald City Press, 1985
  • Mark Rich • Post • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Summer 1985
  • Jane Yolen • Into the Wood • Asimov's Science Fiction, Feb. 1985


    LONG POEMS

  • Michael R. Collings • The Last Pastoral • Naked to the Sun, Starmont House, 1985
  • Ron Ellis • Neutrino Mantra • Star*Line, Vol. 8 Issue 2, 1985
  • Rochelle Lynn Holt • Without Dreams • Prelude to Fantasy, Issue 4, 1985
  • Andrew Joron • Shipwrecked on Destiny Five • Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1985
  • Elissa Malcohn • Pantoum for a Switched Identity • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Summer 1985
  • Ken Poyner • The Last Day • Jam To-day, Issue 11, 1985
  • Peter Viereck • Rogue • The Poetry Review, Sept. 1985
  • t. Winter-Damon • Flickering Blue Extreme • Back Brain Recluse, Issue 4, 1985





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