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The 1990 Rhysling Anthology and Awards

The 1990 Rhysling Awards

Short Poem Category

Winner

Epitaph for Dreams by G. Sutton Breiding

Long Poem Category

Winner

dear spacemen, by Patrick McKinnon

The Rhysling Anthology 1990
The Nominees for Best Fantastic Poetry of 1989

Cover Art: Robert Frazier
Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association

Rhysling Award nominees published in 1989

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

SHORT POEMS

James Patrick Kelly • Turning into Animals • Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1989

Denise D. Dumars • The Bamboo Cage • Narcopolis & Other Poems, Hell’s Kitchen Productions, 1989

John B. Rosenman • Moon • Aboriginal Science Fiction, Sept./Oct. 1989

G. Sutton Breiding • Epitaph for Dreams • Narcopolis & Other Poems, Hell’s Kitchen Productions, 1989

M. Shayne Bell • One Hundred Years of Russian Revolution, 7 November 1917 to 7 November 2017: Novaya Moskva, Mars • Amazing, Sept. 1989

Keith Allen Daniels • Xobanhaltun • Late Knocking, 1989

Andrew Darlington • Daredevils of the Stratosphere/The Solid Space Mystery • The Reluctant Famulus, 1989

H. J. Cording • Return of the Poison Dwarf • Scavenger’s Newsletter, Issue 69, 1989

Andrew Darlington • The Wave-Particle Paradox • Poly: New Speculative Writing, Ocean View Books, 1989

Michael F. Flynn • The Engineer Discourses Upon His Love • Analog Science Fiction & Fact, March 1989

David Lunde • In Winter • Star*Line, May/June 1989

Susan Palwick • Having Technology • Ice River, Issue 4 1989

Joe W. Haldeman • The Star • Star*Line, Sept./Dec. 1989

Wendy Rathbone • Wendy’s Wish • Pandora, Issue 23, 1989

Alan Catlin • A Book of Revelations • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 28, 1989

Maryanne K. Snyder • Mass Murderers Book Club • Grue, Issue 9, 1989

David Chorlton • The Emperor, Ming Huang • Ellipsis, Issue 2, 1989

Todd Mecklem, Jonathan Falk & Steven Gardiner • The Dung-Eating Hermits • Vice Versa, Vol. 4 Issue 2, 1989

Ace G. Pilkington • Witch’s Progress • Weird Tales, Winter 1988/1989

Peter Redgrove • Vibes • Poly: New Speculative Writing, Ocean View Books, 1989

LONG POEMS

Andrew Darlington • Steelworks on a Monetarist Landscape/Annihilating Angel • Narcopolis & Other Poems, Hell’s Kitchen Productions, 1989

W. Gregory Stewart • Star Whales • Star*Line, May/June 1989

Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier • Return to the Mutant Rain Forest • Masques #3, 1989

Ruth Berman • The Sorrel Nag Remembers • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 5, 1989

t. Winter-Damon • Those Scarlet Nights in Babylon • Narcopolis & Other Poems, Hell’s Kitchen Productions, 1989

Sandra J. Lindow • Matreshka: Cracking Universal Mystery • Amazing, May 1989

Jeff VanderMeer • Four Theories of Earth-Moon System Formation • Amazing, Sept. 1989

Patrick McKinnon • dear spacemen, • Vice Versa, Vol. 4 Issue 3, 1989

H. D. Moe • Magical News • Lost and Found Times, Issue 25, 1989

John M. Ford • A Holiday in the Park • Weird Tales, Winter 1988/1989

Elisabeth Belile • Poems/October 13, Friday/titles given to me • WE, Issue 12, 1989

Amy Schaefer • Emeretha • Amazing, May 1989

Margaret Kathryn Erickson • Cinderella • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 5, 1989

David R. Bunch • The Heartacher and the Warehouseman • Poly: New Speculative Writing, Ocean View Books, 1989

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