Appeared in Uncanny 43 Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for over twenty years. Her latest books are from opposite ends of the poetry spectrum: Elemental Haiku, containing haiku for the periodic table, and The Sign of the Dragon, an epic fantasy with Chinese elements, winner of the 2021 Elgin Award. She hides her online presence with a cryptically named website (marysoonlee.com) and an equally cryptic Twitter account (@MarySoonLee). |
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Appeared in New Myths 56/57 Nebula Award-nominated Beth Cato is the author of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge from 47North (summer 2023) plus two fantasy series from Harper Voyager. She’s a Hanford, California native transplanted to the Arizona desert, where she lives with her husband, son, and requisite cats. Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato. |
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 Second Place—Short Poem: Geoffrey A. Landis Appeared in Space & Time Magazine 140 Geoffrey A. Landis is a physicist, science fiction writer, and poet. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, and Heinlein award for fiction, and the Rhysling and Dwarf Stars awards for poetry. When he is not writing, he is a scientist at the NASA John Glenn Research Center, developing new technologies for spaceflight. |
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Appeared in Augur Magazine 4:1 Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell is the author of twelve books to date. Her work includes 7 SYKOS, a near-future SF/H thriller co-written with writing partner/husband Jeff Mariotte; The Shard Axe series, the only official novels that tie into the popular fantasy MMORPG, Dungeons & Dragons Online; two collections; dozens of short stories and poems; multiple articles on writing and the writing process; and a handful of comic-book scripts. She is also a disabled pediatric cancer and mental health awareness advocate, and a reconnecting Chippewa/Métis. She resides in the Valley of the Sun, where she writes dark fiction and poetry in a home she and her family have dubbed ‘Redwall.’ Find out more here: marsheilarockwell.com, or follow her on Twitter at @MarcyRockwell. |
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Appeared in Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology, eds. S. D. Vasallo & Steven M. Long (Brigids Gate Press) Linda D. Addison, HWA Bram Stoker Award® five-time recipient, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend. She received the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award, HWA Mentor of the Year and SFPA Grand Master. Her site: LindaAddisonWriter.com. |
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Honorable Mention Poems: Short “dry land” • Maria Zoccola • Strange Horizons, 7 June “Exquisite” • Lee Murray• Tortured Willows: Bent, Bowed, Unbroken, collab. antho. (Yuriko Publishing) Honorable Mention Poems: Long “Medusa Gets a Haircut” • Theodora Goss • Uncanny 38
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The 2022 Rhysling
Winners
2022 Rhysling Award—Long Poem:
