2002 Rhysling Anthology and Award

Anthology Information

Rhysling Chair: Linda D. Addison

Design and Printing: Mike Williams

Cover Art: Allen Koszowski

Publisher: Science Fiction Poetry Association

Award Winners

Short Poem Category

First Place: William John Watkins • We Die as Angels • Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 2001

Second Place: Mark Rudolph • Threnody at Sea • Strange Horizons, Dec. 2001

Third Place: Ian Watson • True Love • Weird Tales, Summer 2001

Long Poem Category

First Place: Lawrence Schimel • How to Make a Human • Half-Human (Scholastic, 2001)

Second Place (tie): Bruce Boston • Pavane for a Cyber-Princess • Pavane for a Cyber-Princes (Miniature Sun Press, 2001)

Second Place (tie): Denise Dumars • In Bubastis • Star*Line 24.2, 2001

Third Place (tie): Roger Dutcher • Trouble with Math • Star*Line 24.1, 2001

Third Place (tie): Robert Frazier • A Crash Course in Lemon Physics • Strange Horizons, Nov. 2001

All Nominated Poems

Short Poems

  • Duane Ackerson • I Am the Bullet • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 2001
  • Linda Addison • Consumed • Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes: Space and Time, 2001
  • Mike Allen • Saturn Devours His Children • Star*Line 24.2, 2001
  • Tippi N. Blevins • A Star Is Born • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Autumn 2001
  • Bruce Boston • Silent World • Star*Line 24.3, 2001
  • Michael Carman • The Poet • Space & Time 94, 2001
  • David Livingstone Clink • Shipwreck • Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Nov. 2001
  • Erin Donahoe • Swan Transformed • Speculon, Oct. 2001
  • Timons Esaias • It’s a Disaster, Really • Star*Line 24.1, 2001
  • Donna Farley • February 4th, Farmer’s Almanac Entry • Mythic Delirium 5, 2001
  • Charlee Jacob • Zero’s Demon • Taunting the Minotaur (Miniature Sun Press, 2001)
  • Tim Jones • The Stars, Natasha • Dreams & Nightmares 58, 2001
  • Ward Kelley • If the Dead Must Speak • Strange Horizons, Jan. 2001
  • Mary Soon Lee • Insignificant Others • 2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology (Anamnesis Press, 2001)
  • Gary Lehmann • The Heat of the Moon • Strange Horizons, May 2001
  • Rebecca Marjesdatter • Vampires on a Bed of Wild Rice • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Autumn 2001
  • Wendy Rathbone & Jack Fisher • October Witches • Mythic Delirium 5, 2001
  • Mark Rudolph • Threnody at Sea • Strange Horizons, Dec. 2001
  • Ann K. Schwader • Jazz Vamps • Dreams of Decadence, Summer 2001
  • Marge Simon • Autumn at the Robo Factory • Dreams & Nightmares 58, 2001
  • Marge Simon • The Castaway Bar: 1967 • Speculon, Oct. 2001
  • W. Gregory Stewart • Embers and Memory • Star*Line 24.2, 2001
  • Nancy Ellis Taylor • Venusian Landscape: Portrait • Envelopes of Time (Electric Wine, 2001)
  • William John Watkins • We Die as Angels • Asimov’s Science Fiction, May 2001
  • Ian Watson • True Love • Weird Tales, Summer 2001

Long Poems

  • Mike Allen & Charles M. Saplak • And All Dust Part of the Dreamer • Dreams & Nightmares 60, 2001.
  • Bruce Boston • Pavane for a Cyber-Princess • Pavane for a Cyber-Princes (Miniature Sun Press, 2001).
  • G. O. Clark & Bruce Boston • Shades and Illuminations • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Autumn 2001.
  • Denise Dumars • In Bubastis • Star*Line 24.2, 2001.
  • Roger Dutcher • Trouble with Math • Star*Line 24.1, 2001.
  • Jack Fisher & Wendy Rathbone • Back to October • Mythic Delirium 4, 2001.
  • Robert Frazier • A Crash Course in Lemon Physics • Strange Horizons, Nov. 2001.
  • Robert Frazier • Lament for Cyania • 2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology (Anamnesis Press, 2001).
  • Charles Gramlich • Cross Plains Conjure Man • Star*Line 24.5, 2001.
  • Charlee Jacob • Compassion Against the Glass • Taunting the Minotaur (Miniature Sun Press, 2001).
  • Sandra Lindow • Requiem for Dinosaurs • Star*Line 24.5, 2001.
  • Mario Milosevic • Mark • Dreams & Nightmares 59, 2001.
  • Samuel Minier • The Stone (Lowlnthorne) • Space and Time 93, 2001.
  • Lawrence Schimel • How to Make a Human • Half-Human (Scholastic, 2001).
  • Darrell Schweitzer • Sir Boss Remembered • Star*Line 24.6, 2001.
  • Craig Sernotti • On the Floor • The Lion’s Eye, Spring 2001.
  • Heather Shaw • In the Shade of You • Speculon, Oct. 2001.
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