Award Winners

All Nominated Poems

Short Poems

• Diana Adams • Frankenstein's Ice Mirror • Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry 3.1 (Summer 2008).
• Mary Alexandra Agner • So Many Lullabies • Strange Horizons (March 17, 2008).
• Brian Aldiss • The Deceptive Truth • A Prehistory of Mind (Mayapple Press, 2008).
• Francis W. Alexander • Don't Get Too Close To the Baby • Star*Line 31.4 (July/August 2008).
• Mike Allen • Midnight Rendezvous, Philly • Goblin Fruit (Summer 2008).
• Mike Allen • Return of Zombie Teen Angst • Asimov's Science Fiction 393/394 (October/November 2008).
• Aaron Benson • Von Neumann's Poem • Strange Horizons (July 28, 2008).
• F.J. Bergmann • Pandora's Box, Afterward • qaartsiluni: Insecta (1/9/2008).
• Anthony Bernstein • Piece of Mind • Zygote in My Coffee 102 (February 2008).
• Bruce Boston • Dystopian Dusk • Strange Horizons (August 4, 2008).
• Chris Burdette • The Gnome's Spectacles • Niteblade (June 2008).
• Christopher M. Cevasco • Four Haiku Poems on Artificial Intelligence • Star*Line 31.1 (January/February 2008).
• G.O. Clark • World's Oldest Profession 2.0 • Star*Line 31.4 (July/August 2008).
• Billy Collins • The Future • The New Yorker (February 24, 2008).
• Malcolm Deeley • Pygmalion • Mythology (November 2008).
• James S. Dorr • Emile's Ghosts • Illumen 4.2 (Spring 2008).
• Amal El-Mohtar • Songs to an Ancient City • Mythic Delirium 19 (Summer/Fall 2008).
• Francesca Forrest • Songs were washing up • Scheherezade's Bequest 6 (September 2008).
• Bryn Fortey • A Taxi Driver on Mars • Awen 53 (August 2008).
• Joshua Gage • A Mother Speaks • Goblin Fruit (Fall 2008).
• Joshua Gage • The Illuminator • MindFlights 2 (February 5, 2008).
• Jeannine Hall Gailey • Aware for the Woman who Disappears in Silence • Mythic Delirium 18 (Winter/Spring 2008).
• Jeannine Hall Gailey • Green Willow Wife • Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry 3.1 (Summer 2008).
• Delbert R. Gardner • Tammuz to Ishtar • Mythic Delirium 19 (Summer/Fall 2008).
• Charles Gramlich • [faint] • Wanting the Mouth of a Lover (Spec House of Poetry, 2008)
• Todd Hanks • Collage • Dreams and Nightmares 80 (May 2008).
• Samantha Henderson • Spell • Goblin Fruit (Fall 2008).
• Samantha Henderson • The Seasons' Dying • Goblin Fruit (Summer 2008).
• Deborah P Kolodji • Animal Rescue • Lone Star Stories 26 (April 1, 2008).
• Deborah P Kolodji • Camera Obscura • Raven Electrick (March 2008).
• Deborah P Kolodji • Six Miles from Nowhere • Phantom Seed 2 (Autumn 2008).
• David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans • In the Slipstream of the Levee's Overflow • Tales of the Talisman 3.4 (March 2008).
• Rose Lemberg • Odysseus on the War Train • Abyss & Apex 27 (Summer 2008).
• Sandra Lindow • Green Cotillions • Touched by the Gods (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2008).
• Sandra Lindow • The A.I.'s Table Prayer • Tales of the Unanticipated 29 (Autumn/Winter 2008).
• Joy Marchand • The Midwife's Progress • Goblin Fruit (Summer 2008).
• Pam McNew • No Word for Goodbye • Sybil's Garage 5.
• Edward Morris • My Addiction • Helix 8 (April 2008).
• Kristine Ong Muslim • Pavlov's Best Friend • Abyss & Apex (July 2008).
• Karen L. Newman • Internet Witch • Raven Electrick (September 2008).
• Rhonda Parrish • Lovers • Star*Line 31.4 (July/August 2008).
• Caitlyn Paxson • To the Royal Society of Cryptozoologists from the Concerned Daughter of a Member • Goblin Fruit (Winter 2008).
• Terrie Leigh Relf • [eruptions] • The Shantytown Anomaly 7 (October 2008).
• Terrie Leigh Relf • There, where the universe begins • Astropoetica 6.2 (Spring 2008).
• Mark Rich • Streamside • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 8.3 (Spring 2008).
• Karen A. Romanko • The Invisible Woman Runs for President • Strange Horizons (December 22, 2008).
• Greg Schwartz • Bats • Ashen Eye (March 2008).
• Peter Sears • Dear Giant Squid • Luge (Cloudbanks Books, 2008).
• Marge Simon • The Astronaut's Return • Strange Horizons (November 3, 2008).
• J. E. Stanley • Lunaticus (in D Minor) • The Ghazal Page (July 2008).
• Lynn Strongin • A Sad, A Southern Face • Doorways Magazine 5 (Spring 2008).
• Sonya Taaffe • Autopoiesis • Lone Star Stories 26 (April 1, 2008).
• Sonya Taaffe • Cherries in Winter • Goblin Fruit (Winter 2008).
• Sonya Taaffe • Logos • Lone Star Stories 29 (October 1, 2008).
• Sonya Taaffe • The Devourer • Mythic Delirium (Summer/Fall 2008).
• Marcie Tentchoff • Some Random Hero • Strange Horizons (June 23, 2008).
• Jen Valencia • Becoming Fictional • Tales of the Talisman 4.2 (Autumn 2008).
• Sandy Walejko • In the World • Wisconsin People and Ideas 54.3 (Summer 2008).
• Ian Watson • Screams • Asimov's Science Fiction (September 2008).
• Jane Yolen • Smells • Doorways Magazine (October 2008).

Long Poems

• Mike Allen • Mondrian's War • Strange Horizons (August 18, 2008).
• Mike Allen & Ian Watson • Zombie Bombs • Helix 8 (April 2008).
• C.S.E. Cooney • Sedna • Goblin Fruit (Winter 2008).
• C.S.E. Cooney • Wild Over Tombs Does Grow • Doorways Magazine 5 (Spring 2008).
• Camilla DeCarnin • Tentacle 1 • Tales of the Unanticipated 29 (Autumn/Winter 2008).
• Malcolm Deeley • Oracle • Legends of the Fallen Sky (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2008).
• Malcolm Deeley • Orpheus and Eurydice • Mythology (November 2008).
• Malcolm Deeley • The Leviathan • Legends of the Fallen Sky (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2008).
• Amal El-Mohtar & Catherynne M. Valente • Damascus Divides the Lovers by Zero; or, The City Is Never Finished • Lone Star Stories 30 (December 1, 2008).
• Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Death and Life on Enceladus • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 8.3 (Spring 2008).
• Gemma Files • Mrs. Margaret Lovett, Her Book • Mythic Delirium 18 (Winter/Spring 2008).
• Cornelius Fortune • Isotope Ballerina • Tales of the Unanticipated 29 (Autumn/Winter 2008).
• Joshua Gage • The White Doe of Nara • Goblin Fruit (Summer 2008).
• Lyn C.A. Gardner, The Dispossessed • Helix 9 (Summer 2008).
• Samantha Henderson • Hungry: Some Ghost Stories • Lone Star Stories 26 (April 1, 2008).
• Linda Hogan • Reveal • Rounding the Human Corners (Coffee House Press, 2008)
• Deborah P Kolodji • Man'yoshu at Galactic Edge: Poems from the Courtesan • Dreams and Nightmares 80 (May 2008).
• Geoffrey A. Landis • Search • Helix 10 (October 2008).
• Beth Langford • The Night Market • Goblin Fruit (Spring 2008).
• Patrick Lawler • Living on Burrowed Time • Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts 7.2 (Fall 2008).
• JM McDermott • 3 Poems Called Cosmic • Abyss & Apex (July 2008).
• David Memmott • Disciples of Paradox • Strange Horizons (February 25, 2008).
• Marsheila Rockwell • Another Fairy Tale Ending • Dreams and Nightmares 81 (September 2008).
• J.C. Runolfson • Transformation • Strange Horizons (May 26, 2008).
• William Browning Spencer • The Love Song of A. Alhazred Azathoth • Subterranean Press e-Newsletter.
• Marcie Lynn Tentchoff • On Waking • Not One of Us 40 (October 2008).
• Catherynne M. Valente • Lessons in Thermodynamics • Flytrap 9 (June 2008).
• Catherynne M. Valente • The Ballad of All the Things I Might Have Written • Goblin Fruit (Spring 2008).
• Catherynne M. Valente • The Girl with Two Skins • Goblin Fruit (Spring 2008).
• JoSelle Vanderhooft • The Sea Wife • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 8.3 (Spring 2008).
• Jessica Paige Wick • How Wizards Duel • Strange Horizons (May 12, 2008).
• Jessica Paige Wick • To the River • Mythic Delirium 19 (Summer/Fall 2008).
• Stephen M. Wilson • Through the Looking-Glass, Darkly • Hungur: Walpurgis Night (October 2008).