Anthology Information
Editor: Charles Christian
Cover Art: Red Eye to Transcentral by Janie Christian
acrylic/collage on paper © 2021
janiechristian.com
Layout: F. J. Bergmann
Publisher: Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
Award Winners
Winner: “Yes, Antimatter Is Real” • Holly Lyn Walrath • Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September/October 2020
2nd Place: “The Softness of Impossible Fossils” • Robert Borski • Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August
3rd Place: “Frozen Hurricanes” • Herb Kauderer • Minimalism: A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms, ed. Teri Santitoro (Hiraeth Press)
Editor and Winner Biographies
Charles Christian is an English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, editor, podcaster, award-winning tech journalist, sometime werewolf hunter (no seriously, an English newspaper once commissioned him to go on a werewolf hunt) and now a chronicler of weird tales in weird times. He was the editor and publisher of the Ink Sweat & Tears and Grievous Angel poetry and flash fiction webzines, he has served on the juries for the Arthur C. Clarke and British Fantasy Society awards, he was also editor of the 2016 Rhysling Anthology and chair of the 2019 Elgin Awards. Along with producing his weekly Weird Tales Radio Show and podcast, he is currently writing a couple of non-fiction books on folklore and witchcraft.
Holly Lyn Walrath is a writer of poetry and short fiction. Her work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Liminality, Eye to the Telescope, and elsewhere. She is a freelance editor and volunteer with Writespace literary center in Houston, Texas. Find her on Twitter @HollyLynWalrath or at hlwalrath.com
Robert Borski did not begin to write poetry until he was well into the middle of his sixth decade—hence his frequent description of himself as a late-blooming child prodigy—but since then has had well over 300 poems published in such venues as Asimov's, Dreams & Nightmares, Strange Horizons and Star*Line, as well as a first collection of verse, Blood Wallah and Other Poems (Dark Regions Press). He continues to live in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where he works on behalf of the state university syste
Herb Kauderer retired from 20 years as a mostly factory-working Teamster to become an associate professor of English at Hilbert College. He has a PhD in popular literature, and an MFA in screenwriting, along with five other degrees. He has been a member of SFPA since 1989, though with a few lapses for child-rearing. He was lead screenwriter of the indie feature film Beyond the Mainstream (2013), and to date has written 18 poetry collections, 60+ short stories, 200+ articles and reviews, and over 1600+ accepted poems. He is trying to learn how to relax. HerbKauderer.com.
Table of Contents
- [6 months] • Susan Burch • StarLine 43.1
- [adrift in space] • semi (Terrie Leigh Relf ) • Scifaikuest print, August
- [alien hovercraft] • Deborah P Kolodji • StarLine 43.1
- [alternate history] • Greer Woodward • Troutswirl, April 29
- [bacon and coffee] • Michelle Muenzler • Scifaikuest print, February
- [black rabbits] • Michelle Muenzler • StarLine 43.3
- Blue Mood • Gretchen Tessmer • StarLine 43.1
- [bovine witnesses] • William Shaw • Scifaikuest print, May
- [brain software warning] • Julie Bloss Kelsey • The Math Haiku Project, September 4
- Document Search • Lorraine Schein • Full Bleed 4
- [downwind] • Nick Hoffman • Scifaikuest print, August
- [driving home] • Susan Burch • Scifaikuest print, August
- [every lover] • Christina Sng • Scifaikuest print, February
- [evil comes always] • Juan Manuel Perez • Hallowscream (Gnashing Teeth Publishing), October 31
- Fairy Ring • John C. Mannone • Tiny Seed Literary Journal, September 11
- [fireflies] • Anna Cates • Never Ending Story, July 6
- Frozen Hurricanes • Herb Kauderer • Minimalism: A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms, ed. Teri Santitoro (Hiraeth Press)
- [the FTL squad] • Deborah P Kolodji • Dreams and Nightmares 116
- Garden • Kim Goldberg • Devolution (Caitlin Press)
- [happy hour] • LeRoy Gorman • Scifaikuest online, February
- [head in one hand] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • haikuniverse Halloween haiku, October 31
- [how bright you shine] • Monica Louzon • Quatrain.Fish, June 22
- How to Tidy the Asteroids • Mary Soon Lee • Rune 2020
- I Think the Article Said Something about First Contact • R. Mac Jones • StarLine 43.3
- [in a cracked mirror] • Julie Bloss Kelsey • The Math Haiku Project, September 4
- Lesser Eternity • F. J. Bergmann • Survision Magazine 6
- Light Voyager • Adele Gardner • Balticon 54: The BSFAN, May
- [lonely robot] • Noel Sloboda • Scifaikuest print, February
- More Than a Feeling • Lauren McBride • Space & Time Magazine 136
- [on a pirate ship] • Lana M. ‘Rochel • The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku & Senryu, Autumn
- Phoenix • Colleen Anderson • Yellow Arrow Publishing V:3 Re(Formation)
- [photons in knit and purl] • Kimberly Nugent • Scifaikuest online, February
- [probably mist] • John Hawkhead • Horror Senryu Journal @horrorsenryu July 8
- [right at home] • LeRoy Gorman • Eye to the Telescope 36
- Runaway Greenhouse Effect • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Altered Reality Magazine, June 17
- Sailing the Seas of Lune • Robert Borski • StarLine 43.2
- Saint George’s Lament • Jacob Bergstresser • Departure Mirror Quarterly 1
- seasonal greeting • Herb Kauderer • Scifaikuest print, August
- [shapeshifter] • Ngo Binh Anh Khoa • Scifaikuest print, November
- Sheets • Deborah L. Davitt • Frozen Wavelets 4
- The Softness of Impossible Fossils • Robert Borski • Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August
- [Sotheby’s Lot 9] • Greer Woodward • StarLine 43.1
- [springtime on Pluto] • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Scifaikuest online, May
- Surreal Agenda • Bruce Boston • StarLine 43.1
- [t)here] • LeRoy Gorman • StarLine 43.2
- [thrown away in recycling] • Christina Sng • Scifaikuest print, November
- [wet market] • John Hawkhead • British Haiku Society 2020 Anthology
- [the winged demons come] • Greg Fewer • Cough Syrup 3
- [winter jasmine] • Debbie Strange • The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku & Senryu, Autumn
- Yes, Antimatter Is Real • Holly Lyn Walrath • Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September/October 2020
- Zombie Night • Lisa Timpf • StarLine 43.1
Nominations by Publication
97 members voted on 51 poems from 28 publications.
| Number of Nominations | Publication Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Altered Reality Magazine |
| 1 | Analog |
| 1 | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| 1 | British Haiku Society |
| 1 | The BSFAN |
| 1 | Cough Syrup |
| 1 | Departure Mirror Quarterly |
| 1 | Devolution (Caitlin Press) |
| 1 | Dreams and Nightmares |
| 1 | Eye to the Telescope |
| 1 | Frozen Wavelets |
| 1 | Full Bleed |
| 1 | Haikuniverse |
| 1 | Hallowscream, Gnashing Teeth Publishing |
| 1 | Horror Senryu Journal |
| 1 | Minimalism: A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms, ed. Teri Santitoro (Hiraeth Press) |
| 2 | The Math Haiku Project |
| 1 | Never Ending Story |
| 2 | The Poetry Pea Journal of Haiku & Senryu |
| 1 | Quatrain.fish |
| 1 | Rune |
| 13 | Scifaikuest |
| 1 | Space & Time Magazine |
| 10 | Star*Line |
| 1 | Survision Magazine |
| 1 | Tiny Seed Literary Journal |
| 1 | Troutswirl |
| 1 | Yellow Arrow Publishing |