Our members shared some excellent news this past December with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association! Michael H. Payne has our thanks for his excellence in gathering together the news from our global membership. Congratulations to all and we look forward to more news from each of you soon as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the SFPA throughout 2018! Denise Dumars 3 haiku, one genre and one haibun, supernatural, Eclipse Moon: the Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology, 2017, https://www.facebook.com/SoCalHaiku/   Michael H. Payne poem, "Coyote Yodel," Silver Blade 36, Fall 2017, https://www.silverblade.net/2017/12/coyote-yodel/   LH Moore poem, "Vox," Apex Magazine, April 2017, https://www.apex-magazine.com/vox/   Sara Backer speculative poem, "I Think They Are Crows," The Pedestal Magazine #81, winter 2017: http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/sara-backer-i-think-they-are-crows/   Deborah Davitt 2 spec poems, "Chiasmus" & "Evolution," SCIFAIKUEST, November 2017, http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-58/ spec poem, "Caveat Emptor," Silver Blade 36, Fall 2017, https://www.silverblade.net/2017/12/caveat-emptor/ non-spec poem, "Word Salad," Riddled with Arrows #1.4, Winter 2017, http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/issue-1-4-toc/poetry/ spec poem, "Diwia," Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter 2017, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/winter-solstice-2017/diwia/ spec poem, "Snowflake" (haiga), Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2017, http://www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quarterly.html   David Kopaska-Merkel 2 poems, print, “The Worm” & "Hell, It's Just Food Poisoning," The Martian Wave, 2017, http://nomadicdeliriumpress.com/tmw.htm   Ken Poyner poem, “Protecting the Simple Robot”, genre, Postcards Poem and Prose, December 2017, https://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com   Shannon Connor Winward poem (non-genre), "Pink", Literary Mama, December 2017, http://www.literarymama.com/poetry/archives/2017/12/pink.html editor, Riddled with Arrows Literary Journal , "Feasts & Families", Winter Solstice Issue, December 2017, http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/   Lesley Wheeler poetry chapbook, Propagation, Dancing Girl Press, December 2017, https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/propagation-leslie-wheeler   Shira Lipkin editor, Liminality, http://www.liminalitypoetry.com/issue-14-winter-2017-2018/   Crystalwizard poem, "Autumn's Art," Bewildering Stories, 4th quarter review 2017, http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue736/autumns_art.html   Jane Yolen 2 poems, “Harvest Mouse” & “The Second-to-Leaf,” Fife Herald News Nov 2017, Collessie Column, Fife, Scotland, https://collessiecolumn.wordpress.com/2017/11/24/week-21st-november-2017/ poem, “Handmaid’s Other Tale,” Welcome to Dystopia, OR Books, http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/welcome-to-dystopia/ poem, “Even Death,” The Poeming Pigeon Love Poems issue, The Poetry Box, http://www.thepoetrybox.com/_DetailPagesBookstore/TPP-LovePoemsOrderPage.html 4 poems, “Bedazzled by Your Death,” “What We Leave Behind,” “How to Leave A Party” & “Window, Wall,” House of Three, Volume 2.1, http://www.h03hybridpress.co.uk/428905770/product/3016644/house-of-three-season-2-volume-1?catid=783271 2 poems, "Conjoined" & “Run, Rabbit, Run,” Mad Hatters and March Hares, Tor Books, https://us.macmillan.com/madhattersandmarchhares/ellendatlow/9780765391070/   Christina Sng interview, Poetic Nightmares, http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/poetic-nightmares-interview-with-christina-sng/ poem, “The Forest of Discarded Baby Girls", New Myths, https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/poems/forest-of-discarded-baby-girls 2 scifaiku, "final cut" and "dust carpet”, Scifaikuest #58, http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-58/   Jenny Blackford poem, “The Crack”, winner of the New England Writers Centre Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Poetry, November 2017, http://www.newc.org.au/poetry-winnermdashjenny-blackford.html   Stephanie M. Wytovich poetry collection, Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare, Raw Dog Screaming Press, December 2017, https://www.amazon.com/Sheet-Music-My-Acoustic-Nightmare/dp/1947879006   Patricia Gomes poem, "Hyperacusis: Usher-ring in Christmas," Oddball Magazine, December 2017,  https://oddballmagazine.com/2017/12/20/poem-by-patricia-gomes-2/   David Cowen 2 poems,“The Homeless Deaths” and “American Anthem,” Degenerates: Voices for Peace, Homelessness Edition, Weasel Press (November 2017), https://www.weaselpress.com/degenerateshomelessness   Michael Janairo poem/video, "Instructions for Astronauts," Mithila Review, Spring 2017, http://mithilareview.com/janairo_04_17/   poem, "Firefly," L’Éphémère Review, October 2017, http://www.ephemerereview.com/michael-janairo   Michael McCormick 2 poems, “Demonic Text” and “Mother Superior”, Moccasin, Winter 2017, https://www.mnpoets.org/publications/moccasin   Mary Soon Lee poem, print+Kindle,  "​Dear Creator,"F&SF, Jan/Feb 201​8​,​ https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/ ​poem, mainstream, "Kate," Songs of Eretz Poetry Review, December 2017, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/12/kate-by-mary-soon-lee.html 2 poems, print, one poem mainstream, "Stormalong Bay" + "Eligible," Ship of Fools #77, http://meadhall.homestead.com/Ship.html poem, "Dark Harvest," Mirror Dance, Winter 2017, http://www.mirrordancefantasy.com/2017/12/dark-harvest.html   Peter Payack prose poem,  "Directions," ENCYCLOPAEDIA, All Human Knowledge In A Single Volume, Black Scat Books, December 2017, La Scat Noir #230, https://blackscatbooks.com/2017/12/19/know-it-all-alert/   Allan Rozinski poem, "Ill Met by Moonlight," The Literary Hatchet, Pear Tree Press, September 2017, http://www.theliteraryhatchet.com poem, "Doll," HWA Poetry Showcase, volume IV, Horror Writers Association, October 2017, http://horrorwritersassociation.info poem, "The Harvest Man," Bete Noire," Dark Opus Press, November 2017, http://betenoiremagazine.com poem, "In the Labyrinth," Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice 2017, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com   Herb Kauderer 3 dimminuendos, "a recollection of dust devils", "fruit of imperfection", and "recognition error", Altered Reality Magazine, December 28, 2017, http://www.alteredrealitymag.com/tag/kauderer/   Darla Klein poem, “A Warlock Slips Into My Dreams,”  Weirdbook Annual #1 - Witches, Wildside Press, October 2017, http://wildsidepress.com/weirdbook/   Lisa Timpf poem (non-genre, print), "To Let You Go Gently", Dog Blessings, October 2017, Andrews McMeel,  http://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/books/detail?sku=9781449481834 poem (genre), "One Man's Trash", New Myths, Decembe, 2017, https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/poems/one-mans-trash   M.C. Childs poem, genre, “Immersed,” Liminality, Winter 2017. http://www.liminalitypoetry.com/issue-14-winter-2017-2018/   John Reinhart poem, "acceptance," Riddled With Arrows, Issue 1.4, http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/issue-1-4-toc/poetry/#accept 2 poems, "Elohai Ntzor" & "Ahavat Olam," A Poet's Siddur, Ain't Got no Press, https://www.amazon.com/Poets-Siddur-Evening-Liturgy-Through/dp/0982058489 poem, "Homecoming," Songs of Eretz, 12/13/17, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/12/farewell-john.html poem, "superheroes," Grievous Angel, 12/10/17, https://www.urbanfantasist.com/grievous-angel/dwarf-regiments-other-bite-sized-poetry poem, "remember me," Better Than Starbucks, Vol III #1, https://www.betterthanstarbucks.org/poetry-free-verse 3 poems, "Jesus!" "Book of Merock," "Fatherhood," print only, Holy Shit Journal, Autumn 2017, http://holyshitjournal.com/   Cassandra Rose Clarke poem, "Sestina for Marzanna," Liminality Magazine, Winter 2017-2018, http://www.liminalitypoetry.com/issue-14-winter-2017-2018/sestina-for-marzanna/ workshop, "Strange People: Creating Alien and Fantastic Characters," Clarion West, January 14th, 10 AM - 4 PM, Seattle, WA, https://www.clarionwest.org/workshops/oneday/strange-people/   Adele Gardner poem (nongenre/print), "The Open Door," The Cape Rock, Vol. 45, No. 2, Fall 2017, http://www.semopress.com/caperock   Cameron N. Coulter poem, "The Anthem of Stardust," Eternal Haunted Summer, Winter Solstice 2017, https://eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/winter-solstice-2017/the-anthem-of-stardust/   Peg Duthie aperture poem, day 2, Sidekick Advent Calendar 2017, http://sidekickbooks.com/adventcalendar/ poem, "Frames," Vary the Line, December 2017, http://www.varytheline.org/blog/2017/12/29/frames/   Vince Gotera poem, genre, online, "Snowman," Grievous Angel, 22 December 2017, https://www.urbanfantasist.com/grievous-angel/short-poetry-for-a-cool-yule   F.J. Bergmann chapbook, A Catalogue of the Further Suns, Gold Line Press, June 2016 poem, print, "Kindred Spirit," Dreams and Nightmares 106, http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2017/04/dreams-and-nightmares-106-contents.html 2 poems, print, "Teratology" and "What It Means when You Dream of Swords," Spectral Realms 7, https://www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/spectral-realms/spectral-realms-no.-7 poem, print, "Development," Reckoning 2, http://reckoning.press/ poem, "Toward Zero," Polu Texni 4/13/17, http://www.polutexni.com/?p=1352 poem, "Sleeping through the End Days," Silver Blade 33, https://www.silverblade.net/2017/02/sleeping-through-the-end-days/ poem, "Gratuity," Riddled with Arrows 1.2, http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/riddled-with-arrows-issue-1-2toc/poetry/#Gratuity poem, "Absence," Riddled with Arrows 1.3, http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/riddled-with-arrows-issue-1-3/poetry/#Absence poem, "Ceasefire," Speculative 66 14, https://speculative66.weebly.com/ poem, "The Sending," Priestess & Hierophant 3: A Beckoning, https://www.priestessandhierophant.com/3-9 poem, "ISO," Silver Blade 36, https://www.silverblade.net/2017/12/iso/ poem, "Gramarye," Polu Texni 12/26/17, http://www.polutexni.com/?p=1591 poem, "Invisible Stars," Mirror Dance, December, http://www.mirrordancefantasy.com/2017/12/invisible-stars.html poem, "Guardian Demon," One Sentence Poems 10/13/17, http://www.onesentencepoems.com/osp/f-j-bergmann-guardian-demon/ poem, "Here’s to Smoke in Your Eye," Ekphrastic Review 4/3/17, http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/heres-to-the-smoke-in-your-eye-by-fj-bergmann poem, "Personal Assistance," Ekphrastic Review 4/28/17, http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/personal-assistance-by-fj-bergmann poem, "Sequestration," Wild Musette 12/25/17, https://www.wildmusette.com/sequestration/ non-spec poem, "Green Flash," Songs of Eretz, http://www.songsoferetz.com/2017/11/green-flash-by-fj-bergmann.html non-spec poem, "It Began with a Conversation," One Sentence Poems, http://www.onesentencepoems.com/osp/f-j-bergmann/ non-spec poem, print, "Let Me Work," Wisconsin Poets Calendar, http://www.wfop.org/poets-calendar-1/ 2 non-spec poems, print, "Finite Love" and "Travelogue," Two Countries anthology (Red Hen Press), http://redhen.org/book/?uuid=73840664-EA4C-0EAD-3FAC-787C7D0E7F55 2017 Pushcart nominations: "Sleeping through the End Days," Silver Blade; "The Sending," Priestess & Hierophant; "Point of Departure," Eye to the Telescope; aaand ... in the process of searching for a nonexistent 2017 publication in unFold, which apparently went belly-up subsequent to the acceptance, I discovered that they had nominated me for a Pushcart Prize in 2013, but never notified me: https://unfoldmag.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/seasonal-blues/