November 2016
Pushcart Prize Nominations
The following poems published in 2016 have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize:
From Star*Line:
- “For Your Own Safety” by Michael Janairo • Star*Line 39:1
- “Waiting for the Mad Scientists” by Richard Chwedyk • Star*Line 39:1
- “Looking, Glass” by Mary Cresswell • Star*Line 39:1
- “What Wants Us” by Karolina Fedyk • Star*Line 39:2
- “On the Condition” by Michael Lisieski • Star*Line 39:3
- “Futures, the Odyssey” by Isaac Black • Star*Line 39:4
From Eye to the Telescope:
- The Distance Between Stars, Stacey Gruver, Eye to the Telescope 17
- Runner, Nora Weston, Eye to the Telescope 17
- Mermaid, on Land, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Eye to the Telescope 18
- Landscapes, Geoffrey A. Landis, Eye to the Telescope 19
- Quicksilver Voices (Modern-Day Daedalus), Evelyn Deshane, Eye to the Telescope 19
- The Robot by the Fireplace, Ken Poyner, Eye to the Telescope 20
September 2016
Best of the Net Nominations
The following poems published in the preceding year have been nominated for Best of the Net:
- The Distance Between Stars, Stacey Gruver, Eye to the Telescope 17
- Runner, Nora Weston, Eye to the Telescope 17
- Mermaid, on Land, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Eye to the Telescope 18
- Landscapes, Geoffrey A. Landis, Eye to the Telescope 19
- Quicksilver Voices (Modern-Day Daedalus), Evelyn Deshane, Eye to the Telescope 19
- The Robot by the Fireplace, Ken Poyner, Eye to the Telescope 20
July 2016
Rhysling Awards
Ruth Berman received her Rhysling Award for the Short Poem at Diversicon in St. Paul, MN, where second- and third-place winners F.J. Bergmann and Sandra J. Lindow also read their poems and were presented with certificates. Photo by Ben Huset.
May 2016
Stoker Award
Alessandro Manzetti’s poetry collection Eden Underground (Crystal Lake Publishing) won the HWA Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry Collection.
January 2016
Stoker Preliminary Ballot
The following SFPA members’ book are on the Preliminary Ballot for HWA’s Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection:
- Bruce Boston - RESONANCE DARK AND LIGHT (Eldritch Press)
- Alessandro Manzetti - EDEN UNDERGROUND (Crystal Lake Publishing)
- Ann Schwader - DARK ENERGIES (P'rea Press)
- Marge Simon - NAUGHTY LADIES (Eldritch Press)
- Stephanie M. Wytovich - AN EXORCISM OF ANGELS (Raw Dog Screaming Press)