Victoria Nations writes Gothic horror and weird fiction, often with monsters. Her poetry appears in Magpie Messenger literary journal, the HWA Poetry Showcase Volume IX, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominatedMother: Tales of Love and Terror, among other publications. She contributes fiction and nonfiction to the horror writer website, MidnightSocietyTales.com. Victoria is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction Poetry Association, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, and the Florida Writers Association. She lives in Florida, USA with her wife and son, who indulge her love of monsters. Visit her online at VictoriaNations.com, on Twitter at @Leaves_Cobwebs, and on Instagram at @leaves_cobwebs.
Dwarf Stars 2023
Soonest Nathaniel
Rhysling Anthology 2021
Vivek Narayanan teaches poetry in the MFA Creative Writing program at George Mason University. His books of poems include After (2022, New York Review of Books, from which the finalist poem was taken) Universal Beach, and Life and Times of Mr S.
Rhysling Anthology 2023
Dick Narvett lives in rural Pennsylvania where he writes poetry and flash fiction. His work has appeared in 365 Tomorrows, MetaStellar, Better Than Starbucks and Stick Figure Poetry Quarterly, among others.
Star*Line 44.4
Shweta Naryan
Rhysling Anthology 2010, 2011
Claudine Nash
Star*Line 37.1, 38.1, 40.1
Carrie Naughton
Star*Line 38.2
Ruth Naylor
Rhysling Anthology 2011
Joe Nazare
Star*Line 35.3
Aminath Neena is an English lecturer from the picturesque archipelago nation of the Maldives. An avid lover of words, poetry is a hobby closest to her heart. Her poems usually revolve around themes such as love, relationships, spirituality, society, and global issues. Her poems are published or are forthcoming in a range of international platforms like the Trouvaille Review, Spill words, Muddy River Poetry Review, Impspired magazine and many others.
Rhysling Anthology 2022
Kim L. Neidigh
Dwarf Stars 2014
Rhysling Anthology 2015
Star*Line 34.4, 35.1, 36.1, 36.2, 39.2
KB Nelson is a Canadian writer whose poems have appeared in over two dozen journals and anthologies. Her chapbook Muse of Natural History was published in June 2021. KB has resided from coast to coast in Canada, in Arizona, and in New Zealand. She has won awards in both poetry and short fiction including the 2017 Cedric Literary Award for poetry. KB currently lives, writes and hikes the beaches and forests on the unceded territory of the Sechelt First Nation on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast.
Rhysling Anthology 2022
Mari Ness
Dwarf Stars 2014, 2015
Rhysling Anthology 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022
Karen L. Newman
Dwarf Stars 2006, 2008
Rhysling Anthology 2009
Star*Line 31.5, 32.2, 32.5, 33.1, 33.4, 33.5, 34.2, 34.3, 34.4, 42.3
Kurt Newton’s poetry has appeared numerous magazines and anthologies over the years, including Strange Horizons, Space and Time, Mythic Delirium, Dreams and Nightmares, Star*Line, Eye to the Telescope and Polu Texni.
Rhysling Anthology 1999, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023
Star*Line 33.1, 33.5, 34.4, 35.2, 43.3
Ngô Bình Anh Khoa is a teacher of English currently living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In his free time, he enjoys reading, daydreaming, and occasionally writing a dark verse or two. Some of his poems have previously appeared in Spectral Realms, Weirdbook, The Audient Void and other venues.
Dwarf Stars 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Star*Line 44.1, 44.2, 45.1, 45.2, 45.4, 46.1, 46.2, 46.3, 46.4, 47.1, 47.2, 47.3
James B. Nicola’s poetry and prose have appeared in Illumen; Star*Line; the Antioch, Southwest, Green Mountains, and Atlanta Reviews; Rattle; Barrow Street; Tar River; and Poetry East, garnering two Willow Review awards, a Dana Literary award, six Pushcart nominations, and a Rhysling nomination. His full-length collections are Manhattan Plaza (2014), Stage to Page (2016), Wind in the Cave(2017), Out of Nothing: Poems of Art and Artists (2018) and Quickening: Poems from Before and Beyond (2019). His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice award. He is facilitator for the Hell's Kitchen International Writers' Roundtable, which meets twice monthly at Manhattan's Columbus Library: walk-ins welcome.
Rhysling Anthology 2010
Star*Line 41.2
Scott Nicolay
Dwarf Stars 2010
John Nichols has been Secretary-Treasurer of SFPA.
Rhysling Anthology 1997
Star*Line 32.2
Joe Nicholas
Star*Line 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, 37.4, 38.4
Russell Nichols is a speculative fiction writer and endangered journalist. Raised in Richmond, California, he gave up all his stuff in 2011 and now lives out of a backpack with his wife, vagabonding around the world ever since. Look for him at russellnichols.com.
Dwarf Stars 2024
Star*Line 44.2, 44.3, 46.4
Scott Nickell
Rhysling Anthology 2012
ayaz daryl nielsen, veteran and former hospice nurse, lives in Longmont, Colorado, USA. Editor of bear creek haiku (35+ years/160+ issues) with poetry published worldwide, he is online at bear creek haiku poetry, poems and info. Among other deeply appreciated honors, he is especially delighted by the depth and heart of poets worldwide whose poems have a home in bear creek haiku’s print and online presence.
Dwarf Stars 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024
Star*Line 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 34.4, 36.1, 38.4, 39.4, 40.1, 41.2, 42.1, 42.2, 42.4, 43.3, 44.1, 44.3, 44.4, 45.1, 45.2
Bruce Niedt
Star*Line 41.3
Angelo Niles
Star*Line 39.4, 40.4
Misha Nogha
Rhysling Anthology 2008
Clay Norris
Star*Line 1.10, 2.3
Benjamin Whitney Norris has had three dozen homes and owned three houses. The last move was the pits. But don’t sweat it. He’s no leopard slug. SALT talks can’t break him down.
Star*Line 41.4, 42.1, 42.2, 42.4, 45.1, 45.2, 46.1, 46.2, 46.3, 46.4, 47.1, 47.3
Dante Novario is a Pushcart-nominated writer from Louisville, KY, where he works as a therapist with special needs individuals. His writing has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Firewords Magazine, KAIROS, Peeking Cat Literary, Nimrod International Journal, Thin Air Magazine, Ghost City Press and others. His poetry can also be found on the literary podcast Strange Horizons. Find more of his writing on Instagram @dante_novario.
Rhysling Anthology 2022
Kimberly Nugent is a freelance editor and stay at home mom who tortures her cats with djent and death metal as she flits about the house. She is also a gamer, nerd, and lover of all things geek.
Dwarf Stars 2019, 2020, 2021
Star*Line 41.2, 41.4, 42.2
Stuart Nunn
Dwarf Stars 2008
Éka Nyitrai lives in Bucharest, Romania. She was born in Transylvania, a land that she truly considers magic. She studied communication and political marketing. She always felt attracted to poetry, especially to short forms, however she only started writing haiku since 2018, early spring. She writes haiku, tanka and cherita. Her work has been published in Under the Basho, Failed Haiku, FemkuMag, Otata, and The Asahi Shimbun.
Dwarf Stars 2019