Award Winners

Winner: Bumbershoot • Howard V. Hendrix

2nd Place: The Selkie's Children • Deborah P Kolodji

3rd Place: The Men All Pause • Stephen Wilson

Table of Contents

• "valentine's day" • Megan Arkenberg • Scifaikuest, Feb 2009
• "is anyone else …" • John Barlow • Magnapoets, July 2009
• Endings • Elizabeth W. Bennefeld • Star*Line 32.4, July/August 2009
• "cats worship" • Carolyn Clink • Gusts: Contemporary Tanka, Spring/Summer 2009
• "sitting" • Linda Galloway • Ribbons, Winter 2009
• "way out there" • LeRoy Gorman • Streetlights: Poetry of Urban Life in Modern English Tanka (Modern English Tanka Press, 2009).
• "abandoned planet" • John Grey • Scifaikuest, November 2009
• "the winking" • Michele L. Harvey • Ribbons, Winter 2009
• Bumbershoot • Howard V. Hendrix • Abyss & Apex, First Quarter 2009
• "parental pride" • Carolyn M. Hinderliter • Scifaikuest, Nov 2009
• "alien atmosphere" • C. William Hinderliter • Scifaikuest, Feb 2009
• "by my side" • Elizabeth Howard • Ribbons, Spring 2009
• Headstones • Major Jackson • New Orleans Review, Vol 35 No 1, 2009
• "this house" • Joyce Sandeen Johnson • Ribbons, Summer 2009
• Losing Weight • Tim Jones • Astropoetica 7.2, Summer, 2009
• "needing to sleep" • M. Kei • Mariposa 21, Autumn/Winter 2009
• The Selkie's Children • Deborah P Kolodji • Goblin Fruit, Winter 2009
• "blue sunset" • Deborah P Kolodji • Scifaikuest, Aug 2009
• The Surface of Venus • Geoffrey Landis • Astropoetica 7.2, Summer, 2009; Iron Angels (Van Zeno Press, 2009).
• Burns at Both Ends • Rose Lemberg • Star*Line 32.1, Jan/Feb 2009
• "with a cheap beach towel" • paul m. • Frogpond 32.3, Fall 2009
• "her hand in mine" • paul m. • Mariposa 20, Spring/Summer 2009
• "Jedi mind trick—" • Tanya McDonald • Modern Haiku 40.1, Winter/Spring 2009
• "telling fortunes …" • Vasile Moldovan • Magnapoets, January 2009
• "meteor shower" • Joanne Morcom • Scifaikuest, Feb 2009
• "falling on your face" • Scott Nicolay • Scifaikuest, Aug 2009
• Alien Invasion • Peter Payack • Conceptual Anarchy (2009).
• Top Five Reasons Not to Rebel Against Your Alien Overlord • Jennifer Schwabach • Illumen, Issue 10
• "snow light–" • Ann K. Schwader • Daily Haiku, Jan 22, 2009
• "afternoon drive—" • Greg Schwartz • Scifaikuest, May 2009
• "blue sky" • semi • Scifaikuest, Aug 2009
• Night Phenomenon • Marge Simon • Astropoetry to the International Year of Astronomy (cosmopoetry.ro/astropoetrytoiya, 2009).
• "tattered flesh" • Noel Sloboda • Scifaikuest, Nov 2009
• "the network" • Dan Smith • Drops of Blood: A Horrorku Sampler (SFPA, 2009).
• The Blue of Neptune • Meg Smith • Astropoetica 7.2, Summer, 2009
• Intraocular Implant • J. E. Stanley • Intrinsic Night (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2009).
• "Stockholm Syndrome—" • J. E. Stanley • Scifaikuest, May 2009
• Article of Faith • Anna Sykora • Goblin Fruit, Summer 2009
• On its Own • Anna Sykora • Nothing to Dread: Niteblade Anthology, December 2009
• Apotropaism • Sonya Taaffe • Goblin Fruit, Winter 2009
• "sun spots:" • Pat Tompkins • Scifaikuest, Feb 2009
• The Men All Pause • Stephen Wilson • Poet's Espresso, May 2009
• Undertaker: An Acrostic • Jane Yolen • Miss Rumphius Effect blog, July 2009
• threading dreams • Kimberly Zajac • Ribbons, Winter 2009