Poetry Planet 2014 Elgin & Dwarf Stars Awards Showcase Podcast, read by Diane Severson.

Award Winners

Winner: Mat Joiner "And Deeper than Did Ever Plummet Sound"

2nd Place: Mari Ness "The Loss"

3rd Place: David Livingstone Clink "Hourglass"

Winner Biograpy

Table of Contents

• “about 600 light years” • Dietmar Tauchner • Star*Line 36:3
• Ambassador to the Abyss • Michael Kriesel • Star*Line 36:1
• Ambient Noise • Howie Good • Silver Blade 19
• And Deeper Than Did Ever Plummet Sound • Mat Joiner • Strange Horizons, 2 September 2013
• April • Nita Sembrowich • Goblin Fruit, Spring 2013
• “beagle brain” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • 7X20, 5 April 2013
• Because You Are an Expert in Such Matters • Ron Czerwien • Star*Line 36:1
• Beneath • Rhonda Parrish • Every Day Poets, 25 February 2013
• “beyond graves field” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Cthulhu Haiku II, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press)
• “bleached bones” • J. E. Stanley • Selected Regions of the Moon (NightBallet Press)
• This Bus Stop Was a Coral Reef, Once • Megan Arkenberg • Star*Line 36:3
• “cardamom seeds” • Patricia Tompkins • Scifaikuest print, November 2013
• A conversation between a time traveler and his apprentice • David Livingstone Clink • Analog: Science Fiction and Fact 133:12
• “Damage! The space-” • Manos Kounougakis • Dreams of Myths (Universe Pathways Editions)
• “easier to see” • Tony Burfield • Scifaikuest online, May 2013
• An Elegy for Evelyn Cream • Amal El-Mohtar • Flying Higher, eds. Shira Lipkin & Michael
  Damian Thomas
• “Death hides in corners” • Gary C. Busha • Canoe Haiku (Wolfsong Publications)
• Effigy • Kim L. Neidigh • Star*Line 36:3
• Even an Empty Life Can Hold Water • Peg Duthie • inkscrawl 6
• “evolution …” • Dietmar Tauchner • Modern Haiku 44:2
• “A gate in rubble” • Anna Sykora • Mirror Dance, Spring 2013
• Gorgon Hair Care • Laura Garrison • Parody 2:2
• Grief • Jennifer Jerome • Goblin Fruit, Winter 2013
• “gripping a portal” • Anna Sykora • Mirror Dance, Spring 2013
• Haiku for H.P. Lovecraft and E. Schrödinger • Geoffrey A. Landis • Cthulhu Haiku II, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press)
• Haiku for H.P. Lovecraft and J.A. Wheeler • Geoffrey A. Landis • Cthulhu Haiku II, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press)
• Hourglass • David Livingstone Clink • Prism International 51:3
• How to Write Poems #2573 • F. J. Bergmann • Right Hand Pointing 61
• “hypnotic regression” • F. J. Bergmann • Cthulhu Haiku II, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press)
• I Am Learning to Forget • Dominik Parisien • Strange Horizons, 6 September 2013
• I blow out the candles • Dietmar Tauchner • Shamrock 24
• If Sappho Studied Egyptology • Alicia Cole • Abyss & Apex, 28 September 2013
• Impermanent Frost • Elizabeth Barrette • The Wordsmith’s Forge, 16 November 2013
• Internal Architecture • Robert Borski • Star*Line 36:4
• Invasion • Sandi Leibowitz • Rose Red Review 6
• The Journeymaker, Climbing • Rose Lemberg • Goblin Fruit, Winter 2013
• Larva • Sonya Taaffe • inkscrawl 6
• “last dance” • LeRoy Gorman • Scifaikuest print, November 2013
• “lights still on” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • 7X20, 4 April 2013
• “Look, the On symbol” • Manos Kounougakis • Dreams of Myths (Universe Pathways Editions)
• The Loss • Mari Ness • Strange Horizons, 23 September 2013
• Making Rice Dance • Peg Duthie • inkscrawl 6
• “mechanical cat” • Livia Finucci • Tales of the Talisman 8:4
• Marie Antoinette, 2125 • Bruce Boston • Asimov’s Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2013
• Moral • Alicia Cole • Goblin Fruit, Winter 2013
• “mostly air” • Joyce Clement • Frogpond 36:1
• “native noises, nonstop” • Lauren McBride • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Fall 2013
• Newest Amsterdam • Peg Duthie • Dreams and Nightmares 95
• “no groundhog” • LeRoy Gorman • DailyHaiku, 11 April 2013
• One Planet, Under Gravy • Ann K. Schwader • Star*Line 36:4
• Prometheus • Robert Borski • Silver Blade 19
• “quantum drive failure” • C. William Hinderliter • Star*Line 36:3
• A Questionable Immortality • Bruce Boston • Star*Line 36:2
• “the robot ponders” • Greg Schwartz • Tales of the Talisman 9:2
• “The robot seagull” • Manos Kounougakis • Valles Marineris (Universe Pathways Editions)
• “satellites crashing” • Patricia Tompkins • Scifaikuest print, August 2013
• Schrödinger’s Box • J. E. Stanley • Star*Line 36:1
• Seeds of Love • Sandi Leibowitz • Dreams and Nightmares 96
• Shifts in Production • Bruce Boston • Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2013
• Stirring Time • Lauren McBride • Tales of the Talisman 8:3
• The Sun in Stereo • John C. Mannone • Mystic Nebula, January 2013
• “their language …” • Patrick Armstrong • Star*Line 36:1
• “the thunder lizards” • Steven Wittenberg Gordon •
• Unicorn Tea • J. Mirio • Star*Line 36:3
• The Werewolf Explains • James S. Dorr • Night to Dawn, April 2013
• “a werewolf’s nightmare” • Angel Favazza • Scifaikuest print, November 2013
• What We Carry • Beth Cato • inkscrawl 6
• Where the Rabbits Run, Near the Shore • Alicia Cole • inkscrawl 6
• Why the Scientist Owns a Persian Carpet • N. E. Taylor • Tales of the Talisman 8:4
• Why We Get Viruses • Ruth Berman • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Fall 2013
• “the winged serpent, draco” • Carolyn Clink • Gusts Contemporary Tanka 18
• “a worm flaps” • Patrick Armstrong • Star*Line 36:1

Nominations by Publication

44 members voted.

Number of Nominations	Publication Name
2	7x20
1	Abyss & Apex
1	Analog: Science Fiction and Fact
2	Asimov’s Science Fiction
1	Canoe Haiku (Wolfsong Publications)
4	Cthulhu Haiku II, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press)
1	DailyHaiku
2	Dreams & Nightmares
2	Dreams of Myths (Universe Pathways Editions)
1	Every Day Poets,
1	Flying Higher, eds. Shira Lipkin & Michael Damian Thomas
1	Frogpond
4	Goblin Fruit
1	Gusts Contemporary Tanka
5	inkscrawl
2	The Magazine of Speculative Poetry
2	Mirror Dance
1	Modern Haiku
1	Mystic Nebula
1	Night to Dawn
1	Parody
1	Prism International
1	Right Hand Pointing
4	Scifaikuest
1	Selected Regions of the Moon (NightBallet Press)
1	Shamrock
2	Silver Blade
13	Star*Line
3	Strange Horizons
4	Tales of the Talisman
1	Valles Marineris (Universe Pathways Editions)
1	The Wordsmith’s Forge