Anthology Information
Editor: Robin Mayhall
Cover Art: The Garden of Life by Alexander Biglane
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Layout: F.J. Bergmann
Publisher: Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
Award Winners
Winner: “aster than the speed of lightf” • LeRoy Gorman • Scifaikuest, November 2016
2nd Place: Lover • Holly Day • Homestead Review, Spring 2016
3rd Place: Loss • Sandi Leibowitz • Through the Gate, November 23, 2016
Winner Biographies
LeRoy Gorman lives in Napanee, Ontario, Canada. His poetry, much of it minimalist and visual, has appeared in publications and exhibitions worldwide. He is the author of two dozen poetry books and chapbooks.
Holly Day has taught writing classes at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, since 2000. Her poetry has recently appeared in Tampa Review, SLAB, and Gargoyle, and her published books include Walking Twin Cities, Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, Guitar All-in-One for Dummies, and Piano and Keyboards for Dummies.
Sandi Leibowitz is a native New Yorker who writes speculative fiction and poetry, sings classical and early music, and plays recorders. She received her B.A. in English from Vassar College, and post-graduate degrees in English, Education and Library Science from NYU, William Paterson, and Rutgers. After a variety of careers and jobs (including ghostwriting for a monsignor and working behind one of the caribou dioramas at NY's Museum of Natural History), she is now an elementary-school librarian, which enables her to hook kids on reading, tell stories, and use puppets and funny voices. Her works may be found in Metaphorosis, Liminality, Mythic Delirium, Kaleidotrope, Mithila Review, and other magazines and anthologies. She invites you to drop in for a virtual visit at www.sandileibowitz.com
Table of Contents
- “abandoned farm …” • C. William Hinderliter • Scifaikuest, August 2016
- “across the universe” • Alan Ira Gordon • Star*Line 39.2
- “alighting” • C. R. Harper • Star*Line 39.1
- “another moon” • Deborah P Kolodji • Lupine Lunes, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press, 2016)
- “aster than the speed …” • LeRoy Gorman • Scifaikuest, November 2016
- “attempting to align” • Terrie Leigh Relf • Star*Line 39.1
- Brave New World • Scott Mason • frogpond 39.1
- Cenotaph Moon • Robert Borski • Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2016
- Craving • Shannon Connor Winward • 2016 SFPA Poetry Contest, Dwarf 1st
- “Cypress trees on fire” • Denise Dumars • What the Wind Can’t Touch (Southern California Haiku Study Group anthology, 2016)
- “dead jackrabbit glares” • David Lee Summers • Lupine Lunes, ibid.
- demon lovers • Greer Woodward • Star*Line 39.4
- día de los muertos • John C. Mannone • Spirit’s Tincture 1
- “don’t go looking for” • Michael Ch’ong • MichaelIsNotMyName.wordpress.com, July 21, 2016
- “drooping tulips” • Deborah P Kolodji • Grievous Angel, January 2016
- epitaph for an ogre • Herb Kauderer • Star*Line 39.3
- “the face looked up” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Scifaikuest, November 2016 print
- “fetching the bones” • Susan Burch • Focus 65
- “the first calligraphy—” • Ruth Holzer • The Heron’s Nest Vol. XVIII, No. 4
- First to Draw • Bruce Boston • Grievous Angel, July 2016
- “Garden statues for sale” • Matthew Wilson • Star*Line 39.1
- “grasping” • Julie Bloss Kelsey • Englyn: Journal of Four-Line Poetry 3
- “growing child inside her belly” • William Landis • Scifaikuest, May 2016
- “his totem animal” • David McKee • Modern Haiku 47.2
- “howling at the rise” • Greer Woodward • Lupine Lunes, ibid.
- “icy roads” • LeRoy Gorman • Star*Line 39.4
- “immortality” • James D. Fuson • Star*Line 39.3
- Intersections • Neal Wilgus • Carillon 46
- “knitting for nieces” • John Reinhart • Scifaikuest, August 2016
- Loss • Sandi Leibowitz • Through the Gate, November 23, 2016
- Lover • Holly Day • Homestead Review, Spring 2016
- Mercury • Christina Sng • An Assortment of Sky Things (Allegra Press, 2016)
- Needs Repairs • John Reinhart • Star*Line 39.1
- New Planet Landscape 15 • Ken Poyner • Star*Line 39.1
- “next to the infant’s grave” • Manos Kounougakis • Focus 65
- No Reception • John Reinhart • Scifaikuest, May 2016
- “no shore” • Ann K. Schwader • Star*Line 39.4
- “our bodies” • Debbie Strange • Kokako 25
- “pandemonium” • Christina Sng • Star*Line 39.4
- “planet of flowers” • ayaz daryl nielsen • Star*Line 39.4
- Pluto • Shelly Bryant • Scifaikuest, February 2016 print
- “printing our children” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Star*Line 39.2
- Pterosaur • Deborah P Kolodji • Prune Juice 18
- R’lyeh • F. J. Bergmann • Spectral Realms 5
- “ready shuttle droid” • C. R. Harper • Dreams and Nightmares 103
- “red apples” • Christina Sng • Star*Line 39.2
- The Red Barn • David Clink • The Role of Lightning in Evolution (Chizine Publications, 2016)
- The Red Spacesuit • Brian Garrison • Eye to the Telescope 21
- “root cellar” • Christina Sng • Grievous Angel, November 2016
- “the serrated song” • Carlos Colón • frogpond 39:2
- “speed of light” • Susan Burch • 2016 SFPA Poetry Contest, Dwarf 3rd
- “the speed of light …” • Joy Reed MacVane • The Heron’s Nest Vol. XVIII, No. 1
- “spring migration” • LeRoy Gorman • Star*Line 39.2
- The Surreal Monster • Bruce Boston • The Literary Hatchet 14
- Talking to the Dead • Deborah P Kolodji • Unbroken 9
- “teeth of ferns” • David Boyer • Modern Haiku 47.2
- “thin moon” • David Boyer • frogpond 39:1
- “tomorrow will return” • Neal Wilgus • Star*Line 39.2
- “under a bright moon” • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Lupine Lunes, ibid.
- “visiting day” • C. William Hinderliter • Scifaikuest, August 2016
- The Werewolf Returns • William John Watkins • Star*Line 39.1
- What’ll It Be? • Lauren McBride • Star*Line 39.4
- The Woods Look Up • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Outposts of Beyond, October 2016
- The Year of the Cottonmouth • Crystal Boson • The Blueshift Journal v
- “yellow eyes aglow” • Rich Magahiz • Star*Line 39.1
- “zombie party” • LeRoy Gorman • Star*Line 39.3
Nominations by Publication
58 members voted on 66 poems.
| Number of Nominations | Publication Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Asimov’s Science Fiction |
| 1 | An Assortment of Sky Things (Allegra Press, 2016) |
| 1 | The Blueshift Journal |
| 2 | Carillon |
| 1 | Dreams and Nightmares |
| 1 | Englyn: Journal of Four-Line Poetry |
| 1 | Eye to the Telescope |
| 2 | Focus |
| 3 | frogpond |
| 3 | Grievous Angel |
| 2 | The Heron’s Nest |
| 1 | Homestead Review |
| 1 | Kokako |
| 1 | The Literary Hatchet |
| 3 | Lupine Lunes, ed. Lester Smith (Popcorn Press, 2016) |
| 1 | MichaelIsNotMyName.wordpress.com |
| 2 | Modern Haiku |
| 1 | Outposts of Beyond |
| 1 | Prune Juice |
| 1 | The Role of Lightning in Evolution (Chizine Publications, 2016) |
| 8 | Scifaikuest |
| 2 | 2016 SFPA Poetry Contest |
| 21 | Star*Line |
| 1 | Spectral Realms |
| 1 | Spirit's Tincture |
| 1 | Through the Gate |
| 1 | Unbroken |
| 1 | What the Wind Can’t Touch (Southern California Haiku Study Group anthology, 2016) |