Ruth Berman's speculative poetry has appeared in Asimov’s SF, Amazing Stories, Analog, Aliens and Lovers, Burning With A Vision, Fungi, Tales of the Unanticipated, Weird Tales, Worlds of Fantasy and Horror, Star*Line, and other magazines and anthologies. As a translator from French, she has placed work in Space & Time, Tales of the Unanticipated, and Fantasy Macabre. Editing credits include working with Mythlore and Pandora, assembling a collection by past Rhysling winner Terry A. Garey, The Middle Earth Songbook, The Star Trek Songbook, and the in-house newsletter on the set of the original Star Trek.
Her impact in and out of the genre has been far-reaching. In 1973, she was a nominee for the John W. Campbell category Best New Writer. She won the first ever Dwarf Stars Award (2006), won the Rhysling Award twice (2003 & 2016) and placed twice (2nd in 2000 & 3rd in 2015). Her articles on genre writing appeared in Jabberwocky (from the Lewis Carroll Society), Extrapolation, and Children’s Literature in Education.
She was active in the performances and publications of the group the Lady Poetesses from Hell. Her imprint of crumbfairy press has published sf/fantasy poetry by herself, Terry A. Garey, Rebecca Marjesdatter, and Eleanor Arnason.