James Ebersole’s stories and poems have appeared in such places as The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories, The Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase (Vol. I, IV, V), Folk Horror Revival: Corpse Roads, Richmond Macabre, Drabbledark, Broken Worlds, and The Cockroach Conservatory. He lives in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Rhysling Anthology 2019
Rosemary Edgehill
Rhysling Anthology 1995
Caleb Edmonson
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Russell Edson (1935–2014) was one of the most important and unique poets of the later part of the 20th century; certainly one of the preeminent writers of the prose poem in America. His work was widely anthologized as both poetry and fiction. Edson was the author of numerous books since the early 1960s. His final book was See Jack (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).
Rhysling Anthology 1979
John M. Edwards
Dwarf Stars 2013
Wayne Edwards
Rhysling Anthology 1994
Helen Ehrlich was a long-time SFPA member.
Rhysling Anthology first place in 1984, 1985
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S. T. Eleu (they, them), raised in Vegas then exiled to Chicago, has been a musician, teacher, and consummate Vulcan. Autism is their default universe, and though sparsely populated, is a glorious place to escape to, write in, and display an impressive collection of action figures.
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Rebecca Elizabeth
Rhysling Anthology 1995
Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Wilkins; 1936–2015) was a U.S. author and linguist who founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1978. Her best-known non-fiction includes the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series, and her fiction includes the Coyote Jones and Native Tongue series, as well as the Ozark Trilogy. Her poetry includes the book Less Said, and has appeared in the anthology Burning With A Vision, as well as Star*Line and Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. A professor at San Diego State University, she retired in 1980 to live with her family in Arkansas.
Rhysling Anthology 1981, first place in 1988
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Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a Kiwi now living in the UK. She describes herself as a reader, writer and librarian. Her haiku were featured in A New Resonance 8 (Red Moon Press, 2013), and her first collection of haiku and tanka Patient Property: a journey through leukemia (Velvet Dusk Publishing, 2019) was shortlisted for The Haiku Foundation's Touchstone Distinguished Books Award 2019. She is former editor of the haikai section of the New Zealand Poetry Society magazine, a fine line, and has edited two Per Diem collections for THF: Dream Speak (2013) and Libraries (2021).
Dwarf Stars 2022
Phillip A. Ellis
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Ron Ellis (R. Virgil Ellis) was an Emeritus Professor of Literature and Media at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. He retired from university teaching in 1997 and since devoted his time to writing, editing, publishing, and performance, finding time also to work with his wife Shirley to restore their land to native habitat. He published steadily over many years. A Wisconsin native, Ron held advanced degrees in literature and media studies from Cornell University and the Union Institute. In 2001 he joined Rosebud magazine, serving first as poetry editor, and currently as associate editor, art director, and Web author. Since his 1985 residence with peace activist and U.S. Poet Laureate William Stafford, Ellis published four books of poetry, released numerous audio and video performances, played in bands, and created his own psychedelic cover art.
Rhysling Anthology 1986, 1988, 1993
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Stephanie Ellis
Rhysling Anthology 2022
Neil Ellman
Rhysling Anthology 2013
Melissa Ridley Elmes is a Virginia native currently living in Missouri in an apartment that delightfully approximates a hobbit hole. She is the author of Arthurian Things: A Collection of Poems (Dark Myth Publications, 2020), which was nominated for the Elgin award. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart prize and the Dwarf Star and Rhysling awards, and her words have appeared in Star*Line, Eye to the Telescope, Dreams & Nightmares, Spectral Realms, Illumen, Liquid Imagination, Eccentric Orbits, DarkWinter, and elsewhere.
Dwarf Stars 2022, 2023
Rhysling Anthology 2023, 2024
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Amal El-Mohtar is the Nebula-nominated author of The Honey Month, a collection of poetry and prose written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey. Her work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies including Uncanny, Lightspeed, Stone Telling, Apex, Mythic Delirium, and Strange Horizons. Her short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed magazine's Women Destroy Science Fiction special issue and Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories. She is a founding member of the Banjo Apocalypse Crinoline Troubadours, edited Goblin Fruit, a quarterly journal of fantastical poetry, and lives in Glasgow with her fiancé and two jellicle cats.
Dwarf Stars 2006, 2014
Rhysling Anthology first place in 2009, third place in 2009, 2010, first place in 2011, 2013, first place in 2014, 2019
Martin J. Elster, who never misses a beat, was for many years a percussionist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. His career in music has influenced his fondness for writing metrical verse, which has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies in the US and abroad, including Astropoetica, Eye to the Telescope, Goreyesque, The Martian Wave, Mindflights, Mu Magazine, The Oldie, The Spectator, The Speculative Edge, and Autumn Sky Poetry Daily. His honors include Rhymezone’s poetry contest (2016) co-winner, the Thomas Gray Anniversary Poetry Competition (2014) winner, the SFPA poetry contest (2015) third place, (2010) second place, and four Pushcart nominations. A full-length collection, Celestial Euphony, was published by Plum White Press in 2019. amazon.com/Celestial-Euphony-Poems-Martin-Elster/dp/1939832160
Rhysling Anthology 2012, 2016
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Joshua Emery
Star*Line 47.4
Phil Emery
Rhysling Anthology 2001
Angela Williamson Emmert
Star*Line 38.1
Ruthanna Emrys
Star*Line 36.1
Steve Eng
Rhysling Anthology first place in 1979, 1981, 1986
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Megan Engelhart
Rhysling Anthology 2019
Margarita Engle
Dwarf Stars 2007, 2009
Margaret Kathryn Erickson
Rhysling Anthology 1990
Alexandra Erin
Rhysling Anthology 2016, 2017
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Bob Erman
Rhysling Anthology 1999
Timons Esaias is a satirist, writer and poet living in Pittsburgh. His works, ranging from literary to genre, have been published in twenty-two languages. He has been a finalist for the British Science Fiction Award, and he won the Winter Anthology Contest, the SFPA Poetry Contest, and the Asimov's Readers Award (twice). He was shortlisted for the 2019 Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize. His full-length Louis-Award-winning collection of poetry—Why Elephants No Longer Communicate in Greek—was brought out by Concrete Wolf.
Rhysling Anthology 1996, third place in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2015, 2017
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Frederico Lisci Espino, Jr.
Rhysling Anthology 1981
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Charlie Espinosa
Rhysling Anthology 2024
Januário Esteves is a Portuguese poet.
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Carrie Etter
Dwarf Stars 2016
Eavonka Ettinger arrived at haiku after a journey through theatre, film, spoken word poetry, and teaching. She's a 2022 and '23 Touchstone Award nominee and Golden Haiku 2023 selectee. A few places her work has appeared are Poetry Pea, Presence, Failed Haiku, Akitsu Quarterly, Prune Juice, Wales Haiku, and Cold Moon Journal. She lives in Long Beach, CA, with her husband and cat.
Dwarf Stars 2023, 2024
C. Evans
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Kendall Evans has had work, including many collaborations, in various sf/fantasy/horror magazines and anthologies. His poem "The Keeper of the Lighthouse at Land's End" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. He is also the author of the novelette "Don Huavaca's Dia De Los Muertos," which appeared in the anthology Bare Bone 6.
Dwarf Stars 2007
Rhysling Anthology 2003, first place in 2006, 2007, second place in 2008, 2009, first place in 2010, second place in 2010, 2011, second place in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
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Maureen Evans’ writing has appeared in journals including Hubbub, Ribbons, Room of One’s Own, Fugue, The Ulster Tatler and The Huffington Post. Her first published book is a reference cookbook of 1000 tweets, EAT TWEET (Artisan, 2010). Originally from northern Canada, she’s a wandering poet and writer; last at large in London, recently between Boston and New York.
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Gary Every has won regional journalism awards for articles such as “Losing Geronimo’s Language” and “The Apache Naichee Ceremony.” Stories are included in his book Shadow of the OhshaD. He has been nominated for the Rhysling Award seven times.
Rhysling Anthology 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017
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Keith Evetts is married, with five children, a cottage garden, a grey parrot and a sense of humour. Retired scientist and diplomat, his long and short poems are published in several journals and occasionally anthologised or nominated for elusive awards. He is an admin of Facebook’s largest haiku group and hosts the weekly commentary feature at The Haiku Foundation.
Dwarf Stars 2023Marcus Ewert
Rhysling Anthology 2006
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