1978 Rhysling Anthology and Award

Anthology Information

SFPA Secretary and Factotum: Suzette Haden Elgin

Cover Image: Suzette Haden Elgin 

Published in: Star*Line Special nominations issue, July 1978

Publisher: Science Fiction Poetry Association

Award Winners

Short Poem Category

Winner (TIE): The Starman by Duane Ackerson

Winner (TIE): Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night by Andrew Joron

Winner (TIE): Corruption of Metals by Sonya Dorman

Long Poem Category

Winner: "The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps" by Gene Wolfe

All Nominated Poems

Short Poems

  • Jo Ann Harper • Feminine Demystification • 2076: The American Tricentennial, Pyramid Books, 1977
  • Sonya Dorman • Corruption of Metals • 2076: The American Tricentennial, Pyramid Books, 1977
  • Andrew Joron • Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night • Speculative Poetry Review, 1977
  • Walter Shedlofsky • Taffy Was a Spaceman • 1977
  • Marc Laidlaw • The Vaults of Slime • The Diversifier, #20 Part One, 1977
  • Duane Ackerson • The Starman • Cthulhu Calls, 1977
  • Duane Ackerson • DNA • 1977
  • Walter Shedlofsky • untitled • 1977
  • Michael Bishop • Postcards to Athena • Speculative Poetry Review, Issue 1, 1977
  • Isaac Asimov • Science Fiction Convention • 1977
  • Kathryn Rantala • Voices • Cthulhu Calls, 1977

Long Poems

  • Peter Dillingham • Sweet Birds of Youth Trilogy • 1978
  • Gene Wolfe • The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps • Speculative Poetry Review, 1977
  • Frank Belknap Long • The Marriage of Sir John de Mandeville • In Mayan Splendor, Arkham House, 1977
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