1979 Rhysling Anthology and Award

Anthology Information

SFPA Secretary and Factotum: Suzette Haden Elgin

Cover Image: Suzette Haden Elgin

Publisher: Science Fiction Poetry Association (published in Star*Line, July 1979)

Award Winners

Short Poem Category

First Place: Duane Ackerson • Fatalities • The Eggplant and Other Absurdities, Confluence Press, 1978

Long Poem Category

First Place: Michael Bishop • For the Lady of a Physicist • Black Holes, Fawcett Books, 1979

All Nominated Poems

Short Poems

  • Duane Ackerson • Fatalities • The Eggplant and Other Absurdities, Confluence Press, 1978
  • Kathryn Rantala • Harmoniums • 1978
  • Russell Edson • Monkey Dinner • 1978
  • Edward Bryant • Winslow Crater • 1978
  • Robert Frazier • I, flightless Peregrine • 1978
  • Steve Eng (writing as John Bredon) • Story Books and Treasure Maps • 1978
  • Neal Wilgus • Seriality • Nyctalops, March 1978 (not included in anthology)

Long Poems

  • Michael Carlson • Deep Space Anthology • 1978
  • Michael Bishop • For the Lady of a Physicist • Black Holes, Fawcett Books, 1979
  • Adam Hammer • Sailing Away • 1978
  • Robert Frazier • Trilogy from the Space Nomad Cycle: A Peregrine Fantasy • 1978
  • Jack Anderson • The Lost Space Ship • 1978
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