Anthology Information
Rhysling Chair/Editor: [uncredited]
Cover Image: Robert Frazier
Publisher: Science Fiction Poetry Association

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Award Winners
Short Poem Category
First Place (tie): John Calvin Rezmerski • A Dream of Heredity • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 1, 1986
First Place (tie): Jonathan V. Post • Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope • Star*Line, Nov./Dec. 1986
Long Poem Category
First Place: W. Gregory Stewart • Daedalus • Star*Line, Nov./Dec. 1986
All Nominated Poems
Short Poems
- Ivan Argüelles • Autoincineration of the Right Stuff • Exquisite Corpse, May 1986
- Ruth Berman • Open-Ended Universe • Amazing, July 1986
- Bruce Boston • Uroboros • Fungi, Issue 11, 1986
- Steve Bowkett • Moonwatcher • Star*Line, Sept. 1986
- S. R. Compton • Retreat • Star*Line, Sept. 1986
- Keith Allen Daniels • My Eyes, My Eyes Are Melting • Star*Line, Jan. 1986
- Andrew Darlington • Euroshima Mon Amour/Radical Kisses • The Mentor, Jan. 1986
- Harry Davidov • The Wizard of the Wood • Fantasy Book, June 1986
- Robert Frazier • Tourist Spots for Time Travelers • Asimov's Science Fiction, Dec. 1986
- Roald Hoffman • Napkin Engineering • The Manhattan Review, Fall 1986David Lunde • Limits • Asimov's Science Fiction, Feb. 1986
- John Calvin Rezmerski • A Dream of Heredity • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 1, 1986
- Jonathan V. Post • Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope • Star*Line, Nov./Dec. 1986
- David M. Skov • Aversion • Ouroboros, Issue 4, 1986
Long Poems
- James S. Dorr • A Neo-Canterbury Tale: The Hog Drover’s Tale • Fantasy Book, June 1986
- Robert Frazier • Veneers of Sleep • Alternate Lives, 1986
- W. Gregory Stewart • Daedalus • Star*Line, Nov./Dec. 1986
- Jane Yolen • The Making of Dragons • Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1986