Award Winners

All Nominated Poems

Short Poems

• Duane Ackerson • Constellations • Alba 11, 3/1/05.
• Danny Adams • Utnapishtim on Friday After Dessert • Mythic Delirium 13, Summer/Fall 2005.
• Linda Addison • Storm of Souls • Fantastic Stories of the Imagination 16, Winter 2005.
• Mike Allen • The Strip Search • Strange Horizons 10/3/2005.
• Mike Allen & Ian Watson • Time Flood • Asimov's Science Fiction 29.2, Feb. 2005.
• Chris Ambrose • Icarus • Space and Time 99, Spring 2005.
• Michael A. Arnzen • Those Who Landed, Surprised to Discover that Zombies Had Taken Over the Planet • Dreams and Nightmares 72, Sept. 2005.
• Greg Beatty • Prayer Causes Stars • Abyss & Apex 15, third quarter 2005.
• Helena Bell • Prince Charming • Strange Horizons 2/28/05.
• John Borneman • Grieve Not • Kenoma 2.4, Sept. 2005.
• Bruce Boston • The Cathedral of Lost Faces • Flashquake 4.3, Spring 2005.
• Ash Bowen • Through the Back Windshield • Stickman Review 4.2, Dec. 2005.
• Harold Bowes • Like • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004–05.
• Mary E. Choo • Keepers (from Grannie's Garden) • ChiZine 24, April–June 2005.
• Constance Cooper • How the Sea People Mourn • Mythic Delirium 13, Summer/Fall 2005.
• Jennifer Crow • Colder • Illumen 3, Autumn 2005.
• cythera • Village of the Mermaids: A Painting by Paul Delvaux • Illumen 2, Spring 2005.
• James S. Dorr • Ratatouille • Dreams & Nightmares 71, May 2005.
• Roger Dutcher • Medusa • Medusa, ed. Steve Sneyd (Hilltop Press, 2005).
• Marcus Ewert • [As the Sun Rises] • Star*Line 28.6, Nov/Dec 2005.
• Chris Fox • Scorpions • Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet 16, July 2005.
• Robert Frazier • Robot Origami • The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 108.3, March 2005.
• John Garrison • After Cavafy • The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 12.4, July-Aug. 2005.
• Todd Hanks • Slow Spider Sunset • Dreams and Nightmares 70, Jan. 2005.
• Samantha Henderson • Reptile Brain • Lone Star Stories 9, 6/1/05.
• Sandra Kasturi • Frankenstein's Monster's Wife's Therapist • Star*Line 28.2, March/April 2005.
• Erin Keane • Orpheus Retires • Strange Horizons 5/9/05.
• K. J. Kirby • From Earth to Moon • Star*Line 28.2, March/April 2005.
• David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Application of Einstein's Theories to Personal Affairs • Raven Electrick, Nov. 2005.
• David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Potato pilots • Star*Line 28.2, March/April 2005.
• David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Tsunami child • Star*Line 28.5, Sept./Oct. 2005.
• Rio Le Moignan • Baskets Full of Gods • Jabberwocky 1, July 2005.
• Sandra Lindow • New from the Götterdämmerung Shop • From the Asylum, Oct. 2005.
• Melissa Marr • Fighting the Tide • Star*Line 28.6, Nov/Dec 2005.
• Helen Marshall • Mist and Shadows • Star*Line 28.3, May/June 2005.
• Pam McNew • Thoughts, From a Sin Eater • Fortean Bureau 31, Sept. 2005.
• Vincent Miskell • Screen Savior • From the Asylum, May 2005.
• Jaime Lee Moyer • Once Upon a Time • Raven Electrick, March 2005.
• Tim Pratt • A Bestiary: Tlaltecuhtli • Strange Horizons 4/11/05.
• Teresa Noelle Roberts • The Presence of Merlin on Glastonbury Tor • PanGaia 42, Sept–Nov 2005.
• Margo Roby • Mindgames • Prism Quarterly 7.4, April 2005.
• Marsheila Rockwell • Fairy Tale Ending • Mytholog 3.3, Summer 2005.
• Irving Rothchild • The Intelligent Designer • Skeptical Inquirer 29.6, Nov/Dec 2005.
• Christiaan Sabatelli • The holes left behind • Wicked Hollow 9, Nov. 2005.
• Charles Saplak • Genetics • Mythic Delirium 12, Winter/Spring 2005.
• Ann K. Schwader • Lost Over East Texas • Mythic Delirium 12, Winter/Spring 2005.
• Ann K. Schwader • Theoretical Physics of Loss • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004–05.
• E. Sedia • The Sandman's Sestina • Dream the Dark Majestic, ed. Nancy Jackson, (Rage Machine Books, 2005).
• Marge Simon • South • Illumen 2, Spring 2005.
• Christina Sng • Medusa in L.A. • Tales of the Talisman 1.1, 2005.
• Sonya Taaffe • Ibis, Scribe • Mythic Delirium 13, Summer/Fall 2005.
• Sonya Taaffe • In Sight of the Seasons • Not One of Us 34, Sept. 2005.
• Marcie Lynn Tentchoff • In Retirement • Lone Star Stories 8, 4/1/05.
• roibeárd Uí-neíll • * sacrifice to the solstice * • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.3, Autumn 2005.
• Jamie Wasserman • Catastrophic Love Song • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.2, Spring 2005.
• Stephen M. Wilson • American Requiem • Wicked Karnival 5, Sept. 2005.
• Stephen M. Wilson • O is for October • Wicked Karnival: Halloween Horrors, Oct. 2005.

Long Poems

• Mike Allen • Chagall's Lamp • Strange Horizons 3/7/05.
• Mike Allen • Picasso's Rapture • Strange Horizons 6/6/05; Disturbing Muses (Prime Books, 2005).
• Mike Allen & W. Gregory Stewart • Thanomorphosis • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004–05.
• Louis Armand • Croatoan • Jacket 28, October 2005.
• Lee Ballentine • The Double • Star*Line 28.6, November/December 2005.
• Normand R. Bernier & Leonard R. Johnson, Jr. • Mindsong • Mindlings: Encounters Within Inner Space (Hats Off Books, 2005).
• John Borneman • Sihu's Jar • Illumen 2, Spring 2005.
• Bruce Boston • River Watch • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004–05.
• Greg Braquet • Garbled Contact • Raven Electrick, May 2005.
• Kendall Evans • Rapunzel, Rapunzella • Mythic Delirium 12, Winter/Spring 2005.
• Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel • The Tin Men • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004–05.
• Gary Every • Monogamous Kings • Tales of the Talisman 1.3, 2005.
• C.A. Gardner • Rildix Falls • Contemporary Rhyme 2.1, Winter 2005.
• Albert Goldbarth • Cock • Poetry 185.6, March 2005.
• Joe Haldeman • Old Twentieth: a century full of years • Readercon 16 Souvenir Book, 2005.
• Samantha Henderson • Cabazon • Strange Horizons 8/8/05.
• David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Macramé Williams on the Lake Titicaca • Poetry Life and Times, April 2005.
• David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Mike Allen • Rattlebox • Strange Horizons 5/30/05.
• Yoon Ha Lee • Void-Egg Verses • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004–05.
• David Lunde • Malgré la Nuit Seule et le Jour en Feu • Star*Line 28.4, July/Aug 2005.
• Eric Marin • words fail • Abyss & Apex 13, January/February 2005.
• Drew Morse • First Cross of Mars • Illumen 3, Autumn 2005.
• Mark Rich • Cargoes of Immensity: October 4, 2004 • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.1, Winter 2004-05.
• Uncle River • Phoenix Barley • Tales of the Unanticipated 26, Nov. 2005.
• Darrell Schweitzer • Ithaca, At Last • Dreams and Nightmares 70, Jan. 2005.
• Tobias Seamon • An Infernal Firmament • Star*Line 28.5, Sept/Oct 2005.
• Sonya Taaffe • Postcards from the Province of Hyphens • Hadrosaur Tales 21, March 2005; Postcards from the Province of Hyphens (Prime Books, 2005).
• Sonya Taaffe • Shadowplay • Jabberwocky 1, July 2005.
• Sonya Taaffe • Tarot in the Dungeon • Mythic Delirium 12, Winter/Spring 2005; Singing Innocence and Experience (Prime Books, 2005).
• Mikal Trimm • And We Shall Go A-Questing • Lone Star Stories 7, 2/1/05.
• JoSelle Vanderhooft • Danse Macabre • Star*Line 28.5, Sep/Oct 2005.
• JoSelle Vanderhooft • Joan • Star*Line 28.6, Nov/Dec 2005.