2026 Rhysling Anthology and Award

Anthology Information

Rhysling Chairs:
AJ Wentz and Jordan Hirsch

Book Design: F.J. Bergmann

Cover Image: To be announced

Publisher: Science Fiction Poetry Association

Editor Biographies

Editors

AJ Wentz is a poet living in the southern United States. She practices law by day and reads to her cat by night. Most of all, AJ spends her time longing for something just beyond her reach. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Fantasy Magazine, Dreams & Nightmares, and elsewhere.She can be found online at www.ajwentz.com.

Jordan Hirsch writes speculative fiction and poetry in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, where she lives with her husband. Her work has appeared with Liminality Magazine, Octavos, The Future Fire, and other venues. Find her on Twitter (@jordanrhirsch), and find more of her work on her website: jordanrhirsch.wordpress.com.

All Nominated Poems

Short Poems

Poem TitleAuthor NamePublisher
I Consult a SpiritualistMerna Dyer SkinnerHeartlines Spec
I Was Lt. UhuraJanuary Gill O'NeilPoetry Magazine
I, RobotAli TrottaSpace Cowboy Books
Job InterviewMax HuntSpecPoVerse
Old StoriesLisa TimpfNew Myths
Rockets Over AnaheimWendy Van CampAnaheim Poetry Review
The Language of FirefliesAngela LiuThe Deadlands
Beyond the Standard ModelUrsula WhitcherAnalog
The Lost Dragon's HomePS CottierDreams & Nightmares
Does That Familiar Come in Black?Gerri LeenBlack Cat Publishing
Demonic OppressionC. PayneJust Keep Up

Long Poems

Poem TitleAuthor NamePublisher
An Aging AI Tries to Remember Its LifeCasey AimerSmall Wonders
His New AntlersRick ChristiansenSheila-Na-Gig
The Blanket, The Secret, The DarkRB LembergStrange Horizons
Castle of IndolenceF.J. BergmannJust Keep Up
Watery HorizonJames CallanChrome Baby
ComponentsPS CottierAntipodeanSF
The Cat Who Only Returned When You LiedFendy S. TulodoSpecPoVerse
TranshumanAnna CatesStar*Line
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