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The 1978 Rhysling Anthology and Awards




The 1978 Rhysling Awards


Short Poem Category

Winners (tie)

  • The Starman by Duane Ackerson
  • Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night by Andrew Joron
  • Corruption of Metals by Sonya Dorman
  • Long Poem Category

    Winner

  • The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps by Gene Wolfe




  • The Rhysling Awards 1978


    The 1978 Rhysling Anthology             SFPA Secretary and Factotum: Suzette Haden Elgin
                Cover art: Suzette Haden Elgin
                Published in Star*Line: Special Nominations Issue, July 1978


    Rhysling Award nominees published in 1977

          Awards Key
                First Place winner
                More than one poem with the same color code within a category indicates a tie.

    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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