Appeared in Dreams and Nightmares 100 Ruth Berman’s poetry and fiction have appeared in many sf/fantasy, general, and literary magazines and anthologies. Her novel Bradamant’s Quest was published by FTL Publications. She was one of the contributors to Lady Poetesses from Hell (Bag Person Press Collective). Her translation of two fairy tales by 18th-century writer Louise Cavelier Levesque, “The Prince of the Aquamarines” & “The Invisible Prince,” was published by Aqueduct Press (Seattle, WA), and her translation of “Trilby” and other fantasies by Charles Nodier, by Black Coat Press (Encino CA). She is a previous winner of the SFPA's Rhysling (2003) and Dwarf Stars (2006) Awards. |
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2016 Rhysling Award—Long Poem: tie Appeared in Dance Among Elephants (Sahtu Press) Krysada Phounsiri is a Lao American born in Huay Xai, Laos. He immigrated to the U.S. at age two where he lived in Southeast San Diego. He began writing poetry at age 11, but fell in love with poetry when he attended UC Berkeley. He is a Physics/Astrophysics double major, with a minor in Creative Writing. He is a professional dancer who has competed and performed internationally through the dance form known as Breaking. He is also an avid photographer. His work has appeared previously in publications such as the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s national photo project “A Day In the Life of Asian America”. His recent series "Beauty Beyond Scars" is featured in various blogs/content sites including The Getty and The Phoblographer. He debuted his first book of poetry in April 2015, titled Dance Among Elephants. The book is a poetic journey of identity, family, homeland, love, and dance. |
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Appeared in Dark Energies (P'rea Press) Ann K. Schwader is the author of seven poetry collections: Dark Energies (P'rea Press, 2015), Twisted in Dream (Hippocampus Press, 2011), Wild Hunt of the Stars (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2010), In the Yaddith Time (Mythos Books, 2007), Architectures of Night (Dark Regions Press, 2003), The Worms Remember (Hive Press, 2001), and Werewoman (Nocturnal Publications, 1990). She lives and writes in suburban Colorado. She won the Rhysling Award for the Short Poem in 2010. |
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Appeared in Dreams and Nightmares 101 F.J. Bergmann won the Rhysling Award for the Short Poem in 2008 and the Long Poem in 2015. She edits Star*Line and is the poetry editor of Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, the managing editor of MadHat Press, and publisher of Taraxia Press. |
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Second Place—Long Poem: F.J. Bergmann Appeared in Dreams and Nightmares 100 F.J. Bergmann won the Rhysling Award for the Short Poem in 2008 and the Long Poem in 2015. She edits Star*Line and is the poetry editor of Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, the managing editor of MadHat Press, and publisher of Taraxia Press. |
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Appeared in Gyroscope Review 16:1 Sandra J. Lindow has seven poetry collections and 24 Rhysling nominations. She is Vice President of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and defender of her backyard against marauding woodchucks. |
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Third Place—Long Poem: tie Poem: from “Sunspots” Appeared in Poetry, December 2015 Simon Barraclough is the author and editor of several books, including Sunspots (Penned in the Margins, 2015), Laboratorio (Sidekick Books, 2015), Neptune Blue (Salt Publishing, 2011), and Bonjour Tetris (Penned in the Margins, 2010). |
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Poem: “The White Planet” Appeared in Boulevard 31:1 Albert Goldbarth has won the National Book Critics Circle award for Saving Lives (2001) and Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology (1991), the only poet to receive the honor two times. [1] He also won the Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Foundation, in 2008. Goldbarth is a fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. |
The 2016 Rhysling
Winners
Krysada Panusith Phounsiri
Simon Barraclough
