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The 2003 Rhysling Anthology and Awards



The 2003 Rhysling Awards


Short Poem Category

Winner

  • Potherb Gardening by Ruth Berman

    Second Place

  • A Ghost Story by Mike Allen

    Third Place

  • meteor shower by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
    		•  Long Poem Category

    Winners (tie)

  • Epochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy by Charles Saplak & Mike Allen
  • Matlacihuatl’s Gift by Sonya Taaffe

    Second Place

  • Medusa's Tale by David C. Kopaska-Merkel

    Third Place

  • Not One of Us by Tyree Campbell
    		•



    The 2003 Rhysling Anthology:
    The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2002


    The 2003 Rhysling Anthology             Rhysling Chairs: Mike Allen and Drew Morse
                Compiling and Layout: Mike Allen
                Printing: Mike Williams
                Cover Art: Tim Mullins
                Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association

    Short Poems First Published in 2002

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

  • Mike Allen • A Ghost Story • Weird Tales, Spring 2002
  • Mike Allen • A Million Layers Removed • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 23, 2002
  • Anastasia Andersen • The Storm Maidens • Raven Electrick, Oct. 2002
  • Jim Applegate • Final Whimper • Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Aug. 2002
  • Ruth Berman • Potherb Gardening • Asimov’s Science Fiction, Dec. 2002
  • Francis Cartier • On Einstein • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 1, 2002
  • G. O. Clark • The Tree • Talebones, Spring 2002
  • Erin Donahoe • Like Death • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 62, 2002
  • James S. Dorr • Annchuck, by Daylight • Gothic.Net, Aug. 2002
  • Chris Ferrier • The Fortune Teller • Weird Tales, Spring 2002
  • Robert Frazier • Footnote, from “The Official Guide to Time Travel” • Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2002
  • Jennifer A. Grier • At the Last • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 3, 2002
  • Tracina Jackson-Adams • Seven Pairs of Iron Shoes • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 2, 2002
  • Laura Jacobsen • The Watercolor Sky • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 2, 2002
  • Rebecca Lu Kiernan • When a Snake Bites You in the Ass • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 3, 2002
  • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • meteor shower • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Spring 2002
  • Tim Pratt • A Bestiary: Poor Bahamut • Strange Horizons, April 2002
  • Marge Simon • Carnival 2001 • Dark Illuminati, Aug. 2002
  • Marge Simon • Old Earth Is the Museum of Genetic Art • The Martian Wave, Sept. 2002
  • Marge Simon • Salon de Nadir • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 5, 2002
  • Scott Thomas • Buying November • Dark Illuminati, Aug. 2002
  • Sheree Renιe Thomas • Starry Crown • African Voices, Spring/Summer 2002
  • Ian Watson • The Pleasure Surgeons • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 62, 2002
  • Ian Watson • Werechihuahua • Mythic Delirium, Issue 6, 2002

    Long Poems First Published in 2002

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

  • Abbi Ball • The Big Bang Cycle • Strange Horizons, June 2002
  • Bruce Boston • Film Artifact: A Review • Science Fiction Poetry Review, Jan. 2002
  • Bruce Boston • She Was There for Him the Last Time • Miniature Sun Press, Oct. 2002
  • Tyree Campbell • Not One of Us • Sex and the Single Alien, Writer’s Club Press, 2002
  • C. A. Conrad • Frank • Strange Horizons, May 2002
  • Denise Dumars • Dirge with Jazz Backbeat • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 6, 2002
  • Kendall Evans • Mission to a Quantum Asteroid • Mythic Delirium, Issue 7, 2002
  • Clark Hays • Devosha K. Deeos and the Disks of Eternity • Wicked Hollow, Issue 1, 2002
  • Charlee Jacob • Doubt • Star*Line, Vol. 25 Issue 5, 2002
  • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • Medusa’s Tale • Mythic Delirium, Issue 7, 2002
  • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • millennial dreams • Dark Illuminati, Aug. 2002
  • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • A Voyage to the Moon • Mythic Delirium, Issue 6, 2002
  • Robert Randolph Medcalf, Jr. • Ice Magic • Strange Horizons, March 2002
  • Charles Saplak & Mike Allen • Epochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy • Eotu Ezine, Feb. 2002
  • Marge Simon • Another Start on Finite Time • Space & Time, Issue 96, 2002
  • Sonya Taaffe • Matlacihuatl’s Gift • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 63, 2002
  • Laurel Winter • The Intergalactic Host Program • Asimov’s Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2002





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