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The 2007 Rhysling Awards

2007 Rhysling Award Photos

The 2007 Rhysling Anthology:
The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2006

Editor and Rhysling Chair: Drew Morse              Layout and Typesetting: Robert Fraizer              Cover Design: Garry Nurrish              Cover Art: "Prose" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1879              Printing: BookSurge LLC.              Published by: Science Fiction Poetry Association in cooperation with Prime Books              ISBN:Ten: 0-8095-7219-2 / Thirteen: 978-0-8095-7219-9

Short Poems First Published in 2006

      Awards Key
            First Place winner
            Second Place winner
            Third Place winner

Duane Ackerson • Taking Back the Moon • Strange Horizons (5/1/2006).

Mary Alexandra Agner • Sleeping Beauty • Strange Horizons (11/13/06).

Mike Allen • Bacchanal • Goblin Fruit (Autumn 2006).

Mike Allen • Manifest Destiny • Helix 2 (October 2006).

Elizabeth Barrette • Beach Climbing • Strange Horizons (10/16/06).

John Borneman • Love's Resistance-Crossing the Wheatstone Bridge • From The Asylum (February 2006).

Bruce Boston • I Build Engines • Lone Star Stories 13 (February 2006).

Bruce Boston • In the Sweltering Ruins of the Old City • In Shades Fantastic, Gromagon Press, 2006.

Lida Broadhurst • To a Lover Dying Old • Mythic Delirium 15 (Summer/Fall 2006).

Kenneth B. Chiacchia • Casualty • In On Our Way to Battle: Poetry From the Trenches, ed. Samantha Henderson. Carnifax Press, 2006.

Jennifer Crow • When We Sent Our Poems into Space • Star*Line 29.1 (January/February 2006).

Malcolm Deeley • Two Cathedrals • Dragons, Knights & Angels 39 (December 2006).

James S. Dorr • The Edge Of The World • Balticon 40 Program Book (May 2006).

Kendall Evans • Deepspace Meditation • Star*Line 29.6 (November/December 2006).

Robert Frazier • When Will Time Unfold • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.4 (Spring 2006).

Emily Gaskin • Women of the Resurrection • "Women of the Resurrection." Goblin Fruit (Spring 2006).

Joe Haldeman • god is dead short live god • Mythic 1 (April 2006).

Samantha Henderson • First Festival • Goblin Fruit (Summer 2006).

K.J. Kirby • In All Probability • Strange Horizons (5/29/06).

Deborah P. Kolodji • As the Moon Loses Its Smile • Tales of the Talisman 2.3 (December 2006).

David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Deborah P. Kolodji • The Spider Wakes • Star*Line 29.6 (November/December 2006).

John Edward Lawson • Demands of the Voluptuous Virginal Sacrifice • In The Troublesome Amputee, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2006.

Ursula K. Le Guin • The Mute • In Incredible Good Fortune, Shambhala Publications, 2006.

Sandra Lindow • Dwarves • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.4 (Spring 2006).

Sandra Lindow • Touched by the Gods • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.4 (Spring 2006).

Robin Mayhall • [time stumbles sideways] • Scifaikuest 12 (May 2006).

Hosho McCreesh • Very Soon... • Blue Collar Review 10.1 (Autumn 2006).

Jaime Lee Moyer • Sir Once Forgotten • Star*Line 29.4 (July/August 2006).

Jaime Lee Moyer • Twilight • In On Our Way to Battle: Poetry From the Trenches, ed. Samantha Henderson. Carnifax Press, 2006.

Rich Ristow • The Graven Idol's Godheart • The Shantytown Anomaly 2 (March 2006).

William Sanders • The Last Madman • Helix 2 (October 2006).

Charles Saplak & Mike Allen • Template for a Fairy Tale • Weird Tales 340 (June 2006).

Lawrence Schimel • Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole • Helix 3 (Winter 2007) [published December 2006].

Mirta Ana Schultz • Into the Heart • The Sword Review 16 (July 2006).

Ann Schwader • Spiral Scream • Strange Horizons (9/25/06).

Julia Sevin • It will appear on your water and sewerage bill • Abyss & Apex 17 (First Quarter 2006).

Marge Simon • Saint Jefferson Then and Now • Illumen 2.2 (Spring 2006).

Sonya Taaffe • Ogygia • Not One of Us 36 (November 2006).

Marcie Lynn Tentchoff • Spider Silk • Raven Electrick (September 2006).

Jessica D. Thompson • a Wing and a Prayer • PanGaia 43 (January-March 2006).

JoSelle Vanderhooft • Pluto Contemplates His Next Career • Helix 3 (Winter 2007) [published December 2006]

Jo Walton • A Candlemass Poem • Lone Star Stories 13 (February 2006).

Ian Watson • Cobwebs in Heaven • Mythic Delirium 14 (Winter/Spring 2006).

Neal Wilgus • Disneyesque • Dreams & Nightmares 75 (September 2006).

Stephen M. Wilson • Frost Bitten • Dark Wisdom 10 (November 2006).

Stephen M. Wilson & Roger E. Naylor • Atom's Apple • Scifaikuest 13 (August 2006).

Elizabeth Jodi Woodward • Time Zones • 4th Dimension 11 (September 2006).

Long Poems First Published in 2006

      Awards Key
            First Place winner
            Second Place winner
            Third Place winner

Duane Ackerson • Making Nothing Happen • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.4 (Spring 2006).

Danny Adams • Go Home From Bonnie Earth • Star*Line 29.3 (May/June 2006).

Mike Allen • The Journey to Kailash • Strange Horizons (1/23/2006).

Mike Allen • The Psychic Above Burritoville • In Strange Wisdoms of the Dead, Wildside Press, 2006.

Mike Allen • Sisyphus Walks • Goblin Fruit (Spring 2006).

Gregory Benford • Isaac from the Outside • Star*Line 29.3 (May/June 2006).

Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier • A Compass for the Mutant Rain Forest • Strange Horizons (12/18/2006).

G. O. Clark • Spot in Space • Strange Horizons (3/20/2006).

James S. Dorr • The Drowned City • The Magazine of Speculative Poetry 7.4 (Spring 2006).

Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel • In Wicked Hollows, On Darkling Plains • Asimov's Science Fiction 367 (August 2006).

Gary Every • Sakhmet the Destroyer • Tales of the Talisman 2.2 (September 2006).

John Giorno • There Was a Bad Tree • Van Gogh's Ear 5 (2006).

Samantha Henderson • Sleepers • Dreams & Nightmares 75 (September 2006).

Samantha Henderson • Tinker • Abyss & Apex 17 (First Quarter 2006).

Samantha Henderson • Triptych: Three Views of the Capture of the City of Bisanthe • Lone Star Stories 15 (June 2006).

Deborah P. Kolodji • Siren's Call • Mythic 2 (October 2006).

John Edward Lawson • Marvels of Horror • In The Troublesome Amputee, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2006.

Isabel Pelech • Clock Function • Dreams & Nightmares 75 (September 2006).

Marsheila Rockwell • Pilate's Wife • The Sword Review 13 (April 2006).

J.C. Runolfson • Advent • The Sword Review 21 (December 2006).

Lawrence Schimel • Kristallnacht • Mythic 1 (April 2006).

Sonya Taaffe • Homecoming • Mythic 2 (October 2006).

Pamela K. Taylor • Foreign Thoughts • Star*Line 29.6 (November/December 2006).

Sheree Ren¬ée Thomas • Fallen • Strange Horizons (5/8/2006).

Mikal Trimm • Africa Screams • Mythic Delirium 14 (Winter/Spring 2006).

Mikal Trimm • Lost On the Shores of Avalon • Aeon 6 (April 2006).

Catherynne M. Valente • The Child Bride of the Lost City of Ubar • Journal of Mythic Arts (Summer/Autumn 2006).

Catherynne M. Valente • The Descent of the Corn-Queen of the Midwest • Mythic Delirium 14 (Winter/Spring 2006).

Catherynne M. Valente • The Eight Legs of Grandmother Spider • Mythic 1 (April 2006).

JoSelle Vanderhooft • The Minotaur's Last Letter to his Mother • Mythic Delirium 14 (Winter/Spring 2006).

JoSelle Vanderhooft • The Story of the River in the Desert • Star*Line 29.6 (November/December 2006).

Stephen M. Wilson • Phantasia! • In Bondage: Tales of Obsession, ed. Tyree Campbell. Sam's Dot Publishing, 2006.