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The 1979 Rhysling Anthology and Awards

The 1979 Rhysling Awards

Short Poem Category

Winners (tie)

Fatalities by Duane Ackerson

Story Books and Treasure Maps by Steve Eng

Long Poem Category

Winner

For the Lady of a Physicist by Michael Bishop

The Rhysling Awards 1979

The 1979 Rhysling Anthology             SFPA Secretary and Factotum: Suzette Haden Elgin
            Cover art: Suzette Haden Elgin
            Published in Star*Line, July 1979

Rhysling Award nominees published in 1978

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

SHORT POEMS

Duane Ackerson • Fatalities • The Eggplant and Other Absurdities, Confluence Press, 1978

Kathryn Rantala • Harmoniums • 1978

Russell Edson • Monkey Dinner • 1978

Edward Bryant • Winslow Crater • 1978

Robert Frazier • I, flightless Peregrine • 1978

Steve Eng (writing as John Bredon) • Story Books and Treasure Maps • 1978

LONG POEMS

Michael Carlson • Deep Space Anthology • 1978

Michael Bishop • For the Lady of a Physicist • Black Holes, Fawcett Books, 1979

Adam Hammer • Sailing Away • 1978

Robert Frazier • Trilogy from the Space Nomad Cycle: A Peregrine Fantasy • 1978

Jack Anderson • The Lost Space Ship • 1978

Short poem nominee not included in the anthology:

Neal Wilgus • Seriality • Nyctalops, March 1978

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