Star*Line Archives
(links to Editor's Choice poems)
Star*Line History
Star*Line Reviews
Star*Line is the official newsletter and network instrument of the SFPA, established in 1978. It is a venue for speculative (including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) poets and poetry enthusiasts, and features interviews, articles, reviews, member news and letters, association business, and poetry—by members and nonmembers.
About Star*Line
In January 1978, Suzette
Haden Elgin founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, along
with its two visible cornerposts: the Rhysling
Awards and the association's newsletter, Star*Line. Star*Line has become not only an SFPA forum and networking tool, but a literary magazine for poets of the genre persuasion: imaginative poetry from hard science fiction to high fantasy, from the
macabre to straight science, and from rigid formalism to experimental and surrealist works.
Subscriptions
NB: A Star*Line subscription includes four quarterly issues of Star*Line. It does not include the annual Rhysling Anthology, Dwarf Stars, SFPA nominating or voting rights or the other benefits of full SFPA membership. Join here.
Annual rates
$10 .pdf (includes Dwarf Stars)
$24 print (USA)
$28 print (Can/Mex)
$30 print (overseas)
10% discount to libraries
Single issues
$2.50 .pdf
$5 print (+ $2 U.S./$3 international postage)
To order a copy or to subscribe, please send a check or money order made out to SFPA to:
SFPA Treasurer
PO Box 4846
Covina, CA 91723
or via PayPal to SFPATreasurer@gmail.com. Credit-card payments are accepted through PayPal.
A Star*Line subscription is included with SFPA membership.
Frequency
Star*Line is published quarterly. The issue with
which the subscription expires is printed on the mailing label. Star*Line is
saddle-stitched, 5.5" x 8.5",
with a cardstock cover, and is now also available as a .pdf.
Advertising Rates
Ad space
in Star*Line is now available for any enterprise directly connected with
speculative poetry. Per issue: $75/full page (5"w x 8"h); $40/half-page (5"w x 3.8"h); $25/quarter-page (2.4"w x 3.8"h);
$15/business-card size (2" x 3.5" either way).
Guidelines
Submit no more than five poems per submission. Do not send multiple submissions.
Paste into body of e-mail (attach .doc or .rtf only in case of very unusual
format). No previously published poems. Check this
page for more detailed
submission guidelines as well as some of the editor’s pet peeves.
Reading Periods
Star*Line is now open
for submissions year-round.
Payment
The SFPA pays on publication for First North
American Serial Rights and First Electronic Rights. Editor's
Choice poems may be selected to appear on the SFPA website and are archived
there. Subsidiary rights revert to the author on publication. Payment
for poetry: 3¢/word rounded to next dollar, minimum $3. One copy
to all contributors.
Non-Fiction
Star*Line accepts short articles on topicss related to science-fiction,
fantasy, and horror speculative poetry.
Reprints from guest columns in the Horror Writers’ Association (HWA)
newsletter also welcome. Space (within Star*Line, at any rate) is
limited; payment is 1¢/word rounded to the next dollar. Submit as .doc or .rtf only.
Review copies sought
All books, chapbooks, anthologies, or collections containing or related
to poetry within the SF/F/H/spec genres may be sent to the editor by
either snail- or e-mail and will be considered for review. Unsolicited
reviews welcome. Submit reviews via e-mail only. E-mail
the editor if interested in writing reviews. Excerpts only will appear
in Star*Line. Full reviews will appear in the Reviews section of the
site. Flat fee of $3.00 if excerpted.
Art
Submit art work as 300-dpi .jpgs or .tifs to editor,
or send link to online portfolio. Cover pays $10; interior art pays $5.
Color art for covers will be considered; the print issue interiors are
black-and-white, but use of color is unlimited in the .pdf.
Editorial Address
E-mail submissions (strongly
preferred) to starline@sfpoetry.com.
Please put “S*L sub” and last name in subject line; editor wears multiple
hats. Postal submissions with SASE accepted only if
you don't have an e-mail address—postal submissions that include an e-mail
address will be torn up into small pieces and danced upon. No IRCs; SASE
not required for international postal submissions.
F.J. Bergmann, Star*Line Editor
W5679 State Road 60
Poynette, WI 53955-8564
USA
Please don't send LinkedIn or FB friend invites to the editorial e-mail (or to any of the other @sfpoetry.com addresses). They will be ignored.
