Star*Line Archives
(links to Editor's Choice poems)
Star*Line History
Star*Line is the official newsletter and network instrument of the SFPA, established in 1978. It is a venue for science-fiction, fantasy, and horror speculative 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 cuts
straight to Elgin's purpose for founding this organization, since it acts
as a forum and networking tool for poets with the same persuasion: fantastic
poetry, from science fiction orientation to high fantasy works, from the
macabre to straight science, and onward to associated mainstream poetry such
as surrealism.
Subscriptions
Annual rates
$10 .pdf
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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:
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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; $40/half-page; $25/quarter-page;
$15/business-card size.
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 any updates
to submission guidelines.
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. All works accepted
will be published and paid for within one year of acceptance. One copy
to all contributors.
Non-Fiction
Star*Line also
accepts articles, reviews, market reports, press releases and updates,
and short interviews on subjects related to science-fiction,
fantasy, and horror speculative poetry.
Reprints from guest columns in the Horror Writers’ Association (HWA) newsletter
also welcome. Non-fiction should be 200 to 2,500 words; payment is 1¢/word
rounded to the next dollar. Submit as .doc or .rtf only.
Review copies sought
All books, chapbooks, anthologies, collections, or
poetry magazines containing poetry within the SF/F/H/spec genres may
be sent to the editor's postal address and will be considered for review.
Contact the editor to make arrangements for mailing directly to reviewer(s).
Unsolicited reviews welcome. Submit as .doc or .rtf only. E-mail
the editor if interested in writing reviews.
Art
Submit black-and-white art work as 300-dpi .jpgs or .tifs to editor,
or send link to website. Cover pays $10; interior art pays $5. Color art
for covers only will be considered for 2012.
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
