The 1989 Rhysling Anthology and Awards

The 1989 Rhysling Awards

Short Poem Category

Winner

Salinity by Robert Frazier

Long Poem Category

Winners (tie)

In the Darkened Hours by Bruce Boston

Winter Solstice, Camelot Station by John M. Ford

Cover Art: Mark Neville
Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association

Rhysling Award nominees published in 1988

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

Bruce Boston • Against the Ebon Rush of Night • Aboriginal Science Fiction, Sep./Oct. 1988

Jessica Amanda Salmonson • The Crone • Eldritch Tales, Issue 15, 1988

t. Winter-Damon • He Whispers the Secrets of Those Souls Blind of Morning’s Blue • Nocturne, Issue 1, 1988

Christine & Jonathan V. Post • I’m Coming Home • Amazing, May 1988

Wayne Allen Sallee • In the Meat Time • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 23, 1988

Tom Whalen • The Larger Bodies • Ice River, Issue 3, 1988

Wendy Rathbone • The Man With Black Wings • Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 25, 1988

Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier • Night Fishing on the Caribbean Littoral of the Mutant Rain Forest • Tropical Chills, Avon, 1988

Tom Henighan • Paolo to Francesca • Star*Line, July/Aug. 1988

Mary E. Choo • Sailing to Mars • Star*Line, July/Aug. 1988

Robert Frazier • Salinity • Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb. 1988

Ruth Roston • Secretly • Pandora, Issue 19, 1988

Camilla Decarnin • Toddaid • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 4, 1988

W. Gregory Stewart • ...be written down/in History... • Star*Line, May/June 1988

Melanie A. Rawls • Beauty’s Beast • Star*Line, March/April 1988

Robert Frazier • The Daily Chernobyl • Synergy #2, HBJ Harvest, 1988

Elspeth Aubrey • Hawkshop • Star*Line, Jan./Feb. 1988

Bruce Boston • In the Darkened Hours • The Nightmare Collector, 2AM, 1988

Tom Digby • Time Gum • Tales of the Unanticipated, Issue 3, 1988

John M. Ford • Winter Solstice, Camelot Station • Invitation to Camelot, Ace, 1988

Eligible nominee not included in the anthology:
Fred Behrendt • Cauldron of Rain • Space & Time, Winter 1988