Rhysling Award

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Rhysling Award
Awarded forBest speculative poetry of the prior year
Country United States
Presented by Science Fiction Poetry Association

The Rhysling Awards are an annual award given for the best science fiction, fantasy, or horror poem of the year. The award name was dubbed by Andrew Joron in reference to a character in a science fiction story: the blind poet Rhysling, in Robert A. Heinlein's short story "The Green Hills of Earth". [1] The award is given in two categories: "Best Long Poem", for works of 50 or more lines, and "Best Short Poem", for works of 49 or fewer lines. [1]

Contents

The nominees for each year's Rhysling Awards are chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA). Each member may nominate one work for each of the categories. The nominated works are then compiled into an anthology called The Rhysling Anthology , and members of the Association then vote on the final winners. From 2005 to 2011, the Awards were presented in July at a ceremony at Readercon. While the "Best Short Poem" category allows very short poems to be entered the SFPA also has the Dwarf Stars Award which is for poems from one to ten lines. [2]

In 2005, the SFPA published an anthology of the winning poems, The Alchemy of Stars: Rhysling Award Winners Showcase. [3] [4]

Winners and Runners Up

From 1978 to 1994, only a first-place winner was awarded. In 1995, a number of runners up were named [5] and in 1996, a number of "Honorable Mentions" were given. [6] Since 1997, 2nd and 3rd place have also been honored, and from 2020 onward, "Honorable Mentions" have been mentioned once again.

* Winners
 Second place
 Third place
  Runners Up/Honorable Mentions
YearCategoryPoemAuthor(s)PublicationRef.
1978 LongThe Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps* Gene Wolfe Speculative Poetry Review [7]
ShortCorruption of Metals* Sonya Dorman 2076: The American Tricentennial, Pyramid Books
Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night* Andrew Joron Speculative Poetry Review
The Starman* Duane Ackerson Cthulhu Calls
1979 LongFor the Lady of a Physicist* Michael Bishop Black Holes, Fawcett Books [8]
ShortFatalities* Duane Ackerson The Eggplant and Other Absurdities, Confluence Press
Story Books and Treasure Maps*Steve EngEquinox
1980 LongThe Sonic Flowerfall of Primes* Andrew Joron New Worlds [9]
ShortThe Migration of Darkness*Peter Payack Asimov's Science Fiction
Encased in the Amber of Eternity* Robert Frazier The Future at War
1981 LongOn Science Fiction* Thomas M. Disch Triquarterly [10]
ShortMeeting Place*Ken Duffin Asimov's Science Fiction
1982 LongThe Well of Bain* Ursula K. Le Guin Hard Words & Other Poems, Harper & Row [11]
ShortOn the Speed of Sight*Raymond DiZazzoUranus
1983 LongYour Time and You: A Neoprole's Dating Guide* Adam Cornford Velocities [12]
ShortIn Computers* Alan P. Lightman Science 82
1984 LongSaul's Death: Two Sestina's*Joe W. Haldeman Omni [13]
ShortTwo Sonnets*Helen Ehrlich Science 83
1985 LongA Letter from Caroline Herschel (1750-1848)* Siv Cedering Science 84 [14]
ShortFor Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets* Bruce Boston Asimov's Science Fiction
1986 LongShipwrecked on Destiny Five* Andrew Joron Asimov's Science Fiction [15]
ShortThe Neighbour's Wife* Susan Palwick Amazing Stories
1987 LongDaedalus* W. Gregory Stewart Star*Line [16]
ShortA Dream of Heredity*John Calvin Rezmerski Tales of the Unanticipated
Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope*Jonathan V. Post Star*Line
1988 LongWhite Trains* Lucius Shepard Night Cry [17]
ShortThe Nightmare Collector* Bruce Boston Night Cry
Rocky Road to Hoe* Suzette Haden Elgin Star*Line
1989 LongIn the Darkened Hours* Bruce Boston The Nightmare Collector, 2AM [18]
Winter Solstice, Camelot Station* John M. Ford Invitation to Camelot, Ace Books
ShortSalinity* Robert Frazier Fantasy & Science Fiction
1990 Longdear spacemen* Patrick McKinnon Vice Versa [19]
ShortEpitaph for Dreams* G. Sutton Breiding Narcopolis & Other Poems, Hell's Kitchen Productions
1991 LongThe Aging Cryonicist in the Arms of His Mistress Contemplates the Survival of the Species While the Phoenix Is Consumed by Fire*David MemmottThe Magazine of Speculative Poetry [20]
ShortEighteen Years Old, October Eleventh*Joe W. Haldeman Asimov's Science Fiction
1992 Longthe button, and what you know* W. Gregory Stewart Amazing Stories [21]
ShortSong of the Martian Cricket*David Lunde Asimov's Science Fiction
1993 LongTo Be from Earth*William J. DaciukXizquil [22]
ShortWill* Jane Yolen The Magazine of Speculative Poetry
1994 LongBasement Flats* W. Gregory Stewart Air Fish, Catseye Books [23]
Robert Frazier
ShortSpacer's Compass* Bruce Boston Specula, Talisman
Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over* Jeff VanderMeer The Silver Web
1995 LongPilot, Pilot*David Lunde Star*Line [5]
A Life, Considered in Thirds, Set Against a Galactic Collapse W. Gregory Stewart Star*Line
Partial People Terry Bisson Bears Discover Fire, Tor Books
HomeflightAlan Rice Osborn Star*Line
Between Test Patterns W. Gregory Stewart Antepenult, Dark Regions Press
Fire, Ice Joe Haldeman Omni
Dreaming SaturnJames S. DorrDark Destiny, White Wolf Publishing
ShortSkin of Glass*Dan RaphaelThe Kore
In These HillsDenise Dumars Star*Line
Dinosaur Highway Scott E. Green Asimov's Science Fiction
Elements of LoveJonathan V. Post Space and Time
1996 LongVariants of the Obsolete* Marge Simon Eonian Variations, The Selected Poetry of Marge Simon, Dark Regions Press [6]
The WestfarerJames S. DorrDark Destiny: Proprietors of Fate, White Wolf Publishing
ShortFuture Present: A Lesson in Expectation* Bruce Boston Asimov's Science Fiction
Satan is a MathematicianKeith Allen DanielsOnce Upon a Midnight, Unnameable Press
Bilateral SymmetryDenise Dumars Space and Time
1997 LongSpotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes*Terry A. GareyServe It Forth, Warner Aspect [24]
Memories of My MistressBlythe AyneMindsparks SF Poetry Anthology
Canto (Evocare!)James S. DorrDante's Disciples, White Wolf Press
ShortDay Omega* W. Gregory Stewart Asimov's Science Fiction
Dash Mary Turzillo Tales of the Unanticipated
Speaking BonesDenise DumarsSpeaking Bones, Dark Regions Press
1998 Longwhy goldfish shouldn't use power tools* Laurel Winter Asimov's Science Fiction [24]
Ghost Ships Charlee Jacob Asylums and Labyrinths
Medusa's DaughterJames S. Dorr Star*Line
ShortExplaining Frankenstein to His Mother*John Grey Star*Line
Shaman Charlee Jacob The Catbird Seat
It's All Time-Machines, She SaidTimons Esaias Star*Line
On Reading Bradbury Sandra Kasturi Tesseracts 6, Tesseract Books
1999 LongConfessions of a Body Thief* Bruce Boston Talisman [25]
Shortegg horror poem* Laurel Winter Asimov's Science Fiction
2000 LongChritmas (after we all get time machines)* Geoffrey A. Landis Asimov's Science Fiction [26]
HandworkRebecca MarjesdatterWomen of Other Wolds, University of Western Australia Press
Salem TownCorrine De WinterGathering Darkness
Impressions from Giger's "Necronomicons" Charlee Jacob Dreams & Nightmares
ShortGrimoire*Rebecca Marjesdatter Tales of the Unanticipated
Clark the Ripper David C. Kopaska-Merkel Dreams & Nightmares
The Au Pair from Out There Ann K. Schwader Star*Line
BrigitPeggy J. Taylor Calyx
Silicon Trade Agreement Ruth Berman Tales of the Unanticipated
The Unfinished Map of the SkyG. O. ClarkFantasque
A Picture Postcard of the Cerne Abbas GiantDavid Lunde Asimov's Science Fiction
The Language of RainWendy RathboneDreams & Nightmares
song of a last duckbill W. Gregory Stewart Star*Line
2001 LongJanuary Fires* Joe Haldeman Asimov's Science Fiction [27]
MayaJames S. DorrStrange Attraction, Bereshith/Shadowlands Press
Valley of Years David C. Kopaska-Merkel Results of a Preliminary Investigation of Electrochemical Properties of Some Organic Matrices, Eraserhead Press
The Lesions of Genetic Sin Bruce Boston Miniature Sun Press
Event HorizonsGene van TroyerSnow Monkey
ShortMy Wife Returns As She Would Have It* Bruce Boston Asimov's Science Fiction
Of Dance Steps and DistancesG. O. ClarkIcarus Ascending
Reflections in a Fading "Mir" Ann K. Schwader Mythic Delirium
Persephone WakeningTracina Jackson-AdamsThe Magazine of Speculative Poetry
2002 LongHow to Make a Human* Lawrence Schimel Half-Human, Scholastic [28]
Pavane for a Cyber-Princess Bruce Boston Pavane for a Cyber-Princess, Miniature Sun Press
In BubastisDenise Dumars Star*Line
Trouble With MathRoger Dutcher Star*Line
A Crash Course in Lemon Physics Robert Frazier Strange Horizons
ShortWe Die as Angels* William John Watkins Asimov's Science Fiction
Threnody at SeaMark Rudolph Strange Horizons
True Love Ian Watson Weird Tales
2003 LongEpochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy*Charles SapiakEOTU Ezine [29]
Mike Allen
Matlacihuatl's Gift*Sonya TaffeDreams & Nightmares
Medusa's Tale David C. Kopaska-Merkel Mythic Delirium
Not One of UsTyree CampbellSex and the Single Alien, Writer's Club Press
ShortPotherb Gardening* Ruth Berman Asimov's Science Fiction
A Ghost Story Mike Allen Weird Tales
meteor shower David C. Kopaska-Merkel The Magazine of Speculative Poetry
2004 LongOctavia Is Lost in the Hall of Masks* Theodora Goss Mythic Delirium [30]
A Portrait of the Artist Vandana Singh Strange Horizons
Hugo Schizofrenica Charlee Jacob Miniature Sun Press
ShortJust Distance*Roger Dutcher Tales of the Unanticipated
"Observe the Month of Spring"Lucy Cohen SchmeidlerThe Magazine of Speculative Poetry
How I Will Outwit the Time Thieves Mike Allen Strange Horizons
Nursery GhostsSandra LindowRaven Electrick
2005 LongSoul Searching* Tim Pratt Strange Horizons [31]
Making Monsters Tim Pratt Strange Horizons
The Night Watchman Dreams His Rounds at the REM Sleep Factory Mike Allen Dreams & Nightmares
ShortNo Ruined Lunar City* Greg Beatty Abyss & Apex
The Clockmaker's WifeMikal Trimm Star*Line
Rich & Strange Ann K. Schwader Strange Horizons
2006 LongThe Tin Men*Kendall EvansThe Magazine of Speculative Poetry [32]
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Old Twentieth: a century full of years Joe Haldeman Readercon 16 Souvenir Book
First Cross of MarsDrew MorseIllumen
ShortThe Strip Search* Mike Allen Strange Horizons
Tsunami Child David C. Kopaska-Merkel Star*Line
South Marge Simon Illumen
2007 LongThe Journey to Kailash* Mike Allen Strange Horizons [33]
The Eight Legs of Grandmother Spider Catherynne M. Valente Mythic
SleepersSamantha HendersonDreams & Nightmares
ShortThe Graven Idol's Godheart*Rich RistowThe Shantytown Anomaly
god is dead short live god Joe Haldeman Mythic
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole Lawrence Schimel Helix
2008 LongThe Seven Devils of Central California* Catherynne M. Valente Farrago's Wainscot [34]
In Deepspace ShadowsKendall EvansIn Deepspace Shadows, Mythic Delirium Books
The EngineerBryan D. DietrichIsotope
ShortEating Light* F. J. Bergmann Mythic Delirium
Ice Palace Margaret Atwood The Door , McClelland & Stewart
The Oracle on River Street Rachel Swirsky Goblin Fruit
2009 LongSearch* Geoffrey A. Landis Helix [35]
Hungry: Some Ghost StoriesSamantha HendersonLone Star Stories
Damascus Divides the Lovers by Zero; or, The City Is Never Finished Amal El-Mohtar Lone Star Stories
Catherynne M. Valente
ShortSongs to an Ancient City* Amal El-Mohtar Mythic Delirium
SpellSamantha HendersonGoblin Fruit
The Future Billy Collins The New Yorker
2010 LongIn the Astronaut Asylum*Kendall Evans Mythic Delirium [36] [37]
Samantha Henderson
Rattlebox III Mike Allen Strange Horizons
Kendall Evans
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
The First StoryLana Hechtman AyersHot Metal Press
ShortTo Theia* Ann K. Schwader Strange Horizons
The Changeling Always WinsNicole Kornher-StaceGoblin Fruit
Nine Views of the OracleRachel Manija Brown Abyss & Apex
2011 LongThe Sea King's Second Bible* C. S. E. Cooney Goblin Fruit [38] [39]
Dark Rains Here and There Bruce Boston Dark Matters, Bad Moon Books
Wreck-Diving the Spaceship Robert Frazier Dreams & Nightmares
ShortPeach-Creamed Honey* Amal El-Mohtar The Honey Month, Papaveria Press
Binary Creation MythKaren A. Romanko Star*Line
Dogstar Men C. S. E. Cooney Apex Magazine
2012 LongThe Curator Speaks in the Department of Dead Languages*Megan ArkenbergStange Horizons [40] [41]
The 25-Cent Rocket: One-Quarter of the Way to the StarsG. O. ClarkDreams & Nightmares
Kendall Evans
The Legend of the Emperor's Space Suit (A Tale of Consensus Reality) Mary Turzillo New Myths
ShortThe Library, After*Shira Lipkin Mythic Delirium
The LendErik AmundsenStone Telling
In TranslationC. A. GardnerTales of the Talisman
2013 LongInto Flight*Andrew Robert SuttonSilver Blade [42] [43]
String TheoryJohn Philip JohnsonAd Astra
The Necromantic WineWade GermanAvatars of Wizardy, P'rea Press
The Time Travelers WeekendAdele GardnerLiquid Imagination
ShortThe Cat Star*Terry GareyLady Poetesses from Hell, Bag Person Press
Futurity's Shoelaces Marge Simon Balticon 2012 Program Book
Sister Philomena Heard the Voices of AngelsMegan Arkenberg Strange Horizons
2014 LongInterregnum* Mary Soon Lee Star*Line [44] [45]
Hungry Constellations Mike Allen Goblin Fruit
I will show you a single treasure from the treasures of Shah NiyazRose LemburgGoblin Fruit
ShortTurning the Leaves* Amal El-Mohtar Apex Magazine
Rivers Geoffrey A. Landis Asimov's Science Fiction
Music of the Stars Bruce Boston Balticon 2013 Program Book
2015 Long100 Reasons to Have Sex with an Alien* F. J. Bergmann 2014 SFPA Poetry Contest [46] [47]
Six Things the Owl SaidMegan ArkenbergGoblin Fruit
The Perfect LibraryDavid ClinkIf the World Were to Stop, Piquant Press
ShortShutdown* Marge Simon Qualia Nous, Written Backwards
Science Fiction (with apologies to Marianne Moore's “Poetry”) Ruth Berman Dreams & Nightmares
I Imagine My Mother's DeathBryan D. DietrichThe Pedestal Magazine
The Peal DiversFrancesca Forrest Strange Horizons
Extinction Joshua Gage Star*Line
After the Changeling IncantationJohn Philip Johnson Strange Horizons
2016 LongIt Begins With A Haunting* Krysada Panusith Phounsiri Dance Among Elephants, Sahtu Press [48] [49]
Keziah* Ann K. Schwader Dark Energies, P'rea Press
Chronopatetic F. J. Bergmann Dreams & Nightmares
from "Sunspots"Simon Barraclough Poetry
The White Planet Albert Goldbarth Boulevard
ShortTime Travel Vocabulary Problems* Ruth Berman Dreams & Nightmares
Tech Support for the Apocalypse F. J. Bergmann Dreams & Nightmares
An Introduction to Alternate Universes: Theory and PracticeSandra J. LindowGyroscope Review
2017 LongRose Child* Theodora Goss Uncanny [50] [51]
The Rime of the Eldritch MarinerAdam BolivarSpectral Realms
Not Like This Mary Soon Lee Apex Magazine
ShortGeorge Tecumseh Sherman's Ghosts* Marge Simon Silver Blade
Build a Rocketship Contest: Alternative Class A Instructions and Suggestions”)Wendy Rathbone Asimov's Science Fiction
Godzilla Vs. King KongJames S. DorrDreams & Nightmares
Richard Feynman's CommuteJon WesickThe Were-Traveler
The Box of Dust and Monsters Beth Cato Devilfish Review
2018 LongThe Mushroom Hunters* Neil Gaiman Brain Pickings [52] [53]
For Preserves Cassandra Rose Clarke Star*Line
Alternate Genders Mary Soon Lee Mithila Review
ShortAdvice to a Six-Year-Old* Mary Soon Lee Star*Line
RiversSara Cleto Mythic Delirium
Gramarye F. J. Bergmann Polu Texni
2019 LongUrsula Le Guin in the Underworld*Sarah Tolmie On Spec [54] [55]
The Fairies in the Crawlspace Beth Cato Uncanny
3-Minute Future F. J. Bergmann Unlikely Stories V
ShortAfter Her Brother Ripped the Heads from Her Paper Dolls* Beth Cato Mythic Delirium
What Loves YouJeff Crandall The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
A City Built on Bones Ann K. Schwader Abyss & Apex
3D-Printed BrotherMillie Ho Strange Horizons
2020 Long"Heliobacterium daphnephilum"* Rebecca Buchanan Star*Line [56] [57]
The Cinder Girl Burns Brightly Theodora Goss Uncanny
The Macabre ModernKyla Lee WardThe Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities, P'rea Press
Ode to the Artistic Temperament Michael H. Payne Silver Blade
ShortTaking, Keeping*Jessica J. HorowitzApparition Lit
when my father reprograms my mother {Caroline Mao Strange Horizons
Creation: Dark Matter Dating AppSandra J. Lindow Asimov's Science Fiction
The Day the Animals Turned to SandTyler Hagemann Amazing Stories
2021 LongEleven Exhibits in a Better Natural History Museum, London*Jenny Blackford Strange Horizons [58] [59]
A Song from Bedlam (with apologies to Christopher Smart) Nike Sulway Liminality
Devilish Incarnations Bruce Boston Star*Line
ShortSummer Time(lessness)* Linda D. Addison Star*Line
Why did white people conquer the world for spices and then never use them?R. ThursdayDrunk Monkeys
DarningSandra J. Lindow Asimov's Science Fiction
2022 LongThe Bookstore* Beth Cato New Myths [60] [61] [62]
Reservation Fairy Tales 101—Final ExamMarshella RockwellAugur Magazine
Alexander's Babylon Marge Simon Victims, Weasel Press
Mary Turzillo
The Captain FliesAvi Silver Uncanny
Medusa Gets a Haircut Theodora Goss Uncanny
ShortConfessions of a Spaceport AI* Mary Soon Lee Uncanny
Gravity (some things that fly) Geoffrey A. Landis Space and Time
The Butterfly Affect Linda D. Addison Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology, Brigids Gate Press
our translucent bodiesDevin MillerMermaids Monthly
dry landMaria Zocolla Strange Horizons
Exquisite Lee Murray Tortured Willows: Bent, Bowed, Unbroken, Yuriko Publishing
2023 LongMachine (r)Evolution*Colleen AndersonRadon Journal [63] [64]
The Bone Tree Rebecca Buchanan Not a Princess, but (Yes) There was a Pea, and Other Fairy Tales to Foment Revolution, Jackanapes Press
Igbo Landing II Akua Lezli Hope Black Fire—This Time, Aquarius Press
Herbaceous CitadelAvra MargaritiThe Fairy Tale Magazine
Living in RubbleGerri LeenEccentric Orbits 3, Dimensionfold Publishing
The Thing About StarsAvra MargaritiInto the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga, Black Spot Books
ShortHarold and the Blood-Red Crayon*Jennifer Crow Star*Line
In Stock Images of the Future, Everything is White*Terese Mason Piere Uncanny
Bitch MoonSarah GreyNightmare Magazine
First ContactLisa Timpf Eye to the Telescope
The Gargoyle Watches the Rains EndAmelia GormanThe Gargoylicon: Imaginings and Images of the Gargoyle in Literature and Art, Mind's Eye Publications
Field Notes from the AnthropocenePriya ChandNightmare Magazine
Near the end, your mother tells you she's been seeing someoneShannon Connor Winward SFPA Poetry Contest
Dinner Plans with Baba Yaga Stephanie M. Wytovich Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga, Black Spot Books

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