Rhysling Award
The Rhysling Award is an annual prize for poetry from the genres of science fiction , fantasy and horror .
It was first awarded in 1978. The members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) each nominate a short poem ( short poem ) and a long poem ( long poem ; at least 50 verses). The nominated poems will then be collected in The Rhysling Anthology and members will vote on the winners in both categories. If there is a tie, multiple awards can be made. To be nominated, a poem must have been published in the past year. In addition, in a few years authors were honored as grand master poets for their life's work . The award has been presented since 2005 at the Readercon in Burlington , Massachusetts , in July .
The name of the award refers to the fictional poet Rhysling in Robert A. Heinlein's short story The Green Hills of the Earth .
For very short poems of up to 10 verses, the SFPA has given the Dwarf Stars Award since 2006 .
winner
- 1978
- Short poem: Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night , Andrew Joron; Corruption of Metals , Sonya Dorman; The Starman , Duane Ackerson
- Long poem: The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps , Gene Wolfe
- 1979
- Short poem: Fatalities , Duane Ackerson; Story Books and Treasure Maps , Steve Eng
- Long poem: For the Lady of a Physicist , Michael Bishop
- 1980
- Short poem: The Migration of Darkness , Peter Payack; Encased in the Amber of Eternity , Robert Frazier
- Long poem: The Sonic Waterfall of Primes , Andrew Joron
- 1981
- Short poem: Meeting Place , Ken Duffin
- Long poem: On Science Fiction , Thomas M. Disch
- 1982
- Short poem: On the Speed of Light , Raymond DiZazzo
- Long poem: The Well of Baln , Ursula K. Le Guin
- 1983
- Short poem: In Computers , Alan Lightman
- Long poem: Your Time and You , Adam Cornfield
- 1984
- Short poem: Two Sonnets , Helen Ehrlich
- Long poem: Saul's Death , Joe Haldeman
- 1985
- Short poem: For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets , Bruce Boston
- Long poem: A Letter from Caroline Herschel , Siv Cederling
- 1986
- Short poem: The Neighbor's Wife , Susan Palwick
- Long poem: Shipwrecked on Destiny Five , Andrew Joron
- 1987
- Short poem: A Dream of Heredity , John Calvin Rezmerski; Before the Big Bang , Jonathan V. Post
- Long poem: Daedalus , W. Gregory Stewart
- 1988
- Short poem: Rocky Road to Hoe , Suzette Haden Elgin ; The Nightmare Collector , Bruce Boston
- Long poem: White Trains , Lucius Shepard
- 1989
- Short poem: Salinity , Robert Frazier
- Long poem: Winter Solstice, Camelot Station , John M. Ford ; In the Darkened Hours , Bruce Boston
- 1990
- Short poem: Epitaph for Dreams , G. Sutton Breiding
- Long poem: dear spacemen , Patrick McKinnon
- 1991
- Short poem: Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh , Joe Haldeman
- Long poem: The Aging Cryonicist in the Arms of His Mistress Contemplates the Survival of the Species While the Phoenix Is Consumed by Fire , David Memmott
- 1992
- Short poem: Song of the Martian Cricket , David Lunde
- Long poem: The button, and what you know , W. Gregory Stewart
- 1993
- Short poem: Will , Jane Yolen
- Long poem: To Be from Earth , William Daciuk
- 1994
- Short poem: Flight Is For Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over , Jeff VanderMeer ; Spacer's Compass , Bruce Boston
- Long poem: Basement Flats , W. Gregory Stewart & Robert Frazier
- 1995
- Short poem: Skin of Glass , Dan Raphael
- Long poem: pilot, pilot , David Lunde
- 1996
- Short poem: Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation , Bruce Boston
- Long poem: Variants of the Obsolete , Marge Simon
- 1997
- Short poem: Day Omega , W. Gregory Stewart
- Long poem: Spottings UFOs While Canning Tomatoes , Terry Garey
- 1998
- Short poem: Explaining Frankenstein To His Mother , John Gray
- Long poem: why goldfish shouldn't use power tools , Laurel Winter
- Grand master poet: Bruce Boston
- 1999
- Short poem: Confessions of a Body Thief , Bruce Boston
- Long poem: egg horror poem , Laurel Winter
- 2000
- Short poem: Grimoire , Rebecca Marjesdatter
- Long poem: Christmas (after we all got time machines) , Geoffrey A. Landis
- 2001
- Short poem: My Wife Returns As She Would Have It , Bruce Boston
- Long poem: January Fires , Joe Haldeman
- 2002
- Short poem: We Die As Angels , William John Watkins
- Long poem: How to Make a Human , Lawrence Schimel
- 2003
- Short poem: Potherb Gardening , Ruth Berman
- Long poem: Epochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy , Charles Saplak & Mike Allen; Matlacihuatl's Gift , Sonya Taaffe
- 2004
- Short poem: Just Distance , Roger Dutcher
- Long poem: Octavia Is Lost in the Hall of Masks , Theodora Goss
- Grand master poet: Robert Frazier
- 2005
- Short poem: No Ruined Lunar City , Greg Beatty
- Long poem: Soul Searching , Tim Pratt
- 2006
- Short poem: The Strip Search , Mike Allen
- Long poem: The Tin Men , Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel
- 2007
- Short poem: The Graven Idol's Godheart , Rich Ristow
- Long poem: The Journey to Kailash , Mike Allen
- Grand master poet: Ray Bradbury
- 2008
- Short poem: Eating Light , FJ Bergmann
- Long poem: The Seven Devils of Central California , Catherynne M. Valente
- 2009
- Short poem: Song for an Ancient City , Amal El-Mohtar
- Long poem: Search , Geoffrey A. Landis
- Grand master poet: Jane Yolen
- 2010
- Short poem: To Theia , Ann K. Schwader
- Long poem: In the Astronaut Asylum , Kendall Evans & Samantha Henderson
- 2011
- Short poem: Peach-Creamed Honey , Amal El-Mohtar
- Long poem: The Sea King's Second Bride , CSE Cooney
- 2012
- Short poem: The Library, After , Shira Lipkin
- Long poem: The Curator Speaks in the Department of Dead Languages , Megan Arkenberg
- 2013
- Short poem: Into Flight , Andrew Robert Sutton
- Long poem: The Cat Star , Terry Garey
- 2014
- Short poem: Turning the Leaves , Amal El-Mohtar
- Long poem: Interregnum , Mary Soon Lee
- Grand master poet: Marge Simon; Steve Sneyd
- 2015
- Short poem: Shutdown , Marge Simon
- Long poem: 100 Reasons to Have Sex with an Alien , FJ Bergmann
- 2016
- Short poem: Time Travel Vocabulary Problems , Ruth Berman
- Long poem: It Begins with a Haunting , Krysada Panusith Phounsiri; Keziah , Ann K. Schwader
- 2017
- Short poem: George Tecumseh Sherman's Ghosts , Marge Simon
- Long poem: Rose Child , Theodora Goss
- 2018
- Short poem: Advice to a Six-Year-Old , Mary Soon Lee
- Long poem: The Mushroom Hunters , Neil Gaiman
- 2019
- Short poem: After Her Brother Ripped the Heads from Her Paper Dolls , Beth Cato
- Long poem: Ursula Le Guin in the Underworld , Sarah Tolmie
See also
Web links
- Rhysling award , the website Science Fiction Poetry Association (Engl.)
- Rhysling Awards , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
- Rhysling Award , overview in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database