The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association has announced the winners of its 2022 Poetry Contest. This year’s contest offered prizes in three divisions: Dwarf (poems 1-10 lines [prose poems 0-100 words]) Short (11-49 lines [prose poems 101-499 words]) Long (50 lines and more … Continue reading
The title may be longer than today’s Scroll! (1) MERRILL’S TRICK. The Paris Review reaches deep in its bag for this 1982 interview with James Merrill: “The Art of Poetry No. 31”. INTERVIEWER The Ouija board, now. I gather you … Continue reading
Linda D. Addison and Jenny Blackford are the winners of the 2021 Rhysling Awards presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA). The winners were chosen by SFPA members, with 115 votes cast. SHORT POEM Winner: “Summer Time(lessness)” by Linda … Continue reading
(1) WHO? Gizmodo finds a new star in the constellation of talent around this production of Pratchett’s tale: “Terry Pratchett’s Amazing Maurice Animation Adds David Tennant”. The animated adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Carnegie Medal-winning 2001 children’s book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated … Continue reading
The Science Fiction Poetry Association has finalized its 2021 Rhysling Award candidates. One hundred six members nominated. The Rhysling Award is given in two categories. “Best Long Poem” is for poems of 50+ lines, or for prose poems, of 500+ words. … Continue reading
By Bruce Gillespie: With great sorrow we learn that Yvonne Rousseau died on Saturday, 13 February, in the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne, from Parkinson’s disease. She had suffered from Parkinson’s from before she returned to Melbourne from Adelaide four years … Continue reading
(1) WHOSE TABLE DO YOU WANT TO SIT AT? [Item by Mike Kennedy.] Writing for SYFY Wire, Brian Silliman runs down a dozen genre families (loosely defined) you might like to visit at Thanksgiving. The surviving members of LotR’s Fellowship … Continue reading
Sisters in Crime’s 20th Davitt Awards winners were announced September 26. 2020 Davitt Winners Adult crime novels The Trespassers, Meg Mundell (University of Queensland Press) Young Adult crime novels Four Dead Queens, Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin) Children’s crime novels The Girl … Continue reading
Twenty-four books crime and mystery books by Australian women are battling it out for Sisters in Crime’s 20th Davitt Awards. The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865. 2020 Davitt Shortlist … Continue reading
The top five choices for Asimov’s 34th Annual Readers’ Awards Poll are online. There are links that will allow you to read all the finalists. The winners chosen by readers will be revealed at a later date. BEST NOVELLAS Gremlin—Carrie … Continue reading