Jessica J. Horowitz and Rebecca Buchanan are the winners of the 2020 Rhysling Awards presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA).
The winners were chosen by SFPA members, with 112 votes cast.
The 2020 Rhysling Awards
Short Poem Category
First Place
- “Taking, Keeping” • Jessica J. Horowitz • Apparition Lit 5
Second Place
- “when my father reprograms my mother {” • Caroline Mao • Strange Horizons, Fund Drive
Third Place (tie)
- “Creation: Dark Matter Dating App” • Sandra J. Lindow • Asimov’s SF, July/August
- “The Day the Animals Turned to Sand” • Tyler Hagemann • Amazing Stories, Spring
Long Poem Category
First Place
- “Heliobacterium daphnephilum” • Rebecca Buchanan • Star*Line 42.3
Second Place
- “The Cinder Girl Burns Brightly” • Theodora Goss • Uncanny 28
Third Place (tie)
- “The Macabre Modern” • Kyla Lee Ward • The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities (P’rea Press, 2019)
- “Ode to the Artistic Temperament” • Michael H. Payne • Silver Blade 42
[Via Locus Online.]
I see Scott Lynch and Elizabeth Bear are now under fire on twitter.
Shame, I like Scott’s novels. I’ve read only one of Myke Cole’s books — competent, nothing special.