The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association‘s Dwarf Stars 2024 award winners, as voted by SFPA members, were revealed today by Brittany Hause, editor of the 2024 Dwarf Stars Anthology.

The award recognizes the best speculative poem of 1–10 lines (or up to 100 words for prose forms) published in the previous year. It was created to honor excellent scifaiku, tanka, cinquains, and other types of short poems that examine speculative themes which tend to be overshadowed in SFPA’s Rhysling Award competition.

Winner

• “the infinite possibilities of trees” by Xiao Xi (translator, Yilin Wang) (Prism International 61:3)

Second Place

• “All-Kinds-of-Fears” by Amelia Gorman (Dreams and Nightmares 125)

Third Place

• “Nikola Tesla” by F.J. Bergmann (Star*Line 46.2)

Honorable Mentions

• “Beyondness” by Lorraine Schein (Penumbric 6:6)
• [for the always was] by Patrick Sweeney (limited edition coin, Zoland Editions)
• “Souvenire from the Center of the Universe” by Peter Payack