The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has announced the 2024 Rhysling Awards winners.

There are two categories: Short poems of 11–49 lines (101–499 words for prose poems) and Long poems of 50–299 lines (500–1999 words for prose poems)

The selected poems appear in the 2024 Rhysling Anthology.

SHORT POEM CATEGORY

First Place

• No One Now Remembers • Geoffrey Landis • Fantasy and Science Fiction Nov./Dec.

Second Place

• Language as a Form of Breath • Angel Leal • Apparition Lit October

Third Place

• The Day We All Died, A Little • Lisa Timpf • Radon 5

Short Poem Honorable Mentions

• As Does the Crow • Beth Cato • Uncanny 53
• Let Us Dream • Myna Chang • Small Wonders 3
• Mass-Market Affair • Casey Aimer • Star*Line 46.4

LONG POEM CATEGORY

First Place

• Little Brown Changeling • Lauren Scharhag • Aphelion 283

Second Place

• The Witch Makes Her To-Do List • Theodora Goss • Uncanny 50

Third Place

• An Interrogation About A Monster During Sleep Paralysis • Angela Liu • Strange Horizons November

Long Poem Honorable Mentions

• Pilot • Akua Lezli Hope • Black Joy Unbound eds. Stephanie Andrea Allen & Lauren Cherelle (BLF Press)
• Archivist of a Lost World • Gerri Leen • Eccentric Orbits 4
• Cradling Fish • Laura Ma • Strange Horizons May