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SFPA Table at ReaderCon: call for books
Hey, folks, once again I am disorganizing the SFPA Table at ReaderCon, and if you have new books you'd like us to sell there, now is the time to get them to us ( Read more... ) -
Spring 2010 Issue of Goblin Fruit is Live!
(cross-posted from my LJ, and you'd better believe I'm doing this over and over to show off different icons!)
It's our 4th anniversary! It's so strange to say, to think we've been doing this for long enough to say years.
This season we bring you poems by Susannah Mandel, Karen Berry, Nicole Kornher-Stace (wirewalking), Shweta Narayan (shweta-narayan), Zoe Gabriel, ( Read more... ) -
FYI: Zombie Poetry
Just came across this link to a special issue of CORDITE guest edited by Ivy Alvarez dedicated to zombie poetry:
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Mythic Delirium closing to submissions May 23
So, the most important part first: I will close Mythic Delirium to submissions on May 23, and I do not plan to reopen until Feb. 6, 2011.
The reason is this: I took stock of my inventory this past weekend and discovered I have already accepted more than enough poems to fill Mythic Delirium 23, which will be out, assuming all circumstances ( Read more... ) -
2010 Grand Master Nominations
The SFPA will be holding a Grand Master election again this year, concurrent with our Rhysling ballots ( Read more... ) -
2010 Dwarf Stars Editor
I am pleased to announce that Joshua Gage will be the 2010 Dwarf Stars editor. Josh is a graduate of the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Naropa University. He currently teaches English at Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Community College. He is a member of both the SFPA and the HSA. His book of haiku, breaths, is available ( Read more... ) -
Dwarf Stars Awards Announced
2009 Dwarf Stars Winners
1st: "Fireflies" by Geoffrey A. Landis
Asimov's SF (June 2008)
2nd: "The Leaf Whisperer" by Elizabeth Barrette
Doorways Magazine #5 (2008)
3rd: "Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff" by Jane Yolen
Asimov's SF (Oct/Nov 2008) -
Iron Angels
I'm teaching a poetry unit in Publications Workshop, which gave me an excuse to pick a couple of poetry anthologies off my shelf. Also an excuse to actually finish something.
Personal Acquaintance Warning: I've known Geoff Landis, and his poetry, for quite a number of years now. We usually end up reading together at Confluence every year ( Read more... ) -
I FINALLY FINISHED!!!
Many of you have been patiently following and commenting on my review of the 2009 Rhysling Awards. You can go to the starting post here and join in on the conversation. I'd love to see what people think or why they nominated the poems which they did, especially if I didn't feel the poem was strong. Conversations like this are necessary for any ( Read more... ) -
Winter 2010 Issue of Goblin Fruit is Live!
Cross-posted from my LJ and goblinfruit, so apologies if you're seeing it twice -- or, three times? Wow! Hooray for all we have in common!
Mike Allen (time-shark), editor of Mythic Delirium, graciously agreed to edit an issue for us, and look what he's done to the place. Featuring wonderful work by David C. Kopaska-Merkel and W. Gregory Stewart, J. C. Runolfson (seajules, Ann ( Read more... )