The 2011 SFPA Halloween Poetry Reading is now live and includes an MP3 recording of yours truly as I read "Death in a Harlequin Suit," my prose poem just published in Jack-o'-Spec: Tales of Halloween and Fantasy. Other poets offering spooktastic fare include G. O. Clark, Elissa Malcohn, and David Lee Summers. Check it out! (And please forgive my ( Read more... )

Just found out that my poem "Binary Creation Myth" is the second place winner of the 2011 Rhysling Awards! Thanks to everyone who voted for it! I haven't been writing any poetry since shifting my concentration to editing, so I'm thrilled to be part of Rhysling history!

Surprise, surprise, there is no agreed-upon definition of censorship. From the PBS website: "... contemporary usage offers no agreed-upon definition of the term or when to use it. Indeed, even whether the word itself applies to a given controversy in the arts is often vigorously contested ( Read more... )

Just a quick note that the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) now has a public page on Facebook. Please "like" us there if you're so inclined:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Science-Fiction-Poetry-Association-SFPA/183257651726070

I received notification this weekend from Rhysling Chair David Lunde that my poem "Binary Creation Myth" has been nominated for a Rhysling Award from the Science Fiction Poetry Association. Yay! Since it was my only published poem last year (and I think my only submission), this one is particularly sweet! As I've been focusing on being an editor ( Read more... )

Nowadays you can never have too many vampires, so please check out my online reading of "Country Inn," my short poem about a little hideaway for the fanged set, now available at SFPA's 2010 Halloween Poetry Reading. I also contributed the photo art "Masks" you see there. Other goodies include photos and readings by Lyn CA Gardner, Elissa Malcohn, ( Read more... )

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I've been working for the past few weeks on organizing this contest with Bryce Ellicott, and I will be a second round judge along with Bryce and Debbie Kolodji.

Contest Guidelines - SFPA New Poets Contest:  The Art of Poetry

The Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) is holding a poetry contest with art as its inspiration!  The contest is offering ( Read more... )

...you have 5,506 e-mail messages in your SFPA folder. This figure shocked my husband, a person who knows of no correspondence outside the e-mail realm. ;-) I must admit I was pretty surprised myself.

These messages were accumulated during my three-year tenure as Web Director (yes, I saved EVERYTHING) and my current stint as Vice President for the ( Read more... )

(Cross-posted around the virtual town)

The Science Fiction Poetry Association has just launched its first moderated message board, the SFPA Forum, at its official website, sfpoetry.com. The forum runs on the phpBB platform, and contains topics on SFPA Specifics, such as Star*Line and the Rhysling/Dwarf Stars Awards, as well as Speculative Poetry ( Read more... )