Well, I got some
exciting news this morning. I was thrilled to find out that a poem of mine
called "Gaunt" has been nominated for the 2016 Rhysling Award, which
is for poems published in 2015. This award is given by the Science
Fiction Poetry Association. My piece was nominated for the "Short
Poem" category, (under 50 lines). Here is how the SFPA describes the
award:
"The winning
works are regularly reprinted in the Nebula Awards
Anthology from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.,
and are considered in the SF/F/H/Spec. field to be the equivalent in poetry of
the awards given for "prose" work— achievement awards given to poets
by the writing peers of their own field of literature."
I'm really happy
to hear about this. Sometimes when you labor in the fields, someone comes along
and says, "nice job!" It's always appreciated.
"Gaunt"
was published in The Pedestal Magazine. It's still up in their archives.
The link is here if you'd like to read it.
