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This is the last day of the Rhysling nomination period. Nominations have been flooding in, and I am falling behind on responding to nominators and contacting poets. I should be able to catch up on everything this weekend. So many really great poems!

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This week's poem at polutexni.com iis a new one by me. Also,  one of my poems was selected for the Dwarf Stars anthology and one of my poetry books, Metastable Systems, has been nominated for the Elgin award.

Rhysling award

There have been 56 nominations so far, for a total of close to 100 poems. I know there are many other great speculative poems published last year. SFPA members, you have just over 2 weeks left. Go to http://sfpoetry.com/ra/rhysnom.html, Join b4 Feb. 15 and you can vote!

Dreams & Nightmares - 2015 issues contain Rhysling-eligible poems

Issues 100 & 101: SFPA members can get free digital copies for nomination purposes. Just ask.

Dwarf Stars Nominations--very short speculative poems--anyone can nominate

Dwarf Stars Call for micro poems.

Please share with other lists of folks who might be interested in
submitting.

2014 *DWARF STARS* NOMINATIONS OPEN

Submissions are open for the *Dwarf Sta*rs anthology, edited by Sandra
Lindow, from which the best short poem published in 2013 is selected.
Anyone may submit their own poems or those of others; there is no limit to
how many poems you may submit for the anthology, but only SFPA members may
vote for the award.

All genres of speculative poetry are eligible, including science fiction,
fantasy, horror, and "unclassifiable, but speculative." Poems must be no
more than ten lines (no more than 100 words for prose poems) not including
title or stanza breaks, and first published in 2013; include publication
credit. Editors are welcome to submit entire issues; no need to name
specific poems. Poems must be *received* by May 15.

Send e-mail submissions (preferred) to dwarfstars@sfpoetry.com; please use
"Dwarf Stars sub" as the subject line so submissions don't get buried in
our inboxes. Mail print submissions (discouraged) to Sandra Lindow, 1308
16th Ave E, Menomonie WI 54751.

poems eligible for Rhysling nominations

David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Selected 2009 poems that are Rhysling eligible

list (*=long poems); complete texts by request from jopnquog@gmail.com

4 Kelvin, Scifaikuest May 2009 print
Andromeda strain, Scifaikuest May 2009 print
company picnic, Scifaikuest May 2009 print
Corn boy, The Shantytown Anomaly 8, Dec. 2009
Corn People, The Shantytown Anomaly 8, Dec. 2009
* CORRECTED MAPS OF YOUR CITY (David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans), Night ship to never (chapbook), Cyberwizard productions, January 2009
Crack one open for the Cause, Star*line Jul-Aug 2009
deep-space derelict, From May 2009 Scifaikuest print
dicing for moons, From May 2009 Scifaikuest print
Dragon's teeth, (Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel), Night ship to never (chapbook), Cyberwizard productions, January 2009
He who didn't look, http://www.cosmopoetry.ro/astropoetrytoiya/astrometeorpoetryshowproject.html
hello/goodbye, 7x20 twitterzine, Jul 10, 2009 (https://twitter.com/7x20)
here we go, From May 2009 Scifaikuest print
hillbilly invasion, Sloth Jocky Jan. 2009 http://www.slothjockey.com/authors/kopaska_david.shtml
Hunting party, Strange Horizons Dec. 21 09 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20091221/kopaska-merkel-p.shtml
last rock, Scifaikuest Aug 09 print
Looking for a few good brains, Sloth Jocky Jan. 09 http://www.slothjockey.com/authors/kopaska_david.shtml
Maybe the geckos will appreciate it, http://www.cosmopoetry.ro/astropoetrytoiya/astrometeorpoetryshowproject.html
Mollusca über alles, Scifaikuest May 09 online http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/scifaikuest/contents.htm
Raised by wolves, Strange Horizons, Feb. 9 2009 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090209/raised-p.shtml
*Rattlebox III, Strange Horizons, July 27 2009 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090727/merkel-p.shtml
She's in the ice, Strange Horizons, May 18, 2009 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090518/merkel-p.shtml
snowflake gardens, The Shantytown Anomaly 8, Dec. 2009
steering the head, Scifaikuest Nov. 09 online http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/scifaikuest/contents.htm
TEMPORARY, LIKE THE MOONS OF SATURN, (David C. Kopaska-Merkel and Kendall Evans), http://www.silverblade.net/issue5/moons-of-saturn.html
The Ambassador from Deep Space Inspects the Oort's Troops, http://www.cosmopoetry.ro/astropoetrytoiya/astrometeorpoetryshowproject.html
The Dead King of Midnight, Ideomancer Sep. 09 http://www.ideomancer.com/main/ideoMain.htm
The Gastronomicon, Scifaikuest May 09 online http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/scifaikuest/contents.htm
The last time, we trust, Strange Horizons Mar 30 09 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090330/merkel-p.shtml
The third planet, David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Kendall Evans, Night ship to never (chapbook), Cyberwizard productions, January 2009
Void (a haibun), The Shantytown Anomaly 8, Dec. 09

genre poetry nomination time

http://dreamnnightmare.livejournal.com/90943.html

dreams and nightmares PDFs

I have PDFs of issue 79 and 80 for members of the science fiction poetry Association who would like to consider poems in them for Rhysling nominations. I don't yet have a PDF of issue 81, but its contents are also eligible and I can send those as a plain text file.