The 2007 Rhysling Awards for achievement in speculative poetry were announced Saturday, July 7 at ReaderCon in Burlington, MA by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. There are two categories: Short Poem (up to 49 lines long) and Long Poem (50 lines and over).

Short Poem:

Winner: "The Graven Idol's Godheart" by Rich Ristow (from The Shantytown Anomaly, Issue 2, March 2006)
Second Place: "god is dead short live god" by Joe Haldeman (from MYTHIC, volume 1, April 2006)
Third Place: "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole" by Lawrence Schimel (from Helix: Speculative Fiction Quarterly, Issue 3, Winter 2007)

Winner: "The Journey to Kailash" by Mike Allen (from Strange Horizons, 1/23/2006)
Second Place: "The Eight Legs of Grandmother Spider" by Catherynne M. Valente (from MYTHIC, volume 1, April 2006)
Third Place: "Sleepers" by Samantha Henderson (from Dreams & Nightmares, Issue 75, September 2006).

Posted July 9, 2007