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More than 100 poems by Kendall Evans (pictured, left), including several collaborations with David Kopaska-Merkel, have appeared in various sf/fantasy/horror magazines and anthologies. His poems "Mission to a Quantum Asteroid" and "Rapunzel, Rapunzella" received Rhysling nominations as best long poem of the year in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Another poem, "The Keeper of the Lighthouse at Land's End" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. He is also the author of the novelette "Don Huavaca's Dia De Los Muertos," which appeared in the anthology Bare Bone 6. David Kopaska-Merkel (right) has been editor of the genre poetry
magazine Dreams and Nightmares for twenty years and is a former editor
of Star*line, the newsletter of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
In 2005 he was nominated for the groups Grand Master award, and a
number of his poems have been nominated for Rhysling Awards in previous
years. David's poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and
anthologies, including The Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Mythic
Delirium, Strange Horizons, and Abyss & Apex. His
poetry also has been collected in more than a dozen poetry books,
including Shoggoths and The Ruined City. The recent collection Separate Destinations (D+66 Books, 2005)
collects several of his collaborations with Kendall Evans, and another
poem they co-wrote just appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction.
Their winning poem, "The Tin Men," can be read in the Winter '04/'05 issue of The Magazine of Speculative Poetry or The 2006 Rhysling Anthology. | |
2006 Rhysling Award / Short Poem: |
Since 1998, Mike Allen has edited the small poetry
journal Mythic Delirium, publishing such writers as Joe Haldeman,
Theodora Goss, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ian Watson and Jane Yolen. He's had
more than 150 poems published and about a dozen short stories; a large
portion of his writing has been collected in the books Petting the Time
Shark, Disturbing Muses and Strange Wisdoms of the Dead. His latest
project is a fiction/poetry anthology series called Mythic. For two
years, he served as president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
He lives in Roanoke, Va., with his wife Anita, two comical dogs and a
demonic cat. With his fellow Roanoke writer Charles Saplak, he shared a
long poem Rhysling Award in 2003 for their collaborative poem "Epochs in
Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy."
His winning poem, "The Strip Search," can be read here. |
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