The SF & F Poetry Assn Elgin Award-winning poet Brandon O'Brien🔜BigBadCon served as the NecronomiCon Providence Poet Laureate this month and here's his original poem composed just for the occasion to open the convention: youtu.be/Acrs-DvKk40

Have you sent in your Dwarf Stars votes, SFPA members? This is the last week! Voting closes August 31. AND both Rhysling and Elgin Award voting closes Sept. 15!

One last reminder that if you're eligible to vote in the SF & F Poetry Assn Rhysling Awards your time to vote is almost up and I would appreciate your vote for my poem "What You Find At the Center" in long form.

This is it! The LAST day to submit your poems to the SFPA Poetry Contest! Submit here: sfpoetry.com/contests.html

SFPA Members, Dwarf Stars voting closes today, August 31! Read up and get those votes in 🙌 ✨ 💜

Members! The SFPA Contest and Dwarf Stars ballot might be closed, but there's still time to get your Elgin and Rhysling votes in! Voting closes Sept. 15 Check the latest email missive for voting links!

Ditmar ballot (inner illustrations). 2024 Elgin nomination. Dwarf Stars. Rhysling longlist. TEXTURE OF SILENCE by independent legions. SF & F Poetry Assn 🙏🏾 Inconstant Light.

Chill Subs My poem "Harvest" bounced eleven times before it landed in the FUNGI themed issue of Eye to the Telescope, SF & F Poetry Assn s publication, with Avra Margariti editing. eyetothetelescope.com/archives/048is…

One week left to vote in the Rhysling and Elgin Awards! Voting closes Sept. 15 ✨

2025 Rhysling Jurors needed! You don't have to be an SFPA member to apply. Details (thread): The SFPA is also looking for volunteers to serve on the jury for the 2025 Rhysling Awards. 1/

Also closing Sept. 15, submissions to Eye To The Telescope's OUTLAWS theme! edited by Melissa Ridley Elmes! eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html?fb…

Finally got my SF & F Poetry Assn 2024 Rhysling Anthology! So happy to see my poems “The Beauty of Monsters” and “Interrogation About a Monster During Sleep Paralysis” in here! ☺️ Don’t forget to vote for your favorites by Sep 15th! sfpoetry.com/ra/rhysfinalis…

One week left to vote for the Rhysling Award. 😍 My poem, “How to Haunt a Northern Lake,” is a finalist in the Long Poem category. 😊 If you’d like to read it, you can find it in the Rhysling Anthology or here in Uncanny Magazine : uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to…

Kendra's first book with us, GRAB, is up for an Elgin Award. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CHL3… SF & F Poetry Assn