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| 2006 |
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Knowledge Of
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Ruth Berman
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| 2
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The Stepsister
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Peg Duthie
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| 3
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Prayer Causes Stars
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Greg Beatty
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| --- Finalists ------- |
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"afraid of the dark"
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Guy Belleranti
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| *
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"back to work"
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John Stevenson (poet)
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| *
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"in space"
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Joanne Morcom
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| *
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"my friend's ashes"
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Tim Jamieson
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| *
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"night time stillness"
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Oino Sakai
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| *
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"Perseus and Capricornus—"
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Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
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| *
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"SFP 6,000,000"
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John J. Dunphy
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| *
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"slowly making the bed"
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Oino Sakai
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| *
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"weather taxes"
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Tim Jamieson
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| *
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"wedding ceremony"
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Karen L. Newman
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| *
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Another Goddess in the Sky
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Terrie Leigh Relf
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| *
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Astrophysical Graffitti
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Daniel C. Smith
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| *
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Cold Moon
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Jennifer Crow
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| *
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Constellations
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Duane Ackerson
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| *
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Inside the Bubble Chamber
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Robert Frazier
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| *
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Jazz Girl
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James S. Dorr
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| *
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Listen to the Wind
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Stephen M. Wilson
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| *
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Loki
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Amal El-Mohtar
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| *
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Muertos Moon
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Ann K. Schwader
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| *
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Nightshift
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Linda D. Addison
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| *
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Phoenix
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Jo Gerrard
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| *
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Slow Spider Sunset
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Todd Hanks
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| *
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The Necromancer Considers the Site for Her Next Boneyard
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Marcie Tentchoff
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| *
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The Shadow Maker
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Ruth Berman
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| *
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Two Tanka for a Post-Apocalyptic Librarian
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Samantha Henderson
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| *
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Water Sprite's Lament
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Marcie Tentchoff
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| *
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What I Learned Playing Marathon Solitare on My PC
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W. Gregory Stewart
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| 2007 |
| 1
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Last Unicorn
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Jane Yolen
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| 2
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Troll Under Bridge
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Jane Yolen
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| 3
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Dwarves
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Sandra Lindow
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| --- Finalists ------- |
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"a crumpled ribbon"
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Peg Duthie
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| *
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"allergy season"
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Margarita Engle
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| *
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"back home from the future"
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Tim Jamieson
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| *
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"being human"
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Deborah P. Kolodji
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| *
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"beyond Pluto"
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Mariko Kitakubo
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| *
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"computer malfunction"
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John J. Dunphy
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| *
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"green storm"
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Fay Aoyagi
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| *
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"her gown"
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Kriti Bajaj
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| *
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"Holocaust Museum"
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John J. Dunphy
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| *
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"just before dawn"
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Terrie Leigh Relf
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| *
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"music of the spheres"
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Darrell Lindsey
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| *
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"nuclear spring"
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Patricia Kelly
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| *
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"The problem robot"
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G. O. Clark
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| *
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"Time stumbles sideways"
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Robin Mayhall
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| *
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"unfaithful husband"
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Kevin Doran
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| *
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Astro Nautical
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Dr. Steven B. Katz
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| *
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Breathe
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David C. Kopaska-Merkel
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| *
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chickzilla
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assu
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| *
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Cold Haven
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James S. Dorr
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| *
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Europan Spring
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Terrie Leigh Relf
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| *
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Hunter and Harvest
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Berrien C. Henderson
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| *
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In the Wake of the Quiet One
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Kendall Evans
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| *
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Milky Way
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Dan Mitrut
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| *
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Moonlit Fields
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C. A. Gardner
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| *
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Morning, Europa
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Malcolm Deeley
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| *
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On the Road with Apollo
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Karen A. Romanko
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| *
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Pandora's Dilemma
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Patricia Kelly
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| *
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Shell
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Cathy Ackerson
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| *
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Siren Women of Tremulan III
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Bryn Fortey
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| *
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Testimony Given on the Firing of the Weapon
(variant of Testimony Given at the Firing of the Weapon)
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Marcie Tentchoff
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| *
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The Mafioso They Call Lucky
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Steve Sneyd
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| *
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The Mice
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Meg Smith
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| *
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The Space Between
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Marcie Tentchoff
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| *
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Thoughts on a Rosenquist Painting
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W. B. Keckler
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| *
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Three Spider Sisters
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John Edward Lawson
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| *
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Time for Goodbye, I Find Myself Bent Over Lens
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Lynn Strongin
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| *
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Where the Heart Isn't
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John Edward Lawson
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| 2008 |
| 1
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Place Mat by Moebius
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Greg Beatty
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| 2
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Muse
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Sonya Taaffe
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| 3
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Dancing to Van Gogh
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Ann K. Schwader
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| --- Finalists ------- |
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"abduction scene"
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ushi
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| *
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"an October day"
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M. Kei
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| *
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"as if"
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Mariko Kitakubo
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"crescent moon"
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Jeannie Martin
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| *
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"grief becomes"
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Marilyn Hazelton
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| *
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"identity theft"
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Arlene Teck
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"modest impact craters"
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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"museum of alien religions"
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John J. Dunphy
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| *
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"my friend"
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Dave Bacharach
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| *
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"New galaxy"
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Tom Galusha
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"Once upon a time"
(variant of July 4, 2...)
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Charlee Jacob
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| *
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"since eyes are the soul's windows"
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Drew Morse
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| *
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"snipped, clipped and cut"
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Stephen M. Wilson
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| *
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"starlit sky"
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Teri Santitoro
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| *
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"the red maple buds"
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Lisa M. Bradley
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| *
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"the wind sings"
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M. Kei
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| *
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"through the medium"
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Jeffrey Woodward
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| *
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"tired of incessant chatter"
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Terrie Leigh Relf
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| *
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"waiting for the comet"
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Iulian Olaru
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"where it's not"
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Cor van den Heuvel
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| *
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"witch branding"
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Deborah P. Kolodji
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| *
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"zero-g face lifts"
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Teri Santitoro
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| *
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A Mind Full of Stars
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Bridget Kelley-Lossada
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| *
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Atlantis
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Karen A. Romanko
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| *
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Auld Lang Syne
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James S. Dorr
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| *
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Bleach
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Karen L. Newman
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| *
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Clone
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Berrien C. Henderson
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| *
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Curse of the Strangler's Wife
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Bruce Boston
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| *
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Duel
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Cathy Ackerson
and
Duane Ackerson
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| *
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extraterrestrial body
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Kiwanda Paul
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| *
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If She Had Wings
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JoSelle Vanderhooft
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| *
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In the Light Room
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John Garrison
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| *
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Kerouac
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Joshua Gage
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| *
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Necessary Evil
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David W. Landrum
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| *
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Nikki's Comet
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Donald R. Anderson
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| *
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Once
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Kristine Ong Muslim
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| *
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Redshift; or, the Theory of General Relativity
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M. Frost
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| *
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Rhea's Lament
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S. A. Kelly
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| *
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Sackful of Satellites
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Mike Allen
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| *
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Springheel Jack
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Roddy Lumsden
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| *
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Still Falling
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Ann K. Schwader
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| *
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Sulphur
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Stuart Nunn
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| *
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Test-Tube Universe
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Sarah Glass
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| *
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The Reaper
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Greg Schwartz
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| *
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version 9: breakfast
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Kristine Ong Muslim
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| *
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Whale Riding
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Linda D. Addison
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| 2009 |
| 1
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Fireflies
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Geoffrey A. Landis
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| 2
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the leaf whisperer
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Elizabeth Barrette
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| 3
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Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff
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Jane Yolen
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| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
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"closer to the moongate"
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Linda Jeannette Ward
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| *
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"dark moon"
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Maria Steyn
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| *
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"falling stars"
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Claudia Coutu Radmore
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| *
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"from outer space"
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George Swede
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| *
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"full moon"
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John Grey
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| *
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"I felt your presence"
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Margaret Chula
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| *
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"in spite of your absence..."
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Deborah P. Kolodji
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| *
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"in the mouth"
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Ann K. Schwader
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| *
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"just as I"
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Mariko Kitakubo
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| *
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"lest we stray"
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Mariko Kitakubo
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| *
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"moonless world"
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Patricia Kelly
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| *
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"on the footpath"
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Linda Papanicolaou
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| *
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"one foot on Mars"
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Karen A. Romanko
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| *
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"quantum mechanics"
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James A. Gianforti
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| *
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"sailor's ear"
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M. Kei
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| *
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"shot of whiskey"
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Joshua Gage
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| *
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"stars against the night..."
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Bruce Boston
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| *
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"stars invisible"
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Joshua Gage
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| *
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"strange voices"
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Dietmar Tauchner
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| *
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"the dead rise"
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M. Kei
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| *
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"the will-o-the-wisp"
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Francis W. Alexander
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| *
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"thin alpine air"
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paul m.
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| *
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"time lapse"
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Margarita Engle
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| *
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"time machine rust"
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Megan Arkenberg
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| *
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"trying to imitate"
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Sanford Goldstein
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| *
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"we all met..."
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Lee Clarke Zumpe
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| *
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"wet sand"
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Michael Dylan Welch
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| *
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"winter plum branches"
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paul m.
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| *
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2062
(variant of 2012/2062)
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Stephen M. Wilson
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| *
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Dark Flow
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Francis W. Alexander
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| *
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Evolution
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Peg Duthie
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| *
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Godmother
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Anna Marie Catoir
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| *
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In the Beginning or the End
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N. C. Whitehead
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| *
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Mistress (1)
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Todd Fredson
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| *
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Refugee
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Paul Kareem Tayyer
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| *
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Return of Zombie Teen Angst
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Mike Allen
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| *
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Songs Were Washing Up
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Francesca Forrest
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| *
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Special ears
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Toi Dericotte
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| *
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Study/Violet
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Leonard Gonatarek
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| *
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Sunset, Monument Valley, Utah
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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The Ghost of Walter Benjamin Walks at Midnight
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Charles Wright
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| *
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The Ghoul
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Megan Arkenberg
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| *
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The Lure of an Older Woman
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Toni J. Gardner
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| *
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The Tongue-Cut Sparrow's Song for the Woodsman's Wife
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Jeannine Hall Gailey
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| *
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There, where the universe begins
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Terrie Leigh Relf
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| *
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Three Things
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Lisa M. Bradley
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| *
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Werepenguin
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Joanne Merriam
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| 2010 |
| 1
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Bumbershoot
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Howard V. Hendrix
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| 2
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The Selkie's Children
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Deborah P. Kolodji
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| 3
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The Men All Pause
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Stephen Wilson
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| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
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"abandoned planet"
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John Grey
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| *
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"afternoon drive—"
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Greg Schwartz
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| *
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"alien atmosphere"
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C. William Hinderliter
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| *
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"blue sky"
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Semi
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| *
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"blue sunset"
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Deborah P. Kolodji
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| *
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"by my side"
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Elizabeth Howard
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| *
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"cats worship"
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Carolyn Clink
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| *
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"falling on your face"
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Scott Nicolay
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| *
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"her hand in mine"
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paul m.
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| *
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"is anyone else..."
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John Barlow
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| *
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"Jedi mind trick—"
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Tanya McDonald
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| *
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"meteor shower"
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Joanne Morcom
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| *
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"needing to sleep"
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M. Kei
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| *
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"parental pride"
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Carolyn M. Hinderliter
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| *
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"sitting"
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Linda Galloway
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| *
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"snow light–"
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Ann K. Schwader
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| *
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"Stockholm Syndrome—"
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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"sun spots:"
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Pat Tompkins
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| *
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"tattered flesh"
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Noel Sloboda
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| *
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"telling fortunes..."
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Vasile Moldovan
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| *
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"the network"
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Dan Smith (poet)
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| *
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"the winking"
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Michele L. Harvey
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| *
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"this house"
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Joyce Sandeen Johnson
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| *
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"valentine's day"
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Megan Arkenberg
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| *
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"way out there"
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LeRoy Gorman
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| *
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"with a cheap beach towel"
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paul m.
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| *
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Alien Invasion
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Peter Payack
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| *
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Apotropaism
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Sonya Taaffe
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| *
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Article of Faith
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Anna Sykora
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| *
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Burns at Both Ends
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Rose Lemberg
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| *
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Endings
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Elizabeth W. Bennefeld
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| *
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Headstones
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Major Jackson
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| *
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Intraocular Implant
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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Losing Weight
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Tim Jones
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| *
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Night Phenomenon
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Marge Simon
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| *
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On Its Own
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Anna Sykora
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| *
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The Blue of Neptune
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Meg Smith
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| *
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The Surface of Venus
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Geoff Landis
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| *
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threading dreams
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Kimberly Zajac
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| *
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Top Five Reasons Not to Rebel Against Your Alien Overlord
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Jennifer Schwabach
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| *
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Undertaker: An Acrostic
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Jane Yolen
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| 2011 |
| 1
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Comet
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Julie Bloss Kelsey
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| 2
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Tapping the Vine
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Sonya Taaffe
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| 3
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"Returning"
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Ann K. Schwader
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| --- No Winner -- Insufficient Votes ------- |
| *
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Bluebeard's Grandmother
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Sandra Kasturi
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| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
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"butterfly"
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Beate Conrad
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| *
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"deforested planet"
(variant of "on a deforested planet")
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LeRoy Gorman
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| *
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"eleven minutes"
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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"gingerbread house"
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Carolyn M. Hinderliter
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| *
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"I pause a moment"
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Dawn Bruce
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| *
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"in the mouth"
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Roberta Beary
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| *
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"in zero gravity"
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LeRoy Gorman
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| *
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"October"
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Peter Yovu
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| *
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"red wheat"
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C. William Hinderliter
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| *
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"snakes and ladders..."
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Helen Buckingham
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| *
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"Solo missions, I do all I can"
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Camille Alexander
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| *
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"spatters of blood"
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Geoffrey A. Landis
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| *
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"stargazing"
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Aurora Antonovic
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| *
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"the house software"
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Dan Smith (poet)
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| *
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"your view"
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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Ceres
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Karen Berry
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| *
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Ghost / Machine
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Shelly Bryant
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| *
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Haute Couture
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Matt S
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| *
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Howard d'oeuvres
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Stephen M. Wilson
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| *
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In the Hydroponic Garden Aboard Survey Station E319...
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Terrie Leigh Relf
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| *
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On Stopping for Directions
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Wendy Rathbone
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| *
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Sleeping Beauty's Court
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K. S. Hardy
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| *
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The Wailing Well
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Peg Duthie
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| *
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They Held My Heart
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Jenny Schwartz
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| *
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Trickster Weather
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Deborah P. Kolodji
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| *
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Walrus
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Rose Lemberg
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| 2012 |
| 1
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Blue Rose Buddha
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Marge Simon
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| 2
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Closure
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Greer Woodward
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| 3
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Snowflake Galaxies
|
G. O. Clark
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| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
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"Adrift in the spacecraft"
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Michael Arnzen
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| *
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"amidst the black churning..."
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Jim Kacian
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| *
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"anorexic girl"
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John W. Sexton
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| *
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"coal-dark tombstone"
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George Swede
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| *
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"Endlessly bitching when birds"
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Aurelio Rico Lopez, III
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| *
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"first kiss"
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Albert Schlaht
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| *
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"Graveside spell spoken"
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Marsheila Rockwell
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| *
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"Hallow's Eve"
(variant of Untitled ("Hallow's Eve..."))
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Greg Schwartz
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| *
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"lunar base 5"
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Semi
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| *
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"nearly Mars"
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LeRoy Gorman
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| *
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"new colony"
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Randy Brooks
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| *
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"night sky"
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Dietmar Tauchner
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| *
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"particles decaying..."
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Melissa Allen
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| *
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"The albedo of angels"
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Robert Borski
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| *
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"the more space"
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Ann K. Schwader
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| *
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"the perfect evening"
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Julie Bloss Kelsey
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| *
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"The unborn gods stir..."
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Kristine Ong Muslim
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| *
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"wedding night"
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Victor Piñeiro
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| *
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10 things to know about staplers
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Carolyn Clink
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| *
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Alien Life
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Pat Tompkins
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| *
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All folk have legends of her
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David Kopaska-Merkel
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| *
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Before Science Stepped In
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Rod Usher
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| *
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California Vamp
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James S. Dorr
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| *
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Containers
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F. J. Bergmann
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| *
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Elemental
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Cheryl Stiles
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| *
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Eulogy
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Alexandra Seidel
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| *
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Graffiti
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Sonya Taaffe
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| *
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Grey-Eyed
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Emily Jiang
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| *
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Harvest
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S. Brackett Robertson
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| *
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Macrocosmic Propagation
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J. E. Stanley
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| *
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Matinee Motel—Hollywood: Two Humans
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Dan Smith (poet)
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| *
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Necropsy
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John R. Platt
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| *
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Protocol
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F. J. Bergmann
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| *
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Robespierre Had the Greenest Eyes
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Dan Smith (poet)
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| *
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Rules for Playing Hide and Seek in a Cornfield
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Jamie Wasserman
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| *
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S E T I
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LeRoy Gorman
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| *
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Song of the Machines
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Suzanne Sykora
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| *
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Star Ghazal
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Holly Jensen
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| *
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Surreal Wish List
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Bruce Boston
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| *
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Taking the Auspices
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Sonya Taaffe
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| *
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The Lives of the Stars
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Meg Smith
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| *
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The Magic Walnut
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| *
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The Robot Scientist's Daughter [Polonium-210]
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Jeannine Hall Gailey
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| *
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The World's Scriptures
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Gene Doty
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| *
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Time to Go
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Elizabeth Barrette
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| *
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Unland, Unlife
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Anita Allen
and
Mike Allen
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| *
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Vanity
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Juan M. Perez
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| *
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Voyages of the H.M.S. Whitechapel
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Robert Borski
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| *
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What Ray Taught Me
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Jenny Rossi
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| 2013 |
| 1
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Basho After Cinderella (iii)
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Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| 2
|
The Hidden
|
Mary Turzillo
|
| 3
|
Sarcophagus
|
N. E. Taylor
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"a running train"
|
Yunsheng Jiang
|
| *
|
"alien princess"
|
Ross Balcom
|
| *
|
"all that remains"
|
Lauren Mayhew
|
| *
|
"black market barter"
|
John J. Dunphy
|
| *
|
"dark figure"
|
Carolyn M. Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"endless weeks of zero-g"
|
Melissa Frederick
|
| *
|
"evening sun"
|
Helen Buckingham
|
| *
|
"falling star"
|
|
| *
|
"Human Beings from Earth"
|
David Glen Larson
|
| *
|
"murderer's diary"
|
Joanne Morcom
|
| *
|
"our ship"
|
Dan Smith (poet)
|
| *
|
"particles dancing"
|
Albert W. Grohmann
|
| *
|
"petals falling in riotous profusion"
|
Yunsheng Jiang
|
| *
|
"reflected moon"
|
Albert W. Grohmann
|
| *
|
"silence now"
|
Albert W. Grohmann
|
| *
|
"singularity"
|
Geoffrey A. Landis
|
| *
|
"tendrils caress"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"that card"
|
assu
|
| *
|
"the girl stood sideways"
|
Rich Magahiz
|
| *
|
"the half-light of your eyes"
|
Semi
|
| *
|
"the undead"
|
David Clink
|
| *
|
"The world quivers"
|
|
| *
|
"Wanted: octopoid"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"will my full hair"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"wormhole opening"
|
Simon Kewin
|
| *
|
A Cautionary Note from the Time Thief
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
A Huntsman's Dilemma
|
A. B. S. Dudevaunt
|
| *
|
Again Boredom
|
Lida Broadhurst
|
| *
|
Bone Song
|
Anna Sykora
|
| *
|
Book Wyrm
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Charred
|
Jeffrey Park
|
| *
|
Cognizance: A Triptych
|
Kurt MacPhearson
|
| *
|
Desert Protocol
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
Electric Touch
|
Angel Favazza
|
| *
|
Fairy Beekeeper
|
Adrienne J. Odasso
|
| *
|
Ghosts
|
Geoffrey A. Landis
|
| *
|
Let Me Tell You About Dawn
|
M. Frost
|
| *
|
Ovid on Climate Change
|
Eliza Griswold
|
| *
|
Parade
|
Brian Rosenberger
|
| *
|
Pregnant with Rapunzel
|
Laura King
|
| *
|
Regretful Orbits
|
Sandra Kasturi
|
| *
|
Replacement
|
Dennis M. Lane
|
| *
|
Sneezing in Zero-G
|
Melissa Frederick
|
| *
|
Tell Me About Passion
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
The Green Man Answers the Classifieds
|
Sonya Taaffe
|
| *
|
The Mermaid's Winter Song
|
Brittany Warman
|
| *
|
The Price You Have to Pay
|
John M. Edwards
|
| *
|
The Robot As Engineering Assistant
|
Ken Poyner
|
| *
|
The Zombie Orchestra
|
Dan Smith (poet)
|
| *
|
They Wanted Smaller Government
|
Mark Danowsky
|
| *
|
Three Alien Koans
|
Greg Beatty
|
| *
|
While They Sleep
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Wishing It Were Otherwise
|
Alan Meyrowitz
|
| *
|
Yule Night
|
Chris Friend
|
| |
| 2014 |
| 1
|
And Deeper Than Did Ever Plummet Sound
|
Mat Joiner
|
| 2
|
The Loss
|
Mari Ness
|
| 3
|
Hourglass
|
David Clink
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"A gate in rubble"
(variant of untitled ("A gate in rubble"))
|
Anna Sykora
|
| *
|
"a werewolf's nightmare"
|
Angel Favazza
|
| *
|
"a worm flaps on razor wings"
|
Patrick Armstrong
|
| *
|
"about 600 light years"
|
Dietmar Tauchner
|
| *
|
"beagle brain"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"beyond graves field"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"bleached bones"
|
J. E. Stanley
|
| *
|
"cardamom seeds"
|
Pat Tompkins
|
| *
|
"Damage! The space-"
|
Manos Kounougakis
|
| *
|
"Death hides in corners"
|
Gary C. Busha
|
| *
|
"easier to see"
|
Tony Burfield
|
| *
|
"evolution"
|
Dietmar Tauchner
|
| *
|
"gripping a portal"
(variant of untitled ("Gripping a portal"))
|
Anna Sykora
|
| *
|
"hypnotic regression"
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
"i blow out the candles"
|
Dietmar Tauchner
|
| *
|
"last dance"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"lights still on"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"Look, the On symbol"
|
Manos Kounougakis
|
| *
|
"mostly air"
|
Joyce Clement
|
| *
|
"Native noises, nonstop"
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
"no groundhog"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"quantum drive failure"
|
C. William Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"satellites crashing"
|
Patricia Tompkins
|
| *
|
"the robot ponders"
(variant of The Robot Ponders)
|
Greg Schwartz
|
| *
|
"The robot seagull"
|
Manos Kounougakis
|
| *
|
"the thunder lizards"
|
Steven Wittenberg Gordon
|
| *
|
"the winged serpent, draco"
|
Carolyn Clink
|
| *
|
"their language sounds like knives"
|
Patrick Armstrong
|
| *
|
A Conversation Between a Time Traveler and His Apprentice
|
David Livingstone Clink
|
| *
|
A Questionable Immortality
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Ambassador to the Abyss
|
Michael Kriesel
|
| *
|
Ambient Noise
|
Howie Good
|
| *
|
An Elegy for Evelyn Cream
|
Amal El-Mohtar
|
| *
|
April
|
Nita Sembrowich
|
| *
|
Because You Are an Expert in Such Matters
|
Ron Czerwien
|
| *
|
Beneath
|
Rhonda Parrish
|
| *
|
Effigy
|
Kim L. Neidigh
|
| *
|
Even an Empty Life Can Hold Water
|
Peg Duthie
|
| *
|
Gorgon Hair Care
|
Laura Garrison
|
| *
|
Grief
|
Jennifer Jerome
|
| *
|
Haiku for H.P. Lovecraft and E. Schrödinger
|
Geoffrey A. Landis
|
| *
|
Haiku for H.P. Lovecraft and J.A. Wheeler
|
Geoffrey A. Landis
|
| *
|
How to Write Poems #2573
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
I am learning to forget
|
Dominik Parisien
|
| *
|
If Sappho Studied Egyptology
|
Alicia Cole
|
| *
|
Impermanent Frost
|
Elizabeth Barrette
|
| *
|
Internal Architecture
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Invasion
|
Sandi Leibowitz
|
| *
|
Larva
|
Sonya Taaffe
|
| *
|
Making Rice Dance
|
Peg Duthie
|
| *
|
Marie Antoinette, 2125
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
mechanical cat
|
Livia Finucci
|
| *
|
Moral
|
Alicia Cole
|
| *
|
Newest Amsterdam
|
Peg Duthie
|
| *
|
One Planet, Under Gravy
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
Prometheus
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Schrodinger's Box
|
J. E. Stanley
|
| *
|
Seeds of Love
|
Sandi Leibowitz
|
| *
|
Shifts in Production
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Stirring Time
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
The Journeymaker, Climbing
|
Rose Lemberg
|
| *
|
The Sun in Stereo
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
The Werewolf Explains
|
James S. Dorr
|
| *
|
This Bus Stop Was a Coral Reef, Once
|
Megan Arkenberg
|
| *
|
Unicorn Tea
|
J. Mirio
|
| *
|
What We Carry
|
Beth Cato
|
| *
|
Where the Rabbits Run, Near the Shore
|
Alicia Cole
|
| *
|
Why the Scientist Owns a Persian Carpet
|
N. E. Taylor
|
| *
|
Why We Get Viruses
|
Ruth Berman
|
| |
| 2015 |
| 1
|
"abandoned nursing home"
(variant of Abandoned Nursing Home)
|
Greg Schwartz
|
| 2
|
Princess: A Life
|
Jane Yolen
|
| 3
|
The Square Root of Doppelgängers
|
Robert Borski
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"a long look"
|
Angel Favazza
|
| *
|
"a new bridge"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"before the great upload"
|
Eric Otto
|
| *
|
"beside the forlorn robot"
|
Eric Otto
|
| *
|
"building my first clone"
|
Angel Favazza
|
| *
|
"by chance"
|
James Won
|
| *
|
"Cthulhu partners"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"cyborg surgery"
|
Sandra J. Lindow
|
| *
|
"drones..."
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"fangs in a glass"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"Fermat's last theorem"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"garbage in--garbage out"
|
C. William Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"her fingerprints"
|
Eric Otto
|
| *
|
"her perfume"
|
David Boyer
|
| *
|
"it's recycling day"
|
William Cullen, Jr.
|
| *
|
"jupiter a pixel..."
|
Joseph Salvatore Aversano
|
| *
|
"martian greenhouse"
|
Carolyn M. Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"moment of peak oil"
|
William Cullen, Jr.
|
| *
|
"new galaxy"
|
Lorin Ford
|
| *
|
"through icicles"
|
Septimiu M. Cristian
|
| *
|
"thunderhead losing"
|
Mark E. Brager
|
| *
|
"Valentine's Day"
|
Rebecca Drouilhet
|
| *
|
Bone Song
|
Mari Ness
|
| *
|
Cosmic Choice
|
Alan Meyrowitz
|
| *
|
Downstairs Up
|
Neal Wilgus
|
| *
|
Dragon Girl
|
C. E. Hyun
|
| *
|
dream
(variant of "dream")
|
John Reinhart
|
| *
|
Everyone was stealing...
(variant of Everyone was stealing everyone else's hat)
|
Claudia Serea
|
| *
|
First Encounter
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
In Conclusion
|
Sonya Taaffe
|
| *
|
Nonfiction
|
Jonel Abellanosa
|
| *
|
Not Only Thoats
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Pink Unicorns
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Private Source
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Pro-Life
|
K. L. Hasell
|
| *
|
Queen of Cups
|
A. J. Odasso
|
| *
|
Restoration
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Roadkill
|
Michael Kriesel
|
| *
|
scent of a corpuscle
|
Terrie Leigh Relf
|
| *
|
Shellac
|
P. S. Cottier
|
| *
|
Song for Otter
|
Alicia Cole
|
| *
|
Surreal Shopping List
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
the explorer
(variant of "the explorer")
|
Ross Balcom
|
| *
|
The Fate of Worlds
|
William Cullen, Jr.
|
| *
|
The Holly King
|
Sandi Leibowitz
|
| *
|
The Lonely Future of Philip K. Dick
|
Adele Gardner
|
| *
|
Their Nature
|
Francis W. Alexander
|
| *
|
Trinket Earth
|
Anna Sykora
|
| *
|
Witch's Primer, Lesson 4
|
Erik Amundsen
|
| *
|
Zatanna's Haiku
|
P. Andrew Miller
|
| |
| 2016 |
| 1
|
We Begin This Way
|
Stacey Balkun
|
| 2
|
"at the barre"
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| 2
|
The Doorman
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| 2
|
Weathering
|
Sandi Leibowitz
|
| 3
|
Alice was chasing white rabbits out of a black hole
|
John C. Mannone
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"awake after surgery"
|
Sandra J. Lindow
|
| *
|
"back on earth"
|
Robert Piotrowski
|
| *
|
"Comicon"
(variant of The Scifaikiu ("Comicon –..."))
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"crumbling castle"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"daybreak"
|
Helen Buckingham
|
| *
|
"hell-bent"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"late winter"
|
Kristen Deming
|
| *
|
"methane rain"
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
"night sky"
|
Susan Antolin
|
| *
|
"November rain"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"shapeshifter"
|
John Reinhart
|
| *
|
"she said"
|
DL Mattila
|
| *
|
"steam rises"
|
David McKee
|
| *
|
"the economy of a solar system ..."
|
|
| *
|
"the window cleaner's ladder"
|
Mark Holloway
|
| *
|
"they claimed our star"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"time portal wedding"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"upturned faces"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"warm the blur..."
|
Michelle Tennison
|
| *
|
"when hell freezes over"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
A Field
|
Amelia Martens
|
| *
|
Accident-Prone
|
Susan Rooke
|
| *
|
Anomaly
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Bees Fell Asleep
|
Grzegorz Wróblewski
|
| *
|
Black Hull, Greenheart
|
Susan Grimm
|
| *
|
Boston to Providence
|
Carrie Etter
|
| *
|
Classified II
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Creation Myth (1981)
|
Iliana Rocha
|
| *
|
Driving 80 MPH at Night
|
William Cullen, Jr.
|
| *
|
Gretel
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
How We Sing
|
Katharine Coles
|
| *
|
jellyfish
|
Beth Langford
|
| *
|
Notes for Next Week's Sermon
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
Placebo Effect
|
Roberta Beary
|
| *
|
Scissors Series
|
Arielle Greenberg
|
| *
|
Tail in Winnipeg
|
Sandra Lindow
|
| *
|
The Man with Red Eyes
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
Thor and Saturn's Tête-á-tête
|
Maceo J. Whitaker
|
| *
|
What Dolls Eat
|
Karen Bovenmyer
|
| *
|
Wish
|
Rebecca Buchanan
|
| |
| 2017 |
| 1
|
"aster than"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| 2
|
Lover
|
Holly Day
|
| 3
|
Loss
|
Sandi Leibowitz
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"abandoned farm"
|
C. William Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"across the universe"
|
Alan Ira Gordon
|
| *
|
"alighting"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"attempting to align"
|
Terrie Leigh Relf
|
| *
|
"Cypress trees on fire"
|
Denise Dumars
|
| *
|
"dead jackrabbit glares"
|
David Lee Summers
|
| *
|
"don't go looking for"
|
Michael Ch'ong
|
| *
|
"drooping tulips"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"fetching the bones"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"Garden statues for sale"
|
Matthew Wilson
|
| *
|
"grasping"
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
"growing child inside her belly"
|
William Landis
|
| *
|
"his totem animal"
|
David McKee
|
| *
|
"howling at the rise"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"icy roads"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"immortality"
|
James D. Fuson
|
| *
|
"knitting for nieces"
|
John Reinhart
|
| *
|
"next to the infant's grave"
|
Manos Kounougakis
|
| *
|
"no shore"
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
"our bodies"
|
Debbie Strange
|
| *
|
"pandemonium"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"planet of flowers"
|
ayaz daryl nielsen
|
| *
|
"printing our children"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"ready shuttle droid"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"red apples"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"root cellar"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"speed of light—..."
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"spring migration"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"teeth of ferns"
|
David Boyer
|
| *
|
"the face looked up"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"the first calligraphy—"
|
Ruth Holzer
|
| *
|
"the serrated song"
|
|
| *
|
"the speed of light ..."
|
Joy Reed MacVane
|
| *
|
"thin moon"
|
David Boyer
|
| *
|
"tomorrow will return"
|
Neal Wilgus
|
| *
|
"under a bright moon"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"visiting day"
|
C. William Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"yellow eyes aglow"
|
Rich Magahiz
|
| *
|
"zombie party"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
another moon
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
Brave New World
|
Scott Mason
|
| *
|
Cenotaph Moon
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Craving
|
Shannon Connor Winward
|
| *
|
Demon Lovers
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
Dia de Los Muertos
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
Epitaph for an Ogre
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
First to Draw
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Intersections
|
Neal Wilgus
|
| *
|
Mercury
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
Needs Repairs
|
John Reinhart
|
| *
|
New Planet Landscape 15
|
Ken Poyner
|
| *
|
No Reception
|
John Reinhart
|
| *
|
Pluto
|
Shelly Bryant
|
| *
|
Pterosaur
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
R'lyeh
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Talking to the Dead
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
The Red Barn
|
David Clink
|
| *
|
The Red Spacesuit
|
Brian Garrison
|
| *
|
The Surreal Monster
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
The Werewolf Returns
|
William John Watkins
|
| *
|
The Woods Look Up
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
The Year of the Cottonmouth
|
Crystal Boson
|
| *
|
What'll It Be?
|
Lauren McBride
|
| |
| 2018 |
| 1
|
The Green
|
Kath Abela Wilson
|
| 2
|
If She Knew She Was a Ghost
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| 3
|
Lace at the Throat
|
Holly Walrath
|
| 3
|
Lo Shu's Magic Square
|
Deborah L. Davitt
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"abandoned colony roof"
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
"absolute zero"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"after last year"
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
"alien restructuring-"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"bloody spindle"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"depleted plutonium"
|
Alan Summers
|
| *
|
"doomsday clock"
|
DL Mattila
|
| *
|
"down to earth"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"everything"
|
Joan Prefontaine
|
| *
|
"first time away from snow"
|
Billy Antonio
|
| *
|
"footprint in red dust"
|
Frank Coffman
|
| *
|
"fresh back from weeks in space"
|
Lisa Timpf
|
| *
|
"ger-"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"graveyard"
|
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
|
| *
|
"ICU"
|
Billy Antonio
|
| *
|
"instead of a halo"
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
"loose ends"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"lunar graveyard"
|
William Shaw
|
| *
|
"maybe there are"
|
M. X. Kelly
|
| *
|
"Monday morning"
|
Gregory Longenecker
|
| *
|
"multiverse theory"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"nightcap her smile widens"
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
"old red barn--"
|
Mark E. Brager
|
| *
|
"only hours out"
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
"orbiting Neptune"
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
"painting fences"
|
Alan Summers
|
| *
|
"red planet--"
|
Sam Bateman
|
| *
|
"ruby sky"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"Saturn's rings"
|
Marietta McGregor
|
| *
|
"scent of blackened"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"seconds before"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"silent jump"
|
Tom Sacramona
|
| *
|
"the odds"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"time snake"
|
N. E. Taylor
|
| *
|
"time travel dining"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"to save space"
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
"what if the ferryman"
|
Helen Buckingham
|
| *
|
"year end"
|
paul m.
|
| *
|
"zombie chic"
|
Helen Buckingham
|
| *
|
Alien Dowry
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Beauty, Sleeping
|
Marsheila Rockwell
|
| *
|
Betsy Ross
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Carbon Footprint
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
Chiasmus
|
Deborah L. Davitt
|
| *
|
For in that Sleep, What Nightmares...
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
Full Moon Forecast
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Ghoul Cloud
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
If it will help you think of me as Sappho
|
Sonya Taaffe
|
| *
|
If Only a Werewolf
|
Minadora Macheret
|
| *
|
keeping company
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Marbles
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
Rock, Paper, Scissors (Human vs. Robot Finals)
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Separation Anxiety
|
Shannon Connor Winward
|
| *
|
Space Efficient
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
The Colors of Time
|
Deborah L. Davitt
|
| *
|
The Little Laser Girl
|
Lorraine Schein
|
| *
|
Time Travel No 7
|
Soren James
|
| *
|
Vampire Fortuneteller
|
Bruce Boston
|
| |
| 2019 |
| 1
|
"embalmed"
(translation of "embalsamados")
|
|
| 2
|
where to hide an alien in plain sight
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| 3
|
Negative Space
|
Sandra J. Lindow
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"a full moon rising"
|
Gloundan Smorpian
|
| *
|
"a newborn's cry"
|
kjmunro
|
| *
|
"all my nightmares"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"all that flickers"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"another atom"
|
Michelle Muenzler
|
| *
|
"at the farm gate"
|
Joy McCall
|
| *
|
"autumn leaves"
|
Dave Read
|
| *
|
"cannibalizing parts"
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
"canoe..."
|
kjmunro
|
| *
|
"crash of waves"
|
Paul Geiger
|
| *
|
"crow moon"
|
Caroline Skanne
|
| *
|
"crystals of nitrogen"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"death flowers"
|
Roxanne Barbour
|
| *
|
"emerging"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"empty house"
|
Maryalicia Post
|
| *
|
"fire)"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"first frost"
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
"first spacewalk"
|
Nick Hoffman
|
| *
|
"full autumn moon--"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"Her hair"
|
Annie Sheng
|
| *
|
"his hands"
|
Réka Nyitrai
|
| *
|
"I move toward ..."
|
Mel Goldberg
|
| *
|
"in the secret garden"
|
Susan Beth Furst
|
| *
|
"in-laws at the door"
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
"infinity--"
|
Stewart C. Baker
|
| *
|
"it is late"
|
ai li
|
| *
|
"lava sizzles..."
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"moebius strip"
|
Lucy Whitehead
|
| *
|
"my every night ..."
|
Marilyn Humbert
|
| *
|
"night shore"
|
John Hawkhead
|
| *
|
"ocean swim"
|
Peter Jastermsky
|
| *
|
"on the ship from Earth ..."
|
Lisa Timpf
|
| *
|
"OR gate"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"pi day"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"pumpkin stem"
|
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
|
| *
|
"red dawn..."
|
Dietmar Tauchner
|
| *
|
"return trip to earth"
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
"sea in winter..."
|
Lucia Cardillo
|
| *
|
"solar eclipse"
|
Joy Reed MacVane
|
| *
|
"space station chapel"
|
John J. Dunphy
|
| *
|
"spaceship window--"
|
Lorraine Schein
|
| *
|
"stargazing"
|
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
|
| *
|
"the little girl"
|
Jennifer Hambrick
|
| *
|
"the old fisherman"
|
Ron C. Moss
|
| *
|
"their drone ship came to Earth"
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
"There was an A.I. from Key West"
|
Robert Dawson
|
| *
|
"vampire job fair"
|
William Landis
|
| *
|
"view from the spaceship"
|
Serhiy Shpychenko
|
| *
|
"waitless"
|
David J. Kelly (poet)
|
| *
|
"water poured"
|
Caroline Skanne
|
| *
|
"Year 2028"
|
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
|
| *
|
Annie Jump Cannon Cataloged Stars
|
Jessy Randall
|
| *
|
anniversary
|
Brittany Hause
|
| *
|
Archaeopteryx
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
At Last
|
Sandra J. Lindow
|
| *
|
blink
|
Jim Kacian
|
| *
|
Changeling
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
Cybernetic Harvest
|
Deborah L. Davitt
and
D. A. Xiaolin Spires
and
Gretchen Tessmer
|
| *
|
Datasphere
|
Susan Gray
|
| *
|
Everything started with the Big Bang, they say
|
|
| *
|
Failing Masterpiece
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Ghazal
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
H+
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
|
Mary Soon Lee
|
| *
|
I'll Go Under
|
Robin Wyatt Dunn
|
| *
|
iSpell
|
John Reinhart
|
| *
|
Life on the Moon v1.0
|
Trent Walters
|
| *
|
Men on Mars and Witches from Venus
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
Never Trust a Vampiress
|
James S. Dorr
|
| *
|
News Update
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Nothing Left
|
Jane Yolen
|
| *
|
Psalm
|
Peter Adam Salomon
|
| *
|
Rapunzel
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Reaching
|
D. A. Xiaolin Spires
|
| *
|
Root Bound
|
M. C. Childs
|
| *
|
Six Meter Surge
(variant of Six-Meter Surge)
|
Mark C. Childs
|
| *
|
structural damage
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Surreal Lust
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Tau Lyrae
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
The Alchemy of Grief
|
Bob Lucky
|
| *
|
The Bar-Fly Dilemma
|
Ken Poyner
|
| *
|
The Cold Spot
|
Kimberly Nugent
|
| *
|
The Everlasting Self
|
Tracy K. Smith
|
| *
|
The Evolutionary Race
|
Peter Payack
|
| *
|
The Fabulist of Familiars
|
Meg Smith
|
| *
|
The Gravity of Loss
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
the philologist
|
Brittany Hause
|
| *
|
The Pillars of Creation
|
Jason Gray
|
| *
|
The Weed-Filled Path
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
To Io
|
Mindy Watson
|
| *
|
[Cameo]
|
Anna Cates
|
| |
| 2020 |
| 1
|
Standing Up
|
John C. Mannone
|
| 2
|
"There are fossils"
|
Mark A. Fisher
|
| 3
|
2015 Zinfandella
|
Denise Dumars
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"a glimpse"
|
Hazel Hall
|
| *
|
"baby born healthy"
|
Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
|
| *
|
"beyond its two eyes"
|
Juan Manuel Perez
|
| *
|
"bioluminescence"
|
Debbie Strange
|
| *
|
"black widow spider..."
|
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
|
| *
|
"clear winter night"
|
Frank Coffman
|
| *
|
"dancing with the stars"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"dystopic future"
|
Carolyn M. Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"Feast of St. George--"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"For her who laid and hatched my egg,"
|
Ronald A. Busse
|
| *
|
"gentlest quiver"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"gestating through space--"
|
Terrie Leigh Relf
|
| *
|
"glow-in-the-dark fruit"
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
"H3N2"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"harvest moon"
|
Barbara Tate
|
| *
|
"her gentle kisses"
|
ayaz daryl nielsen
|
| *
|
"hoping for the best"
|
Johannes S. H. Bjerg
|
| *
|
"human flesh transformed"
|
Brian Gene Olson
|
| *
|
"I read the future"
|
Geoffrey A. Landis
|
| *
|
"iron in the dunes"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"leaving Saturn"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"mass into photons"
|
Kimberly Nugent
|
| *
|
"memorial day visit"
|
C. William Hinderliter
|
| *
|
"moonlight"
|
Duro Jaiye
|
| *
|
"New Earth's many moons"
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
"night sieved city of light"
|
Joseph Salvatore Aversano
|
| *
|
"ordinary flashlight"
|
Tom Sacramona
|
| *
|
"peeling night"
|
Alegria Imperial
|
| *
|
"placoderms sizzling"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"reeking of time"
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
"ritual at dawn"
|
Carmen Duvalma
|
| *
|
"seeing stars"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"space station yoga"
|
John J. Dunphy
|
| *
|
"stale morning smog"
|
Nick Hoffman
|
| *
|
"stargazing on Olympus Mons"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"still can't decide"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"stream of consciousness"
|
William Shaw
|
| *
|
"the ghost wife"
|
Gloundan Smorpian
|
| *
|
"The knife blade flutters"
|
Colleen Anderson
|
| *
|
"through the portal"
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
"Voyager outbound"
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
"within sight"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"zen garden"
|
Helga Anton-Beitz
|
| *
|
A Simpler Time
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Aeolus
|
Brian Gene Olson
|
| *
|
Balancing Act
|
Deborah L. Davitt
and
D. A. Xiaolin Spires
and
Gretchen Tessmer
|
| *
|
Cold Weather Accessories for Imaginary Creatures
|
Lorraine Schein
|
| *
|
Death Spiral, Korolev Crater
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
Epitaph for John Carter
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Erwin Schrodinger
|
Jean-Paul L. Garnier
|
| *
|
How to Notice a Dark Nebula
|
Mary Soon Lee
|
| *
|
How to Time Travel
|
Mary Soon Lee
|
| *
|
Infection
|
Roger Dutcher
|
| *
|
loose change
|
Allan Rozinski
|
| *
|
Mystery Multiplied
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Notes for the Next Letter Home
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
ragtime gal
|
Brittany Hause
|
| *
|
Recent Federal Postings
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
red shirts
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
she had broken
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
The Haunting
|
Lucy Whitehead
|
| *
|
the music of Luna's pull
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
The Old Ones: A Ghazal
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
The Trophy Room
|
Andrew J. Wilson
|
| *
|
Tikbalang
|
Vince Gotera
|
| *
|
Tree in Drought
|
Beth Cato
|
| *
|
what she knows for sure
|
Cathy Tenzo
|
| *
|
When Death Comes Back
|
Cindy O'Quinn
|
| |
| 2021 |
| 1
|
Yes, Antimatter Is Real
|
Holly Lyn Walrath
|
| 2
|
The Softness of Impossible Fossils
|
Robert Borski
|
| 3
|
Frozen Hurricanes
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"6 months"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"adrift in space"
|
Semi
|
| *
|
"alien hovercraft"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"alternate history"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"bacon and coffee"
|
Michelle Muenzler
|
| *
|
"black rabbits"
|
Michelle Muenzler
|
| *
|
"bovine witnesses"
|
William Shaw
|
| *
|
"downwind"
|
Nick Hoffman
|
| *
|
"driving home"
|
Susan Burch
|
| *
|
"every lover"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"evil comes always"
|
Juan Manuel Perez
|
| *
|
"fireflies"
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
"happy hour"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"head in one hand"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"how bright you shine"
|
Monica Louzon
|
| *
|
"lonely robot"
|
Noel Sloboda
|
| *
|
"on a pirate ship"
|
Lana M. 'Rochel
|
| *
|
"photons in knit and purl"
|
Kimberly Nugent
|
| *
|
"probably mist"
|
John Hawkhead
|
| *
|
"right at home"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"shapeshifter"
|
Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
|
| *
|
"Sotheby's Lot 9"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"springtime on Pluto"
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
"t)here"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"the FTL squad"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"the winged demons come"
|
Greg Fewer
|
| *
|
"thrown away in recycling"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"wet market"
|
John Hawkhead
|
| *
|
"winter jasmine"
|
Debbie Strange
|
| *
|
"Zombie Night"
|
Lisa Timpf
|
| *
|
Blue Mood
|
Gretchen Tessmer
|
| *
|
Brain Software Warning
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
Cracked Mirror
|
Julie Bloss Kelsey
|
| *
|
Document Search
|
Lorraine Schein
|
| *
|
Fairy Ring
|
John C. Mannone
|
| *
|
Garden
|
Kim Goldberg
|
| *
|
How to Tidy the Asteroids
|
Mary Soon Lee
|
| *
|
I Think the Article Said Something about First Contact
|
R. Mac Jones
|
| *
|
Lesser Eternity
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
Light Voyager
|
Adele Gardner
|
| *
|
More Than a Feeling
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
Phoenix
|
Colleen Anderson
|
| *
|
Runaway Greenhouse Effect
|
David C. Kopaska-Merkel
|
| *
|
Sailing the Seas of Lune
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Saint George's Lament
|
Jacob Bergstresser
|
| *
|
seasonal greeting
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Sheets
|
Deborah L. Davitt
|
| *
|
Surreal Agenda
|
Bruce Boston
|
| |
| 2022 |
| 1
|
Poem with Lines from my Son
|
Jen Stewart Fueston
|
| 1
|
What Trees Read
|
Mary Soon Lee
|
| 2
|
Colony
|
Jamal Hodge
|
| 3
|
Future Portrait of Dark Matter
|
Gene Twaronite
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"a hissing leak in the airlock"
|
LeRoy Gorman
|
| *
|
"a kind of afterlife"
|
Roberta Beary
|
| *
|
"across eons"
|
Barun Saha
|
| *
|
"adding ellipses"
|
Hifsa Ashraf
|
| *
|
"after a downpour"
|
Anatoly Kudryavitsky
|
| *
|
"all this rain"
|
Christina Sng
|
| *
|
"all"
|
Michael J. Galko
|
| *
|
"as galaxies form"
|
Wendy Van Camp
|
| *
|
"between her breasts"
|
Tyler McIntosh
|
| *
|
"bewitching hour"
|
Francis W. Alexander
|
| *
|
"brother beamed"
|
Guy Belleranti
|
| *
|
"cold soup"
|
Roland Packer
|
| *
|
"cricket song"
|
Joshua Gage
|
| *
|
"dark sky country"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"Down in the river"
|
Denise Dumars
|
| *
|
"Earth fills the window"
|
Stephen C. Curro
|
| *
|
"fingers stroking spines"
|
Joshua St. Claire
|
| *
|
"freeze-dried"
|
Sakyu
|
| *
|
"ghost writer"
|
Hemapriya Chellappan
|
| *
|
"Globules of light"
|
Katerina Bruno
|
| *
|
"half-heard whispers'
|
Tracy Davidson
|
| *
|
"horror movie"
|
Mark Gilbert
|
| *
|
"I'm trying to sleep"
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Marcus Vance
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| *
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"in a deserted garden"
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Padmini Krishnan
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| *
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"Jonbar hinge"
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Thomas Tilton
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| *
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"kohl stick"
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Vandana Parashar
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| *
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"landing at the"
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Brian Garrison
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| *
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"left behind on Earth"
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Semi
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| *
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"left my late father's"
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David C. Kopaska-Merkel
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| *
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"long-dead stars"
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Lev Hart
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| *
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"longest"
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Julie Schwerin
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| *
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"magic mirror"
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Susan Burch
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| *
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"moon walk"
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Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
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| *
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"moonscape"
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Kat Lehman
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| *
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"One touch The softest kind"
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Doug Gant
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| *
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"pad 39"
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Topher Dykes
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| *
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"peaceful Halloween"
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ayaz daryl nielsen
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| *
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"pouring rain"
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Cherie Hunter Day
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| *
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"riding lightning"
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Akua Lezli Hope
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| *
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"scratched"
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Kelli Lage
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| *
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"seeking"
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Lauren McBride
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| *
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"Something remains"
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Rebecca Lilly
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| *
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"sturgeon moon"
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Nick Hoffman
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| *
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"superstring"
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Helen Buckingham
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| *
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"Take Your Child to Work Day"
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Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
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| *
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"tattoo inked on your arm"
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Matthew Wilson
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| *
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"The modified plants"
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Debby Feo
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| *
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"the octopus dreams"
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Pippa Phillips
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| *
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"the offworlders didn't"
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Roxanne Barbour
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| *
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"the Universe"
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Alan Summers
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| *
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"theremin"
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Debbie Strange
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| *
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"two belief zones..."
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Barbara Candiotti
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| *
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"under the earth"
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Tia Haynes
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| *
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"unzipping"
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John Hawkhead
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| *
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"water lily ..."
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Francine Banwarth
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| *
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"we flip through"
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Colleen Anderson
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| *
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"what they left behind"
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Richard Magahiz
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| *
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"white balloons"
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PS Cottier
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| *
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"widdershins"
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Kirsten Cliff Elliot
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| *
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"Zen garden"
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Adjei Agyei-Baah
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| *
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--And They All Lived Together--
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Andrew J. Wilson
|
| *
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A Haiku Howdunit Murder Mystery
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John H. Dromey
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| *
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After All This Time
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Robin Mayhall
|
| *
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Black Beak (a Nonet)
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B. Sharise Moore
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| *
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Black Swan
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Sharmon Gazaway
|
| *
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Blow
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Holly Day
|
| *
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Callisto Dreaming
|
Mariel Herbert
|
| *
|
Closer
|
Matthew Daley
|
| *
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Damsel in Distress Redux
|
Marsheila Rockwell
|
| *
|
Epitaph for the Old Ones
|
Maxwell I. Gold
|
| *
|
exoplanet fossil
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
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Expect Them to Arrive with Song
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Jordan Hirsch
|
| *
|
Exsanguination
|
Lena Donnarumma
|
| *
|
Fatherless
|
Roger Dutcher
|
| *
|
Feline Reinforcements
|
Adele Gardner
|
| *
|
Fetch
|
Gerri Leen
|
| *
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Funeral for a Star
|
Yuna Kang
|
| *
|
Fury
|
Lee Murray
|
| *
|
Hard Return
|
Michele Mekel
|
| *
|
Hitting the Red Line
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
In Memoriam: Spring
|
Dan Bornstein
|
| *
|
Love on Halloween
|
DJ Tyrer
|
| *
|
Mexico City, 2101 AD
|
Juan Manuel Perez
|
| *
|
Mother
|
Merie Kirby
|
| *
|
Narcissus Now
|
Diane Jackman
|
| *
|
Niche
|
Jason P. Burnham
|
| *
|
Night Spell
|
Deborah W. Sage
|
| *
|
Nü Wa and Earth
|
Ellen Huang
|
| *
|
Older Red Riding Hood in the Woods Behind Her House
|
Carol Berg
|
| *
|
Orbital Mechanics
|
Ian Goh
|
| *
|
Past Equinox
|
Ann K. Schwader
|
| *
|
Penny Dreadful
|
Stephanie Staab
|
| *
|
Prince Charming Sleeps with the Fishes
|
Robert Borski
|
| *
|
Reflections on the Rescue of a Fawn
|
Shelly Jones
|
| *
|
Riding Down a Dream
|
Melissa Ridley Elmes
|
| *
|
Riverside
|
Avra Margariti
|
| *
|
Sasquatch Burial Ground
|
Raven Jakubowski
|
| *
|
Slam
|
Jean Gallagher
|
| *
|
Small Blue Poem
|
Lorraine Schein
|
| *
|
Straw Maidens
|
Meg Smith
|
| *
|
Strings
|
Deborah L. Davitt
|
| *
|
Sunburn Affairs
|
Imogen L. Smiley
|
| *
|
Sunita Soars
|
Tony Daly
|
| *
|
Ten Squared
|
R. K. Rugg
|
| *
|
The Burning River
|
Hal Y. Zhang
|
| *
|
The Closet
|
Jennifer Loring
|
| *
|
The Final Fairy
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
The Heart of the House
|
M. J. Holmes
|
| *
|
The Perils of Using Traditional Practices in Modern Cults
|
Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
|
| *
|
There Goes the Security Deposit
|
Sarah Cannavo
|
| *
|
Tracks
|
Bruce Boston
|
| *
|
Two Mountains
|
Brian Rosenberger
|
| *
|
Typographical Error
|
John Kaprielian
|
| *
|
Vampire Selfies
|
Alan Ira Gordon
|
| *
|
Watchmaker
|
Carolyn Clink
|
| *
|
White Flag
|
Tim Gardiner
|
| |
| 2023 |
| 1
|
Believe the Graves
|
Rasha Abdulhadi
|
| 1
|
In Perpetuity
|
Bruce Boston
|
| 2
|
Excerpt from a Proposal for the New City
|
Alyssa Lo
|
| 3
|
As Slow As Starlight
|
Kim Whysall-Hammond
|
| 3
|
Surviving
|
Sumiko Saulson
|
| 3
|
Trichotillomania
|
Warsan Shire
|
| --- Finalists ------- |
| *
|
"a corpse"
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
"a derecho"
|
Debbie Strange
|
| *
|
"a stack of turtles"
|
Mahaila Smith
|
| *
|
"abducted by aliens now I feel needed"
|
Ken Slaughter
|
| *
|
"absentmindedly"
|
Nick Hoffman
|
| *
|
"ancient archives"
|
Helen Ogden
|
| *
|
"bedtime story..."
|
Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta
|
| *
|
"charged particles"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"chill Halloween evening"
|
(xeno-unit)
|
| *
|
"cocktail hour"
|
Greg Schwartz
|
| *
|
"deep-space mission"
|
Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
|
| *
|
"discarded pie"
|
Keith Evetts
|
| *
|
"finally able"
|
Matthew Wilson
|
| *
|
"Four-faced doll"
|
PS Cottier
|
| *
|
"Frankenstein"
|
Eavonka Ettinger
|
| *
|
"Glastonbury"
|
Helen Buckingham
|
| *
|
"Leafy alien"
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
"locking eyes"
|
Barun Saha
|
| *
|
"long after..."
|
Roberta Beary
|
| *
|
"long story short"
|
Richard Magahiz
|
| *
|
"meteor sizzling"
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
"midnight the sun moonlighting"
|
Tim Cremin
|
| *
|
"mission to Titan"
|
Lisa Timpf
|
| *
|
"months after his death"
|
Joseph P. Wechselberger
|
| *
|
"morning newspaper"
|
Ngo Binh Anh Khoa
|
| *
|
"mourning"
|
Colleen M. Farrelly
|
| *
|
"multiverse"
|
A. J. Wentz
|
| *
|
"mushroom cloud"
|
Joshua St. Claire
|
| *
|
"No price is too high"
|
Randall Andrews
|
| *
|
"parallel worlds"
|
Ken Slaughter
|
| *
|
"planetarium"
|
John Hawkhead
|
| *
|
"rain shadow"
|
C. R. Harper
|
| *
|
"rereading"
|
Peggy Hale Bilbro
|
| *
|
"sawdust protected our torsos"
|
Richard Magahiz
|
| *
|
"show me, I said"
|
Lauren McBride
|
| *
|
"skeleton eyes"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"sky memorial"
|
Akua Lezli Hope
|
| *
|
"snakeskin tote glistens"
|
Gary W. Davis
|
| *
|
"sometimes a wish"
|
Anna Cates
|
| *
|
"spaceship window..."
|
Mark Gilbert
|
| *
|
"star gazing"
|
John Hawkhead
|
| *
|
"termination shock"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"the sudden chill"
|
Deborah P. Kolodji
|
| *
|
"the universe"
|
Greer Woodward
|
| *
|
"thinning hurt"
|
Akua Lezli Hope
|
| *
|
"two hearts"
|
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
|
| *
|
"wishing this"
|
Petro C. K.
|
| *
|
"wolf moon"
|
Greg Schwartz
|
| *
|
A Bird in Hand
|
Shelly Jones
|
| *
|
AI can't believe it's not human
|
Ken Slaughter
|
| *
|
Another Day, Another Year
|
Ann Christine Tabaka
|
| *
|
Aurum
|
Mariel Herbert
|
| *
|
Bureaucratic
|
Mahaila Smith
|
| *
|
Bury Me Under Fallen Stars
|
Victoria Nations
|
| *
|
Butterfly Effect
|
Colleen Anderson
|
| *
|
Cancer Surgery on Half a Shell
|
Mariel Herbert
|
| *
|
Dark Secret Garden
|
Max Bindi
|
| *
|
Date Night
|
Melissa Ridley Elmes
|
| *
|
Dreamcaster
|
Angel Leal
|
| *
|
Earthlings Among Us
|
Michael McCormick
|
| *
|
Eldritch Mother
|
Melodie Bolt
|
| *
|
Fifth Tongue
|
Eva Papasoulioti
|
| *
|
Finest Particles' Dance
|
Yuliia Vereta
|
| *
|
For Khione
|
Shelly Jones
|
| *
|
Globular Cluster
|
F. J. Bergmann
|
| *
|
golem
|
Marisca Pichette
|
| *
|
her leafy blush
|
Tyler McIntosh
|
| *
|
Holocene Park: AIs
|
Denise Dumars
|
| *
|
interstellar flight
|
Eva Joan
|
| *
|
Kyoka
|
Debbie Strange
|
| *
|
Masquerade
|
Rachel Tyle
|
| *
|
Maxime
|
Meg Smith
|
| *
|
mea culpa
|
Eugen Bacon
|
| *
|
Most highly honored
|
Richard Magahiz
|
| *
|
My Daughter, in Her Silver Sky
|
Meg Smith
|
| *
|
my robot boyfriend
|
Jenny Thompson
|
| *
|
Never Was a Princess Girl
|
Melissa Ridley Elmes
|
| *
|
Night at Ithaca
|
Federica Santini
|
| *
|
Nor am I Out of It
|
Noah Berlatsky
|
| *
|
Ode to Harriet
|
Alicia Hilton
|
| *
|
Questions for the Fallen
|
Omodero David Oghenekaro
|
| *
|
Shelter
|
Koji A. Dae
|
| *
|
Shore Leave
|
James Arthur Anderson
|
| *
|
Sunlight Loves a Crystaline Structure
|
Robert Frazier
|
| *
|
Tasty
|
Greg Fewer
|
| *
|
Tea Dragon
|
Herb Kauderer
|
| *
|
Thanks for Nothing
|
Randall Andrews
|
| *
|
The Changing Face of Fear
|
Lisa Timpf
|
| *
|
The Cosmologist Dreams of Venus
|
Aaron Sandberg
|
| *
|
The Cover-Up
|
Randall Andrews
|
| *
|
The Curse of the Clock
|
Joe Haldeman
|
| *
|
The Dwelling
|
Lorraine Schein
|
| *
|
The Explorers Return
|
Goran Lowie
|
| *
|
The Garden of Night
|
Andrew White
|
| *
|
Time and Again
|
Greg Schwartz
|
| *
|
Time Travel II
|
Akua Lezli Hope
|
| *
|
Vampire Therapist
|
Alan Ira Gordon
|
| *
|
What Fairy Godmothers Read
|
Mary Soon Lee
|
| --- Honorable Mentions ------- |
| *
|
"diameter pi the lake solves for moon"
|
Kat Lehman
|
| *
|
A Vision of the Future
|
J. Y. T. Kennedy
|
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