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May 2013
Balticon Poetry Award
1st Place: "The Music of the Stars" Bruce Boston Ocala, FL
2nd Place: "Drenched in Light" Kadie Bennis Woodbridge, VA
3rd Place: "Lottery Revisited" Marge Simon Ocala, FL
Winning poems: bsfs.org/images/poetry/2013-win.pdf
Info on this yearly award: bsfs.org/bsfspoetry
February 2013
Bram Stoker Award Final Ballot 2012
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson - Dark Duet (NECON eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford - Notes from the Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael - A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital Services)
Simon, Marge - Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. - Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
SFPA member is Lang lecturer
JANE YOLEN, on 1 November, was the first woman to deliver the Andrew Lang Lecture since its founding at the University of St Andrews in 1927. J.R.R. Tolkien's 'On Fairy Stories' was the 1939 Lang lecture.
January 2013
Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Poetry, preliminary ballot
- Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson • Dark Duet (NECON eBooks)
- Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford • Notes from the Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
- Collings, Michael • A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital Services)
- Dietrich, Bryan D. • The Monstrance (Needfire Poetry)
- Ong Muslim, Kristine • Grim Series (Popcorn Press)
- Simon, Marge, and Sandy DeLuca • Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
- Turzillo, Mary A. • Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)
The active membership of the Horror Writers Association vote on the nominees.
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