#award

Pleased to receive the electronic form of my contributor copy of the 2026 Dwarf Stars #anthology yesterday. My poem, "raging storm", which was originally published in Star*Line 48.4, appears in it. The print copy will soon follow. All poets whose poems were selected for the anthology are finalists in the Dwarf Star #award, which recognises the best #speculative #poem published in 2025. The winner will be announced in October. Two other poems of mine were finalists in 2021 & 2023, respectively.

It seems to be award season again. At least my email and social media messages are flooded with dozens of "Pay us a thousand dollars to be awarded our prestigious award." No FIFA Peace Price so far. (I'm convinced that this is the correct spelling) #spam #award