Hello, Space Unicorns! Nominating for the Rhysling Award for speculative poetry is open! If you’re a SFPA member, you can nominate short and long poetry up until February 15 for the 2022 Rhysling Award. Uncanny Magazine’s eligible poems from 2021 are:

 

Short Poem (0–49 lines; for prose poems, 0–499 words):

Kalevala, an Untelling by Lizy Simonen

bargain | bin by Ewen Ma

Fish Out of Water by Neil Gaiman

What The Time Travellers Stole by L.X. Beckett

lagahoo culture (Part II) by Brandon O’Brien

the most humane methods could involve a knife by Tamara Jerée

Future Saints by Terese Mason Pierre

Self Portrait As a Printing Press by Nnadi Samuel

Paqtasultieg by Tiffany Morris

Collection by Vivian Li

Mona Lisa’s Abecedarian to Leonardo da Vinci by Abu Bakr Sadiq

Hitobashira by Betsy Aoki

Sonnet for the Aglæcwif by Minal Hajratwala

Radioactivity by Octavia Cade

amorous advice for the ocean-oriented by Chiara Situmorang

Áhàméfùla by Uche Ogbuji

Map-Making by Kristian Macaron

The Burning River by Hal Y. Zhang

POST MASSACRE PSYCHE EVALUATION by Abu Bakr Sadiq

Between Childroid + Mother by Miriam Alex

Confessions of a Spaceport AI by Mary Soon Lee

 

Long poems (50+ lines; for prose poems, 500+ words):

Medusa Gets a Haircut by Theodora Goss

Of Monsters I Loved by Ali Trotta

After The Tower Falls, Death Gives Advice by Ali Trotta

The Captain Flies by Avi Silver

 

Hello, Space Unicorns! Nominating for the Rhysling Award for speculative poetry is open! If you’re a SFPA member, you can nominate short and long poetry up until February 15 for the 2021 Rhysling Award. Uncanny Magazine’s eligible poems from 2020 are:

 

Short poems (1-49 lines or prose poems 0-99 words)

Who Do You Think You Are by Ada Hoffman  

The Death of the Gods by Leah Bobet  

A tenjō kudari (“ceiling hanger” yōkai) defends her theft by Betsy Aoki

Other Worlds to Save by Beth Cato  

Hungry Ghost by Millie Ho  

behind the self-help section by D.A. Xiaolin Spires  

Νόστιμον Ήμαρ by Eva Papasoulioti  

Athena Holds Up a Mirror to Strength by Ali Trotta  

Assimilation by Valerie Valdes  

ask them who is doing the haunting (a vietnamese american underwater fairytale) by T.K. Lê  

saltwashed by Jennifer Mace  

The Trouble Over by Sonya Taaffe  

fair exchange by Ewen Ma  

Fin by Terese Mason Pierre  

As if My Flesh was Summer Soil by Lora Gray  

Mourning Becomes Jocasta by Jane Yolen (paired with An Elder Resigns from the Chorus of Oedipus at Colonnus by Peter Tacy)

An Elder Resigns from the Chorus of Oedipus at Colonnus by Peter Tacy (paired with Mourning Becomes Jocasta by Jane Yolen)

Cento for Lagahoos by Brandon O’Brien  

The Automaton Falls in Love by Jennifer Crow  

Making Accommodations by Valerie Valdes  

 

Long poems (50+ lines or prose poems 500+ words)

Elegy for the Self as Villeneuve’s Belle by Brandon O’Brien  

deep sleep by Roshani Chokshi  

lagahoo culture (Part I) by Brandon O’Brien  

My Cat, He by Beth Cato  

The Body in Revolt by Rita Chen  

Note: Please go to the current post for the 2022 position. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-is-once-again-seeking-an-assistant-editor-black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-highly-encouraged-to-apply/

 

 

Space Unicorns! We’re seeking to fill the Assistant Editor position with Uncanny Magazine, and we STRONGLY encourage BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour) to apply! The position will begin in August 2020, and will run for six issues/a year with possibility for renewal. There is a modest stipend for this position. 

We’re looking for someone with a deep love of science fiction and fantasy, and an interest in editorial work and publishing. The Assistant Editor position will allow opportunities to participate in the daily operations of running a multi-time Hugo Award-winning online bimonthly publication in the SF/F field. The Assistant Editor works closely with the Managing Editor, and the primary tasks of the Assistant Editor include:

1. Newsletter: creating written content for the monthly Uncanny Magazine newsletter
2. Copyediting: the Assistant Editor will help with copyediting for grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation, clarification of meaning, fact-checking, and checking for anachronistic language in all published pieces
3. Social Media Promotion: posting promotional content to Instagram and Tumblr, and assisting the Editors with Twitter and Facebook content as needed
4. Graphic creation/design: assisting the Managing Editor with creation of graphics images and ads as needed
5. Other duties as assigned, not to exceed 10% of total time allotted

The Assistant Editor position will require roughly 15-20 hrs per month. It is not location-dependent; communication and tasks will be done primarily online via email, Slack, and Google Hangouts or Skype.

Prior experience in publishing and familiarity with using programs such as Google docs, Canva, Instagram, Tumblr, Tinyletter, and WordPress is beneficial but not required. Training on how to use these will happen in formal sessions, and informally on the job.

Applications for the Assistant Editor position will be open from Monday,  June 8 through Thursday,  June 18. Please submit a short personal statement (up to 450 words) via Uncanny’s contact form with “Uncanny Assistant Editor” in the subject line.

Good luck, Space Unicorns!

Hello, Space Unicorns! Nominating for the Rhysling Award for speculative poetry is now OPEN! If you’re a SFPA member, you can nominate short and long poetry up until February 15.

 

Long Poem (50+ lines or 500+ words)

The Fairies in the Crawlspace by Beth Cato

Convalescence by Alicia Cole

The Cat’s Daughters by Nitoo Das

the body argonautica by Robin M. Eames

All the Stars Above the Sea by Sarah Gailey

What Grew by Sarah Gailey

Persephone in Hades by Theodora Goss

Translatio by Sharon Hsu

Expecting a Dinosaur by Mari Ness

FIND A HOT ASIAN GIRLFRIEND NEAR YOU by Cynthia So

Lorelei by Ali Trotta

The Year We Got Rid of Our Ghosts by Ali Trotta

 

Short Poems (<49 lines, <500words)

Okuri Inu, or the sending-off dog demon by Betsy Aoki

hypothesis for apocalypse by Khairani Barokka

You Wanted Me to Fly by Julia Watts Belser

Osiris by Leah Bobet

smile by Beth Cato

Ctenophore Soul by Rita Chen

How to Fix a Dancer When it Breaks by Genevieve DeGuzman

1532 by Ana Hurtado

Found Discarded: A Love Poem, Questionably Addressed. by Cassandra Khaw

Octavia’s Letter to Marcus Anthony on the Discovery of His Faithlessness by Cassandra Khaw

core/debris/core by Rose Lemberg

drop some amens by Brandon O’Brien

The One by Brandon O’Brien

The Early Ones by Sofia Samatar & Del Samatar

The Knight of the Beak by Sofia Samatar & Del Samatar

Shadow-Song by Sonya Taaffe

די ירושה by Sonya Taaffe

Spatiotemporal Discontinuity by Bogi Takács

A View from Inside the Refrigerator by Andrea Tang

The Sea Never Says It Loves You by Fran Wilde

cardioid by Hal Y. Zhang

Swallow by Hal Y. Zhang