Space Unicorns! This year, poetry is eligible for the Rhysling Award, the Hugo Award, and the Nebula Award. Here is a list of all of the poetry published by Uncanny Magazine in 2025 and the appropriate Rhysling Award category!

 

Short Poem (11–49 lines)

Care for Lightning by Mari Ness

Nymph by Kailee Pedersen

Love Letter in Cobra Pose by Shankar Narayan

the bud of a dead dream by Ai Jiang

The Birds by Rafiat Lamidi

Time loop for the day I die. by Abdulrazaq Salihu

A Full Belly by Elizabeth Hart Bergstrom

Letter to My Future Reader by Margaret Rhee

Post-apocalypse Love Poem by Gospel Chinedu

moth boy by Praise Osawaru

Seaside Prophets by Avra Margariti

Wishbone by Prosper Ìféányí

Dreamscape with the Devil by Taylor Byas

The Mourning Robot by Angela Liu

Dear Saturn, by Susan L. Lin

Prayer for Winter by Romie Stott

Call Us Boy. by Somto Ihezue

Welkin Burials for Drones by Hannan Khan

My Duende: in the Wall and in the Mirror by Angel Leal

Long Poem (50–299 lines)

Cassandra by E. N. Díaz

Red-Coded and Weary by Lesley Hart Gunn

Soft, Your Grief, and Leporine by Lora Gray

Psycho-Journey of the Cyborg-in-Therapy by Shankar Narayan

Caesar Says, Earthquakes Aren’t So Manifest From Space by Jasmine Leng