Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(18 nominations; 4 wins)
Artifacts (Independent Legions)
poetry collection nomination
Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest (by
Robert Frazier & BB) (Crystal Lake)
poetry collection nomination
Sacrificial Nights (by BB &
Alessandro Manzetti) (Kipple Officina Libraria)
poetry collection nomination
Resonance Dark and Light (Eldritch)
poetry collection nomination
Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012 (Dark Renaissance)
poetry collection nomination
“Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily Science Fiction)
short fiction nomination
Notes from the Shadow City (by BB &
Gary William Crawford) (Dark Regions)
poetry collection nomination
Surrealities (Dark Regions)
poetry collection nomination
Dark Matters (Bad Moon Books)
poetry collection winner
Double Visions (Dark Regions)
poetry nomination
North Left of Earth (Sam's Dot)
poetry nomination
The Nightmare Collection (Dark Regions)
poetry winner
The Guardener's Tale (Sam's Dot Publishing)
novel nomination
Shades Fantastic (Gromagon Press)
poetry winner
Pitchblende (Dark Regions Press)
poetry collection winner
Night Smoke (by BB &
Marge Simon) (Miniature Sun Press/Quixsilver Press)
poetry collection nomination
White Space (Dark Regions Press)
poetry collection nomination
The Complete Accursed Wives (Dark Regions Press/Talisman)
poetry collection nomination
(7 nominations)
“The Observer” (Analog Mar/Apr 2023)
poem 4th place
“In Perpetuity” (Analog Jul/Aug 2022)
poem 5th place
“At the Natural History Museum” (Analog May/Jun 2019)
poem 3rd place
“Wife of a Particle Physicist” (Analog Jan/Feb 2018)
poem 3rd place
“Space Junk” (Analog Jul/Aug 2017)
poetry 2nd place
“Paint It Black”
poetry 3rd place
“The Secret of Cold Fusion”
poetry 3rd place (tie)
(54 nominations; 7 wins)
“Masters of the Future” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2023)
poem 2nd place (tie)
“In the Library Annex” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021)
poem 3rd place
“Incomplete Adaptation” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2020)
poem 3rd place
“The Ruined Library” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2019)
poem 3rd place (tie)
“Synesthesia” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2018)
poem 2nd place
“In the Quiet Hour” (Asimov's Apr/May 2014)
poem winner
“Marie Antoinette, 2125” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2013)
poem 3rd place
“The Music of Particle Physics” (Asimov's)
poem 5th place (tie)
“The Last Alchemist” (Asimov's Sep 2009)
poem 4th place
“Gargoyle People” (Asimov's Apr/May 2008)
poem 5th place
“The Dimensional Rush of Relative Primes” (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
poem winner
“It's Not Easy Being Dead” (Asimov's Feb 2006)
poem 4th place
“How to Keep an Aging Werewolf Happy” (Asimov's Mar 2005)
poem 5th place
“Our Robot President” (Asimov's Apr/May 2005)
poem 2nd place
“Advice on Dealing with Your New Alien Pet” (Asimov's Aug 2004)
poem 3rd place (tie)
“Heavy Weather” (Asimov's Aug 2004)
poem winner
“Eight Things Not To Do When the Alien Steps Out of Its Saucer” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
poem 4th place (tie)
“Etiquette with Your Robot Wife” (Asimov's Jan 2003)
poem 2nd place
“The Man Who Lives in the Attic” (Asimov's Dec 2003)
poem 10th place
“Old Robots Calculate Their Options” (Asimov's Dec 2003)
poem 9th place (tie)
“Arbitrary Night in the University Lab” (Asimov's Feb 2002)
poem 5th place (tie)
“Curse of the Immortal's Husband” (Asimov's Dec 2002)
poem 3rd place
“Eight Things Not to Do or Say When a Mad Scientist Moves into Your Neighborhood” (Asimov's Jul 2002)
poem winner
“Eight Things Not to Say When You Meet the Devil in Hell” (Asimov's Jul 2002)
poem 6th place (tie)
“Ten Things Not to Say When You Meet a Famous SF Writer” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001)
poem 3rd place
“My Wife Returns As She Would Have It” (Asimov's Mar 2000)
poem 3rd place
“Another Short Horror Story” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999)
poem 7th place (tie)
“Beware the Werecanary!” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999)
poem 2nd place
“Curse of the Fantasy Writer's Wife” (Asimov's Sep 1999)
poem 4th place
“Curse of the Incubus' Wife” (Asimov's Jun 1999)
poem 8th place
“Down in Your Bones Only You Alone Know” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999)
poem 6th place (tie)
“Mathematical Limericks” (Asimov's Sep 1999)
poem 7th place (tie)
“Curse of the SF Editor's Wife” (Asimov's Dec 1998)
poem 3rd place
“Curse of the Super-Hero's Wife” (Asimov's Apr 1998)
poem 5th place (tie)
“Gravity Drives the Blood and Bends the Light” (Asimov's Mar 1998)
poem 5th place (tie)
“Human/Technological Dimensions on the Eve of the Bimillennium” (Asimov's Feb 1998)
poem 7th place (tie)
“Curse of Medusa's Husband” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
poem 6th place
“Curse of the Science Fiction Writer's Wife” (Asimov's Jan 1996)
poem winner
“Love Song of the Holo-Celebs” (Asimov's Jun 1996)
poem 5th place (tie)
“Curse of the Clone's Wife” (Asimov's Feb 1995)
poem 7th place (tie)
“Curse of the Cyborg's Wife” (Asimov's Sep 1995)
poem 8th place (tie)
“Curse of the Time Traveler's Wife” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
poem 9th place
“Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation” (Asimov's Mar 1995)
poem 7th place (tie)
“Curse of the Angel's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
poem 6th place
“Curse of the Shapeshifter's Wife” (Asimov's Nov 1993)
poem winner
“Curse of the Telepath's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
poem 2nd place
“In Praise of Timeliness” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
poem 7th place
“Curse of the Alien's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
poem 5th place
“A Missionary of the Mutant Rain Forest” (Asimov's Oct 1990)
poem 4th place (tie)
“The Curse of the Ghost's Wife” (Asimov's Jan 1989)
poem 6th place
“The Curse of the Sasquatch's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1989)
poem 3rd place (tie)
“Old Robots Are the Worst” (Asimov's Oct 1989)
poem winner
“Three Evocations of the Mutant Rain Forest” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1989)
poem 3rd place (tie)
“Curse of the Demon's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1987)
poem 5th place
Elgin Awards
for poetry chapbooks and books, presented by the SF Poetry Association
(5 nominations)
Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets (Mind's Eye)
chapbook 2nd place
Artifacts (Independent Legions)
full-length book 2nd place
Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012 (Dark Renaissance Books)
Book 2nd place
Dark Roads (Dark Renaissance Books)
Book 3rd place
Rhysling Awards
for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(13 nominations; 8 wins)
“Devilish Incarnations” (Star*Line 43.1)
long poem 3rd place
“Music of the Stars” (2013 Balticon Program Book)
short poem 3rd place
“Dark Rains Here and There”
long poem 2nd place
“Pavane for a Cyber-Princess”
long poem 2nd place (tie)
“My Wife Returns As She Would Have It” (Asimov's Mar 2000)
short poem winner
“The Lesions of Genetic Sin” (Perihelion Broadside Series)
long poem 3rd place (tie)
“Confessions of a Body Thief” (Talisman)
short poem winner
“Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation” (Asimov's Mar 1995)
short poem winner
“Spacer's Compass” (Specula)
short poem winner (tie)
“In the Darkened Hours” (The Nightmare Collector)
long poem winner (tie)
“The Nightmare Collector” (Night Cry Spring 1987)
short poem winner (tie)
“For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets” (Asimov's Apr 1984)
short poem winner