Dwarf Stars Award
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The Dwarf Stars Award goes to speculative poems of 1-10 lines - very short poems, which have usually been overlooked by the similar Rhyling Awards, also presented by the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
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— Winners by Year —
| — 2024 — | “the infinite possibilities of trees”, Xiao Xi, translated by Yilin Wang |
| — 2023 — | (tie) “In Perpetuity”, Bruce Boston |
| (tie) “Believe the Graves”, Rasha Abdulhadi | |
| — 2022 — | (tie) “What Trees Read”, Mary Soon Lee |
| (tie) “Poem with Lines from My Son”, Jen Stewart Fueston | |
| — 2021 — | “Yes, Antimatter is Real”, Holly Lyn Walrath |
| — 2020 — | “Standing Up”, John C. Mannone |
| — 2019 — | “emblamed”, Sofía Rhei, translated by Lawrence Schimel |
| — 2018 — | “The Green”, Kath Abela Wilson |
| — 2017 — | “aster than the speed of lightf”, LeRoy Gorman |
| — 2016 — | “We Begin This Way”, Stacey Balkun |
| — 2015 — | “abandoned nursing home”, Greg Schwartz |
| — 2014 — | “And Deeper than Did Ever Plummet Sound”, Mat Joiner |
| — 2013 — | “Basho After Cinderella (iii)”, Deborah P. Kolodji |
| — 2012 — | “Blue Rose Buddha”, Marge Simon |
| — 2011 — | “Comet”, Julie Bloss Kelsey |
| — 2010 — | “Bumbershoot”, Howard V. Hendrix |
| — 2009 — | “Fireflies”, Geoffrey A. Landis |
| — 2008 — | “Place Mat by Moebius”, Greg Beatty |
| — 2007 — | “Last Unicorn”, Jane Yolen |
| — 2006 — | “Knowledge Of”, Ruth Berman |
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