Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) President Deborah P. Kolodji has announced that Joshua Gage will be the 2010 Dwarf Stars editor. Gage is a graduate of the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Naropa University, and currently teaches English at Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Community College. He is a member of both the SFPA and the HSA. His book of haiku, breaths, is available on VanZeno Press, and Intrinsic Night, his collaboration with J.E. Stanley, is available from Sam’s Dot Publishing.
On a personal note, he “has a penchant for Pendleton shirts, rye whiskey and any poem strong enough to yank the breath out of his lungs. He stomps around Cleveland in a purple bathrobe where he hosts the monthly Deep Cleveland Poetry hour and enjoys the beer at Brew Kettle.”
The Dwarf Stars award is “an award to recognize the best speculative poem of 1-10 lines published in the previous year.” Unlike the SFPA’s annual Rhysling Anthology, “Dwarf Stars is an edited anthology. Poets are encouraged to submit poems published in the previous year for consideration. Poets, poetry readers, and editors are also encouraged to send suggestions of eligible poems to the current Dwarf Stars editor. Approximately 30 poems are included in each Dwarf Stars anthology.
“The Dwarf Stars Award process occurs in the fall, so as not to interfere with established Rhysling Award procedures. The anthology is published chapbook style. SFPA members vote on their favorite short-short poem from the anthology, and the winner is given the Dwarf Stars Award.”