For 27 years, the Science Fiction Poetry Association has selected the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror-themed poetry for its prestigious Rhysling Awards. Given annually, the award takes its name from Robert A Heinlein's legendary Blind Singer of the Spaceways. For the first time, the SFPA is offering its annual collection of Rhysling Award nominees for sale to the general public. Among the 40 poems reprinted in the 2004 Rhysling Anthology, you'll find work by Hugo Award winner Maureen McHugh and Nebula Award winner Richard Chwedyk; literary voices such as Diane Ackerman; verse from established veterans such as Ian Watson and Bruce Boston, and from hot new writers such as Theodora Goss and Tim Pratt. If you're a fan of speculative poetry, or seeking to experience it for the first time, you won't want to miss this anthology.