January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

Write Now! #17

Welcome to the new year! I’m sure we’ve all heard and some of us have made resolutions. Let’s get those resolutions to multitask. Choose your favorite character or persona–one you’ve created or one you enjoy from a book, show, movie, play, or game. Let that voice be your poem’s speaker, and pour out those yearly […]
June 26, 2017November 22, 2017

Write Now! #6

Fairy tale time! Think about any of the following scenarios: What happens after Cinderella marries the prince? What happens to the dwarves after Snow White awakes ? What happens when Rapunzel cuts her hair? Now choose one of the forms below: Petrarchan sonnet Pantoum Villanelle Now go write your poem. Feel free to share your […]
June 20, 2017

Introducing the SFPA’s New Treasurer – A. J. Odasso

Introducing the SFPA’s new Treasurer – AJ Odasso
June 7, 2017June 8, 2017

SFPA T-SHIRTS HALF-PRICE SALE!!!

Did you know the Science Fiction & Poetry Association has T-Shirts??? Well we do!!! And they’re ON SALE!!! In an effort to make room for an anticipated 40th Anniversary T-SHIRT REDESIGN, we are selling off our back stock t-shirt inventory for the low low price of $10.00 USD!! Cost includes free shipping* to anywhere in […]
June 1, 2017June 8, 2017

2017 SFPA Poetry Contest

The 2017 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) Poetry Contest opens today! This contest is open to all poets, including non-members of the SFPA. Poets may enter in three categories: Dwarf (poems 1–10 lines [prose poems 0–100 words]) Short (11–49 lines [prose poems 101–499 words]) Long (50 lines and more [prose poems 500+ words]) All sub-genres of speculative poetry […]
May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

2017 Rhysling Poets’ Showcase #19

2017 Rhysling Poets’ Showcase #20
May 5, 2017May 4, 2017

2017 Rhysling Poets Showcase #18

2017 Rhysling Poets’ Showcase #18 – the poets behind the poems.
May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

2017 Rhysling Poets’ Showcase #17

2017 Rhysling Showcase #17
May 1, 2017May 11, 2017

Rhysling Poets Showcase #16

Welcome to this, the 16th in our 2017 Rhysling Poets’ Showcase series. Today it is our privilege to introduce six more fantastic poets whose Rhysling-nominated poems you can read in this year’s Rhysling Anthology. If you are a member of the SFPA, you will receive a print copy of that anthology, if you haven’t already. […]
April 29, 2017

Rhysling Poets’ Showcase #14

Series showcasing the poets behind the poems in the 2017 Rhysling Anthology.

Prompts

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017

Write Now! #16

MEMBER NEWS-MARCH, 2018

April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

National Poetry Month: A Look At Speculative Poetry Books (2012-2016)

Prompts

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

Write Now! #19

MEMBER NEWS-FEBRUARY, 2018

Prompts

February 17, 2018

Write Now! #18

February 11, 2018

SFPA Members at AWP 2018!

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018

Member News-January, 2018

February 11, 2018

Fairy Tales and Finding Poetic Inspiration: An interview with Ruth Berman

February 4, 2018February 5, 2018

Call for Readers: MARSCON Robot Poetry Rumble!

February 4, 2018

From A Land of Verse and Snow: An interview with Phillip Andrew Bennett Low

January 22, 2018

Mysteries and Verse with Courtney Bates-Hardy

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018

SFPA 40 Kickoff Reading A Success!