My poem Imperial History won first place (and $150) in the 148th weekly contest at poetrynook.com 🙂 🙂 “Imperial History” is a poem with a biology slant, and first appeared in Axe Factory Review.

My poem “Favorite Place,” about visiting Dublin with my children, has been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review.

Two pieces of good news today. Firstly, my poem Necromancer has won the 147th weekly contest at poetrynook.com 🙂 “Necromancer” is part of The Sign of the Dragon, and first appeared in the HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume II.

Secondly, my poem “Air Show Maneuvers” has been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. I note that they are currently holding their annual fundraising contest. On the downside, there’s a hefty entry fee of twenty dollars. On the plus side, the editor will send comments on all entries.

Today I received $100 payment for my poem “Dear Creator,” accepted just under a week ago by Fantasy & Science Fiction. F&SF is at the very top of my list of places to submit, due to their happy combination of speed, friendliness, generous pay-rates, and the quality of their magazine 🙂

I have also had two more poems published, both online. Unsaid is my fifteenth poem to appear in Uppagus; it’s a King Xau poem that I am fond of. Yellowstone appeared in Litbreak Magazine, and is about a week’s vacation we spent in Yellowstone back in 2011.

My poem “Mortal” is in the new issue of Spillway. It’s a short poem from close to the end of The Sign of the Dragon.

I’m very happy to report that my poem “Dear Creator” has been accepted by F&SF 🙂

My poem Master of Chocolate has won the 143rd weekly contest at poetrynook.com 🙂 This poem first appeared in the Atlanta Review in 2009.

To my happy surprise, I discovered that Poetry Nook have raised their prize money to $150, making this the joint most I’ve received for a single poem’s publication. I highly recommend the contest as a place to submit previously-published poems. They are open to reprints, charge no entry fee, and offer a $150 first prize each week. On the other hand, they put all entries online, so I would NOT recommend them as a market for unpublished poems (because you won’t then be able to submit those poems to other markets as unpublished).

My poem Elemental has been published online at Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. It’s a short poem playing on chemistry, written whilst I was working on Elemental Haiku.

There’s a brief article about my Elemental Haiku in the 5 August 2017 issue of the Wall Street Journal. The article includes three of the haiku, and, if you are a subscriber, may be read online in the Moneybeat section.

I am delighted to report that I have 119 Elemental Haiku in Science, one haiku for each element in the periodic table! I believe this is the first time I’ve had my poetry appear in a scientific publication 🙂 I note that the haiku are primarily scientific / whimsical in nature, rather than being science fiction or fantasy.

The haiku are available online in a wonderful interactive periodic table, where different haiku appear as you mouse over the elements. I’m also interviewed in this week’s Science podcast.

N.B. I used a loose interpretation of haiku, so, for example, I believe there are a grand total of zero seasonal references.