Bruce Boston
Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 4
Other Awards: 16
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 99
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Career and Special Awards —
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
1999:
grand master poet — winner
— Major Awards —
Bram Stoker Awards — for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(18 nominations; 4 wins)
2019:
Artifacts (Independent Legions)
— poetry collection — nomination
2018:
Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest (by Robert Frazier & BB) (Crystal Lake)
— poetry collection — nomination
2017:
Sacrificial Nights (by BB & Alessandro Manzetti) (Kipple Officina Libraria)
— poetry collection — nomination
2016:
Resonance Dark and Light (Eldritch)
— poetry collection — nomination
2014:
Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012 (Dark Renaissance)
— poetry collection — nomination
2013:
“Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” (Daily Science Fiction)
— short fiction — nomination
2013:
Notes from the Shadow City (by BB & Gary William Crawford) (Dark Regions)
— poetry collection — nomination
2012:
Surrealities (Dark Regions)
— poetry collection — nomination
2011:
Dark Matters (Bad Moon Books)
— poetry collection — winner
2010:
Double Visions (Dark Regions)
— poetry — nomination
2010:
North Left of Earth (Sam's Dot)
— poetry — nomination
2009:
The Nightmare Collection (Dark Regions)
— poetry — winner
2008:
The Guardener's Tale (Sam's Dot Publishing)
— novel — nomination
2007:
Shades Fantastic (Gromagon Press)
— poetry — winner
2004:
Pitchblende (Dark Regions Press)
— poetry collection — winner
2003:
Night Smoke (by BB & Marge Simon) (Miniature Sun Press/Quixsilver Press)
— poetry collection — nomination
2002:
White Space (Dark Regions Press)
— poetry collection — nomination
2001:
The Complete Accursed Wives (Dark Regions Press/Talisman)
— poetry collection — nomination
— Other Awards —
Analog Readers Poll — for stories, articles, and art published by Analog, polled by readers
(7 nominations)
2024:
“The Observer” (Analog Mar/Apr 2023)
— poem — 4th place
2023:
“In Perpetuity” (Analog Jul/Aug 2022)
— poem — 5th place
2020:
“At the Natural History Museum” (Analog May/Jun 2019)
— poem — 3rd place
2019:
“Wife of a Particle Physicist” (Analog Jan/Feb 2018)
— poem — 3rd place
2018:
“Space Junk” (Analog Jul/Aug 2017)
— poetry — 2nd place
2017:
“Paint It Black”
— poetry — 3rd place
2016:
“The Secret of Cold Fusion”
— poetry — 3rd place (tie)
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(54 nominations; 7 wins)
2024:
“Masters of the Future” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2023)
— poem — 2nd place (tie)
2022:
“In the Library Annex” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2021)
— poem — 3rd place
2021:
“Incomplete Adaptation” (Asimov's Sep/Oct 2020)
— poem — 3rd place
2020:
“The Ruined Library” (Asimov's Jul/Aug 2019)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
2019:
“Synesthesia” (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2018)
— poem — 2nd place
2015:
“In the Quiet Hour” (Asimov's Apr/May 2014)
— poem — winner
2014:
“Marie Antoinette, 2125” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2013)
— poem — 3rd place
2013:
“The Music of Particle Physics” (Asimov's)
— poem — 5th place (tie)
2010:
“The Last Alchemist” (Asimov's Sep 2009)
— poem — 4th place
2009:
“Gargoyle People” (Asimov's Apr/May 2008)
— poem — 5th place
2008:
“The Dimensional Rush of Relative Primes” (Asimov's Apr/May 2007)
— poem — winner
2007:
“It's Not Easy Being Dead” (Asimov's Feb 2006)
— poem — 4th place
2006:
“How to Keep an Aging Werewolf Happy” (Asimov's Mar 2005)
— poem — 5th place
2006:
“Our Robot President” (Asimov's Apr/May 2005)
— poem — 2nd place
2005:
“Advice on Dealing with Your New Alien Pet” (Asimov's Aug 2004)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
2005:
“Heavy Weather” (Asimov's Aug 2004)
— poem — winner
2004:
“Eight Things Not To Do When the Alien Steps Out of Its Saucer” (Asimov's Apr 2003)
— poem — 4th place (tie)
2004:
“Etiquette with Your Robot Wife” (Asimov's Jan 2003)
— poem — 2nd place
2004:
“The Man Who Lives in the Attic” (Asimov's Dec 2003)
— poem — 10th place
2004:
“Old Robots Calculate Their Options” (Asimov's Dec 2003)
— poem — 9th place (tie)
2003:
“Arbitrary Night in the University Lab” (Asimov's Feb 2002)
— poem — 5th place (tie)
2003:
“Curse of the Immortal's Husband” (Asimov's Dec 2002)
— poem — 3rd place
2003:
“Eight Things Not to Do or Say When a Mad Scientist Moves into Your Neighborhood” (Asimov's Jul 2002)
— poem — winner
2003:
“Eight Things Not to Say When You Meet the Devil in Hell” (Asimov's Jul 2002)
— poem — 6th place (tie)
2002:
“Ten Things Not to Say When You Meet a Famous SF Writer” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2001)
— poem — 3rd place
2001:
“My Wife Returns As She Would Have It” (Asimov's Mar 2000)
— poem — 3rd place
2000:
“Another Short Horror Story” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999)
— poem — 7th place (tie)
2000:
“Beware the Werecanary!” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999)
— poem — 2nd place
2000:
“Curse of the Fantasy Writer's Wife” (Asimov's Sep 1999)
— poem — 4th place
2000:
“Curse of the Incubus' Wife” (Asimov's Jun 1999)
— poem — 8th place
2000:
“Down in Your Bones Only You Alone Know” (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1999)
— poem — 6th place (tie)
2000:
“Mathematical Limericks” (Asimov's Sep 1999)
— poem — 7th place (tie)
1999:
“Curse of the SF Editor's Wife” (Asimov's Dec 1998)
— poem — 3rd place
1999:
“Curse of the Super-Hero's Wife” (Asimov's Apr 1998)
— poem — 5th place (tie)
1999:
“Gravity Drives the Blood and Bends the Light” (Asimov's Mar 1998)
— poem — 5th place (tie)
1999:
“Human/Technological Dimensions on the Eve of the Bimillennium” (Asimov's Feb 1998)
— poem — 7th place (tie)
1998:
“Curse of Medusa's Husband” (Asimov's Jun 1997)
— poem — 6th place
1997:
“Curse of the Science Fiction Writer's Wife” (Asimov's Jan 1996)
— poem — winner
1997:
“Love Song of the Holo-Celebs” (Asimov's Jun 1996)
— poem — 5th place (tie)
1996:
“Curse of the Clone's Wife” (Asimov's Feb 1995)
— poem — 7th place (tie)
1996:
“Curse of the Cyborg's Wife” (Asimov's Sep 1995)
— poem — 8th place (tie)
1996:
“Curse of the Time Traveler's Wife” (Asimov's Apr 1995)
— poem — 9th place
1996:
“Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation” (Asimov's Mar 1995)
— poem — 7th place (tie)
1994:
“Curse of the Angel's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— poem — 6th place
1994:
“Curse of the Shapeshifter's Wife” (Asimov's Nov 1993)
— poem — winner
1994:
“Curse of the Telepath's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1993)
— poem — 2nd place
1993:
“In Praise of Timeliness” (Asimov's Apr 1992)
— poem — 7th place
1991:
“Curse of the Alien's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1990)
— poem — 5th place
1991:
“A Missionary of the Mutant Rain Forest” (Asimov's Oct 1990)
— poem — 4th place (tie)
1990:
“The Curse of the Ghost's Wife” (Asimov's Jan 1989)
— poem — 6th place
1990:
“The Curse of the Sasquatch's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1989)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
1990:
“Old Robots Are the Worst” (Asimov's Oct 1989)
— poem — winner
1990:
“Three Evocations of the Mutant Rain Forest” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1989)
— poem — 3rd place (tie)
1988:
“Curse of the Demon's Wife” (Asimov's Aug 1987)
— poem — 5th place
Dwarf Stars Award — for short poems of 1-10 lines, voted by members of SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2023:
“In Perpetuity” (Analog Jul/Aug 2022)
— winner (tie)
Elgin Awards — for poetry chapbooks and books, presented by the SF Poetry Association
(5 nominations)
2023:
Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets (Mind's Eye)
— chapbook — 2nd place
2019:
Artifacts (Independent Legions)
— full-length book — 2nd place
2015:
Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012 (Dark Renaissance Books)
— Book — 2nd place
2014:
Dark Roads (Dark Renaissance Books)
— Book — 3rd place
2013:
Notes from the Shadow City (by BB & Gary William Crawford) (Dark Regions Press)
— Book — 2nd place
Readercon Awards — for small press books and magazines, voted by members of Readercon
(1 nomination; 1 win)
1988:
poet — winner
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(13 nominations; 8 wins)
2021:
“Devilish Incarnations” (Star*Line 43.1)
— long poem — 3rd place
2014:
“Music of the Stars” (2013 Balticon Program Book)
— short poem — 3rd place
2011:
“Dark Rains Here and There”
— long poem — 2nd place
2002:
“Pavane for a Cyber-Princess”
— long poem — 2nd place (tie)
2001:
“My Wife Returns As She Would Have It” (Asimov's Mar 2000)
— short poem — winner
2001:
“The Lesions of Genetic Sin” (Perihelion Broadside Series)
— long poem — 3rd place (tie)
1999:
“Confessions of a Body Thief” (Talisman)
— short poem — winner
1996:
“Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation” (Asimov's Mar 1995)
— short poem — winner
1994:
“Spacer's Compass” (Specula)
— short poem — winner (tie)
1989:
“In the Darkened Hours” (The Nightmare Collector)
— long poem — winner (tie)
1988:
“The Nightmare Collector” (Night Cry Spring 1987)
— short poem — winner (tie)
1985:
“For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets” (Asimov's Apr 1984)
— short poem — winner
— As Judge —
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