The Nebula Conference & Events

With poetry now accepted as SFWA qualifying work, let’s spend some time examining what speculative poetry is — how does it differ from non-genre poetry? are there rules and conventions? what markets are out there, and how does poetry publication differ from short fiction or novels?

The SFWA Poetry Committee presents its Quarterly Poetry Open-Mic. Come and read your poetry to your fellow SFWA poets. This is an interactive online event hosted by Poetry Committee’s co-chair Wendy Van Camp. The October Open-Mic will be Halloween themed, so bring your ghoulish poetry! Costumes are encouraged, but optional.

Our featured reader will be Sumiko Saulson, a Bram Stoker Award® and Elgin Nominated author of “The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry.” They are a Ladies of Horror Readers’ Choice Award and Afrosurrealist Writers Award winner.

The SFWA Poetry Committee presents its Quarterly Poetry Open-Mic. Come and read your poetry to your fellow SFWA poets. This is an interactive online event hosted by Poetry Committee co-chair Wendy Van Camp. Our featured poet for January is Sultana Raza. Her work has appeared in “Abyss & Apex”, “Star*line”, and “Silver Blade”, with a story forthcoming in Flame Tree Publishing’s “Achilles Anthology”. An independent scholar and accomplished poet, Sultana has presented on Keats and Tolkien at international conferences and read her work across Europe and the U.S. Her writing blends vivid imagination with deep literary insight.