#Stephanie M. Wytovich

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Mark me silent, brand me feral. […]  I bow to no one.

— Stephanie M. Wytovich, The Apocalyptic Mannequin, (2019)

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The HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume IX Blitz

The HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume IX Blitz

Horror, Poetry Date Published: 11.07.2022 The Horror Writers Associations presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith, this year’s featured poets are Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn, and Naomi Simone Borwein, plus dozens of poems from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association.   This volume…

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The Darkest Night will be published in paperback and e-book on September 24 via Crooked Lane Books. The 320-page anthology of winter horror stories is edited by Lindy Ryan and includes an introduction by George C. Romero.

It features 22 stories by Josh Malerman, Eric LaRocca, Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison, Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, Jamie Flanagan, Kristi DeMeester, Nat Cassidy, Darcy Coates, Tim Waggoner, Hailey Piper, Thommy Hutson, Gwendolyn Kiste, Sara Tantlinger, Christopher Brooks, M. Rickert, Cynthia Pelayo, Lee Murray, Mercedes Yardley, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Jeff Strand, and Kelsea Yu.

From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year. Edited by award-winning author and anthologist Lindy Ryan and with contributions from masters of horror like Josh Malerman, Eric LaRocca, and Clay McLeod Chapman, this horrific anthology will chill you to the bone.

Pre-order The Darkest Night.

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Please take a look at my May cover and some close-up shots for the @HouseofGamut cover! It's an illustration based on the short story "To Hurt a Haunted House" by Stephanie M. Wytovich, and it has a fantastic horror theme. I absolutely love reading these stories and creating covers for Gamut. I want to express my gratitude to Richard Thomas, Richard Wood, Mercedes Yardley, and the entire Gamut team. I can’t thank everyone enough! :)

#horror #haunted mansion #gamut #horrorillustration

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« Je respire l'air des révélations. » Stephanie M. Wytovich ‘’The Apocalyptic Mannequin’’

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With November we have all of the winners finally in for the major Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association awards. This was a big year for all as the association marked its 45th year. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees, and a big round of applause to all of the chairs who worked tirelessly to ensure a smooth process:

Elgin Awards Now in its tenth year, the first place Elgin Award winner for Book of the Year is Some Disassembly Required by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Diminuendo Press, 2022). Second place went to The Saint of Witches by Avra Margariti (Weasel Press, 2022), while third place was a tie between  Elegies of Rotted Stars by Tiffany Morris (Nictitating Books, 2022) and Not a Princess, But (Yes) There Was a Pea & Other Tales to Foment Revolution by Rebecca Buchanan (Jackanapes Press, 2022),  The Elgin Award winner for Chapbook of the Year is The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems by Jane Yolen (Shoreline of Infinity, 2021). The second place chapbook was Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets by Bruce Boston (Mind’s Eye Publishing, 2022).  The third place went to Cajuns in Space by Denise Dumars (self-published, 2022).

Morgan L Ventura served as the 2023 Chair of the Elgin Awards. 78 members voted on the selections. 58 books had been nominated and 18 chapbooks had been nominated.

Rhysling Awards For the Rhysling awards, in the Long Poem category, Colleen Anderson’s “Machine (r)Evolution” from Radon Journal 2 received first place. In the Short Poem category there was a tie between Jennifer Crow’s “Harold and the Blood-Red Crayon” from Star*Line 45.1 and Terese Mason Pierre’s “In Stock Images of the Future, Everything is White” from Uncanny 46.  The second place award in the Long Poem category went to Rebecca Buchanan’s “The Bone Tree” from Not A Princess, but (Yes) There was a Pea, and Other Fairy Tales to Foment Revolution (Jackanapes Press) and the second place in the Short Poem category went to Sarah Grey’s “Bitch Moon” from Nightmare Magazine 118. The 2023 third place Long Poem was  Akua Lezli Hope’s “Igbo Landing II” which first appeared in Black Fire—This Time, ed. Kim McMillon (Aquarius Press). The third place award for Short Poem was a tie between Amelia Gorman’s “The Gargoyle Watches the Rains End” from The Gargoylicon: Imaginings and Images of the Gargoyle in Literature and Art ed. Frank Coffman (Mind’s Eye Publications) and Lisa Timpf’s “First Contact” from Eye to the Telescope 44. Rhysling honorable mentions in the Short Poem category included “Field Notes from the Anthropocene” by Priya Chand Nightmare Magazine 116,  “Near the end, your mother tells you she’s been seeing someone” by Shannon Connor Winward, from the SFPA Poetry Contest, and “Dinner Plans with Baba Yaga” by Stephanie M. Wytovich from Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga. In the Long Poem category, honorable mentions were given to “Herbaceous Citadel” by Avra Margariti in The Fairy Tale Magazine January 4,  “Living in Rubble” by Gerri Leen from Eccentric Orbits 3, and “The Thing About Stars” by Avra Magariti from The Saint of Witches (Weasel Press).

Maxwell I. Gold was this year’s Rhysling chair. 102 short poems were nominated, and 70 long poems were nominated from across 94 publications and collections. 114 members voted.

Dwarf Stars The 2023 Dwarf Stars were tied for first place with “Believe the Graves” by Rasha Abdulhadi from The Deadlands 16 and “In Perpetuity” by Bruce Boston in Analog, July/August 2022. The second place award went to “Excerpt from a Proposal for the New City” by Alyssa Lo from Strange Horizons, 11/14. The third place was tied between “As Slow as Starlight” by Kim Whysall-Hammond in Frozen Wavelets 7, “Surviving” by Sumiko Saulson in The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry (Dooky Zines), and  “Trichotillomania” by Warsan Shire in Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head (Random House). This year’s chairs were David C. Kopaska Merkel and Miguel O. Mitchell, PhD. This year 120 members reviewed 105 poems across 54 venues.

SFPA Poetry Contest Judge Michael Arnzen selected the winners of this year’s SFPA Poetry Contest. Prizes were offered in three divisions: Dwarf (≤10 lines), Short, and Long (50+ lines). Contest chair R. Thursday received 439 entries (114 dwarf-length, 253 short, and 72 long poems) from around the world.

Dwarf Form: First place “Calcination” by Colleen Anderson Second place “What Ghosts Didn’t Do” by Mary Soon Lee Third Place [open window] by Michael Nickels-Wisdom

Dwarf Form Honorable Mentions: “All Sales Final!” by Alan Vincent Michaels “Starstruck” by S. Iya Iya “My Mother’s Eyes” by Chad Stanke “Poisoned Gold Sprinkles” by Greer Woodward “Black Sea” by Anna Cates

Short Form: First place “Abraham Lincoln Addresses the Nation Before He is Executed by Interstellar Invaders” by Kate Boyes Second place “Embryo Warehouse” by Amber Winter and Joshua St. Claire Third Place “A Jar of Cherries” by Jay Caselberg

Short Form Honorable Mentions: “Hovering Free” by Hamant Sing “In Which I Tell You Speculative Fiction is the Trans Body” by West Ambrose “Charming” by Anna Cates “Considering Fuseli’s ‘The Nightmare'” by Frank Coffman “Enceladus Elegy” by Bradley Earle Hoge

Long Form: First place “Metamorfish” by Randall Andrews Second place “Nightmare in Blue” by Kurt Newton Third Place “Wake Unto Death” by Lori R. Lopez

Long Form Honorable Mentions: “This Body Isn’t Mine” by Christina Connerton “The Odd Couple” by Anna Cates “The Origin of ‘The Steamster'” by Jerri Hardesty “Panopticon” by F.J. Bergmann “An Eschaton of Ice” by John Bell

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association was established in 1978 by Suzette Haden-Elgin and has an international membership representing over 19 nations and cultures including United States, Italy, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Romania, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Israel, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, the Hmong, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association publishes two journals: Star*Line and Eye to the Telescope. It oversees three major literary awards for poetry: The Rhyslings, the Dwarf Stars, and the Elgin Awards. They also conduct an annual science fiction poetry contest and other special events and gatherings. Further, they also provide resources for emerging and established poets seeking professional publication and networking opportunities.

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The Horror Writer's Association Poetry Showcase Vol. IX

The Horror Writer’s Association Poetry Showcase Vol. IX

Horror, Poetry Date Published: 11.07.2022 The Horror Writers Associations presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith, this year’s featured poets are Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn, and Naomi Simone Borwein, plus dozens of poems from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association.   This volume…

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Release Blitz: The HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume IX

Release Blitz: The HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume IX

Horror, Poetry Date Published: 11.07.2022 The Horror Writers Associations presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith, this year’s featured poets are Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn, and Naomi Simone Borwein, plus dozens of poems from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association.   This volume…

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Recent Poetry Publications

Last week, my work was published in two new poetry anthologies: Writing Poetry in the Dark from Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Poetry Showcase Vol. IX from the Horror Writers Association. Writing Poetry in the Dark was edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich and includes my article “A Slippery World: Writing Poetry About Gender and Sexuality”. The book also includes nonfiction by Linda D. Addison, Jim and…

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It's here! The Horror Writer's Association Poetry Showcase Number 9. My poem, "Strike a Match" shares a table of contents with some of the most talented horror poets thw HWA has to offer. Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Showcase-Angela-Yuriko-Smith/dp/B0BJNDCGT3 Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BJP81ZDB Blurb: HWA Poetry Showcase Volume IX, edited by Angela Yuriko Smith The Horror Writers Association presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, sharing the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith with judges Lee Murray, Maxwell I. Gold and Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, this year features the poetry of Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn and Naomi Simone Borwein along with other poems from Mary A. Turzillo, Christina Sng, Alessandro Manzetti, Victoria Nations, K. H. Vaughan and many more works of merit from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association. Cover artwork by Kyra Starr. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-aNZXrsTi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Horror Writers Association Releases its Ninth Poetry Showcase Featuring the Best Original Dark Poetry on November 7, 2022

Horror Writers Association Releases its Ninth Poetry Showcase Featuring the Best Original Dark Poetry on November 7, 2022

This Year’s Showcase Includes Poets Such as Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn and Naomi Simone Borwein. Los Angeles, CA – On November 7, 2022, Horror Writers Association (HWA) will be releasing its ninth annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best original dark poetry from the past year. This year’s showcase includes poets such as Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Glynn, Naomi Simone Borwein, and…

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Tell me: when the sun disappears, will our notes cremate with our ashes? Will the secrets we wrote, be but quiet hauntings in our place?

— Stephanie M. Wytovich, The Apocalyptic Mannequin, (2019)

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The HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. IX Virtual Book Tour

The HWA Poetry Showcase Vol. IX Virtual Book Tour

Horror, Poetry Date Published: 11.07.2022 The Horror Writers Associations presents their ninth annual Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse. Edited by Angela Yuriko Smith, this year’s featured poets are Stephanie M. Wytovich, Geneve Flynn, and Naomi Simone Borwein, plus dozens of poems from the talented members of the Horror Writers Association.   This volume…

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Feeling Poetic? Here are 5 Horror Poetry Books I Love!

Feeling Poetic? Here are 5 Horror Poetry Books I Love!

I may be a day late to celebrate World Poetry Day, but better late than never. I love poetry, though. Poetry usually makes me think about an array of things, makes me feel, inspires or makes me contemplate something deeper than whatever is on the surface. It’s art in word form—subjective. My favorite poem of all time isn’t in the horror genre, but rather makes one think about choices … The Road…

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MISCREATIONS: TABLE OF CONTENTS

MISCREATIONS: TABLE OF CONTENTS

The submission window for Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors is now closed. Open call for this anthology received nearly 900 submissions, in a short period of time. Co-editors Doug Murano and Michael Bailey are busy reading through approximately 4.5 million words of potential material, and making tough decisions, so please be patient until a Table of Contents is finalized. And…

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Up from Slavery, by Victor LaValle

Up from Slavery, by Victor LaValle

“Well to start, Teddy lived here for thirty years and I have never seen you before. And, well, Teddy was…” she looked at me again and cut off the rest of the sentence.

It took me a moment to figure out what she wanted to say, but couldn’t. “White? Is that what you meant?”

She didn’t answer, but she did look away. “Look, I don’t want this to turn hostile.”

I didn’t understand why simply saying the…