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'''Star*Line''' is a science fiction poetry newsletter published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association in Florida, U.S.A.  
 
'''Star*Line''' is a science fiction poetry newsletter published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association in Florida, U.S.A.  
  

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Star*Line
Vol. 32 No.3 2009
Cover art by Daniel Trout

Star*Line is a science fiction poetry newsletter published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association in Florida, U.S.A.

Star*Line was founded in January 1978 by Suzette Haden Elgin as a forum and networking tool for poets writing fantatic poetry, which includes everything from science fiction, to the macabre, to straight science, and the surrealistic.

Initially, Starline was published twelve times a year. As of 1980, it was published six times a year. In 1982, Robert Frazier took over from Suzette Haden Elgin for four years. From 1986 till 1988, the editor was Elissa Malcohn. Robert Frazier returned from 1988 till 1991, followed by Richard Rowand for a year, Marge Simon for 1992 till 1995, David C. Kopaska-Merkel from 1996 till 2002; Tim Pratt from 2002 till 2004, and Marge Simon returning in 2004. As of 2011, Simon remains editor. In 2011 Star*Line became a quarterly.

Star*Line has had many contributors, some of who have also been editors and small press publishers. Of note are Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium), Gregory Benford, Ruth Berman (SH - sf Fanthology), G. Sutton Breiding (The Punk-Surrealist Cafe), Andrew Darlington (Ludd's Mill), Steve Eng, Marcus Ewert, Janet Fox (Scavenger's Newsletter), W. Paul Ganley (Amanita Brandy, Eerie Country), Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (Meteor Contemporary Poetry Project), Sandra Hall (Vector), D.F. Lewis, Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Windhaven, Young Tyrone: A Melodrama), Ann K. Schwader, Darrell Schweitzer, Meg Smith (Red Eft), Steve Sneyd (Data Dump), Steve Rasnic Tem, Scott Urban, and Neal Wilgus.

Other writers featured include Duane Ackerson, Nancy Bennett, Tippi N. Blevins, Bruce Boston, David Bunch, Thomas M. Disch, J.W. Donnelly, Denise Dumars, John Grey, Charlee Jacob, Mike Johnson, Deborah P. Kolodji, Drew Morse, Tim Pratt, Jacie Ragan, Wendy Rathbone, Peter Roberts, Lawrence Schimel, W. Gregory Stewart, Karen Verba, Ian Watson, and others.

Contributors of art work include Robert Blaney, Tippi N. Blevins, John Borkowski, Bruce Boston, Cathy Buburuz, R. Carlson, Garrett Dechellis, Larry Dickison, Richard Doyle, Charles S. Fallis, Joe Haldeman, Alfred Klosterman, Allen Koszowski, David Lunde, Denny Marshall, Linda Michaels, Randy Moore, Russell Morgan, Julia Morgan-Scott, Dee Rimbaud, Sara Ryan, Helen Shoenfeld, Marge Simon, G.W. Thomas, Denis Tiani, Daniel Trout, Randy Trout, Gene Van Troyer, Frank Wu, and Eric York.

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