{"id":83,"date":"2008-08-06T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:17:35","slug":"space-western-senry-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacewesterns.com\/articles\/space-western-senry-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Western Senryu Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Place<\/h2>\n
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Red sands of Mars<\/p>\n

My footprints alone<\/p>\n

Stretching back to the horizon.
\n \u2014 John M. Whalen<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark L. Van Name:<\/strong> Good space western tie and human feeling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Second Place<\/h2>\n
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Cowboys on a ship<\/p>\n

have no cattle to lasso<\/p>\n

so they rope tribbles<\/p>\n

\u2014 Larry Hodges<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/h2>\n
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consciousness exists<\/p>\n

only in its echoes:<\/p>\n

who can resist shouting?
\n \u2014 Michael C. Rush<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201d  Mark\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> Lovely mix of images and human emotions. Barely a space western, but close enough in tone that I counted it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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flashing lights of stars<\/p>\n

dance never-ending cancan<\/p>\n

squinting eyes shrivel
\n \u2014 PS Cottier<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark L. Van Name:<\/strong> Very good images and human counterpoint. Barely a space western, but close enough in tone that I counted it. A very close second to being my judge\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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alive three months<\/p>\n

Sterling-Suit lashed to hull<\/p>\n

Jake burned on re-entry
\n \u2014 Brandon Bell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark L. Van Name:<\/strong> Nice irony and ties to space westerns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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on the range<\/p>\n

space cowboys apply<\/p>\n

SPF 5000 sunscreen
\n \u2014 Karen L. Newman<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alana Joli Abbott:<\/strong> Because getting a sunburn out in the black is mighty painful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Standoff under two suns. Fire!<\/p>\n

Still Standing. No blood. Oil drips.<\/p>\n

Damn robots.
\n \u2014 Jacob P. Silvia<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We hesitate to welcome<\/p>\n

the artificial:<\/p>\n

tomorrow we won\u2019t.
\n \u2014 Michael C. Rush<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark L. Van Name:<\/strong> Not at all a space western, but I liked the simplicity of it enough that I gave it a high score.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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stagecoach floats empty,<\/p>\n

bushwhacked at asteroid gulch,<\/p>\n

seals broken, skull-like<\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Borski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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throughout robot ghost<\/p>\n

town, metal cows quietly rust,<\/p>\n

lowing like chimes
\n \u2014 Robert Borski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Seamus Kevin Fahey:<\/strong> evocative… dig it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Ships blast off for space<\/p>\n

for the asteroid roundup;<\/p>\n

rocks for lunch again<\/p>\n

\u2014 Larry Hodges<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alana Joli Abbott:<\/strong> The last line of this one made me laugh out loud. There\u2019s such disappointment implied that this must be a regular occurence. Rustling those wily asteroids and only getting rocks for lunch? It\u2019s a rough life!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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for sale: plexiglass<\/p>\n

stetson \u2014 oxygen filter<\/p>\n

noisy, but still works
\n \u2014 Robert Borski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201d  Alana\u2019s Pick:<\/strong> I love the construction of this poem: the advertisement placed in the paper on a frontier planet for a used stetson surely has a story behind it. I can almost hear the sound the old, used filter makes, and imagine the dings in the old hat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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coughing up red dust<\/p>\n

a dental practise, absurd<\/p>\n

he plays out his hand.
\n \u2014 dan smith<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Seamus Kevin Fahey:<\/strong> random… in a good way<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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shot of whiskey<\/p>\n

the whore reaches for my gun<\/p>\n

with her tentacle
\n \u2014 Joshua Gage<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Seamus Kevin Fahey:<\/strong> I get the western, I get the sci fi, I get a moment… what\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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planetary rings,<\/p>\n

sagebrush moons, red-tailed comet \u2014<\/p>\n

ranch\u2019s back forty<\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Borski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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he was fast and slick<\/p>\n

eight pistols simultaneous<\/p>\n

from slimy holsters.
\n \u2014 dan smith<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alana Joli Abbott:<\/strong> This is why the best gunslingers have multiple arms\u2014or tentacles as the case may be. I wouldn\u2019t want to play poker with this fellow either. Brilliantly done!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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meg\u2019s missing<\/p>\n

in the circus-ship\u2019s wake<\/p>\n

and its sad-eyed, mouthless clowns
\n \u2014 Brandon Bell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark L. Van Name:<\/strong> My nominee as weirdest, which I consider a good thing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Seamus Kevin Fahey:<\/strong> I like the description… and I know a girl named Meg…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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echoes of mirth<\/p>\n

metal grips the hard man<\/p>\n

where lust had hoped for flesh
\n \u2014 Brandon Bell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark L. Van Name:<\/strong> Good images.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Breaking human hearts<\/p>\n

With bullets or cold silence<\/p>\n

Is the outlaw way
\n \u2014 Josh Kidd<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Telepathic horse<\/p>\n

but the horse can\u2019t speak and the<\/p>\n

sheriff don\u2019t speak horse<\/p>\n

\u2014 John W. Sexton<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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bullets fly spaceward,<\/p>\n

nicking moonlets \u2014 gunfight at<\/p>\n

zero-g corral
\n \u2014 Robert Borski<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In space<\/p>\n

Lone Ranger\u2019s lovelife<\/p>\n

Absolute zero
\n \u2014 Sandra Lindow<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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he was a half-breed<\/p>\n

which side would he choose<\/p>\n

the reds or the blues?
\n \u2014 dan smith<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201d  Seamus\u2019 Pick:<\/strong> Clever way of taking on the challenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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