The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) announced the winners of the 2023 Elgin Awards on 23rd September.
We’re delighted to announce that our wee pamphlet/chapbook, The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems by Jane Yolen, was declared the best chapbook published in 2021/2022.
The Last Robot was up against some stiff competition from all over the world – you can see the list of the 18 nominations on the SF Poetry website
The Last Robot is a collection of Jane Yolen’s SF poems, published and unpublished, picked from over 4,000 poems she has written over the last 12 years or so (one a day, she days). We asked if we could publish this collection, and Jane.
Birthed in the body shop,
polished by the nurse,
it rests in your arm
without movement or thought,
until you speak.
— from ‘Robot Baby’
The Last Robot and Other Science Fiction Poems was published in 2021, in the COVID years and was lovingly edited by Russell Jones. It is published by Shoreline of Infinity Publications in full colour glossy print booklet form. It’s also available in ebook and PDF formats too.
You can order a copy direct from the Shoreline of Infinity website at
The Last Robot and other Science Fiction Poems.
Congratulations to Jane Yolen!