Alan Ira Gordon - Biography

    Alan Ira Gordon is an urban planning professor at Worcester State University and writer of science fiction/fantasy short stories and poetry. His fiction has been published in various magazines including Starshore Magazine, Worcester Magazine, Disturbed Digest, Dog Eyes Magazine, Outposts Of Beyond and The Martian Wave, as well as various short story anthologies. One of his stories received an Honorable Mention listing in the eighth annual Year’s Best Science Fiction anthology (St. Martin’s Press). He’s an Associate Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Of America (SFWA).

    Alan’s science fiction and fantasy poetry has received four Rhysling Award nominations and a Dwarf Star Award nomination. His poetry collection Planet Hunter was nominated for the 2018-19 Elgin Award. He’s a frequent contributor to Star*Line, the quarterly journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA). Alan guest-edited Issue #24 of Eye To The Telescope, the on-line publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFWA). His poetry, short stories and articles have been published in various genre magazines and anthologies, a partial list of which can be found on the Main Page of this website.