Alan Ira Gordon is an urban planning professor at Worcester State University. His poetry publications include Analog Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. He’s a frequent contributor to Star*Line, the quarterly journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA).

Alan’s poetry has received a Pushcart Prize nomination, eight Rhysling Award nominations, two Dwarf Star Award nominations and an Analog Magazine year’s best nomination (Second Place Award).

Alan’s poetry is collected to-date in three published collections from Hiraeth Books: Planet Hunter, The Doggo Book and Pittsburgh & Other Poems. Planet Hunter was nominated for the SFPA Elgin Award. Alan guest-edited Issue #24 of Eye To The Telescope, the on-line publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA).

A list of Alan’s published poetry, short stories and articles can be found on his website at www.alaniragordon.com.