Delbert R. Gardner--Honors

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Creative Writing Honors

Stories

"Who's Da Vinci?" chosen as cover story for Mystery Weekly Magazine, April 2017.

Poems

"Hollow Beats the Night" nominated in the Long Poem Category for the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and reprinted in The 2015 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Poetry of 2014, Ed. Rich Ristow, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association in cooperation with Hadrosaur Productions, 2015.

"The Meek Shall Inherit . . . (The Earthworm Speaks)" nominated in the Long Poem Category for the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and reprinted in The 2010 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2009, Ed. Jaime Lee Moyer, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2010.

"Mermaid of Copenhagen," "a poem which explores the purpose of beauty," won Honorable Mention in the Virginia Highlands Festival Creative Writing Contest, 1980.

"The More It Changes . . . " nominated in the Short Poem Category for the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and reprinted in The 2016 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry of 2015, Ed. Charles Christian, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2016.

"Pre-Raphaelite Girls" (written with his daughter, Adele Gardner) nominated in the Long Poem Category for the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and reprinted in The 2018 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2017, Ed. Linda D. Addison, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association, 2018.

"Tammuz to Ishtar" nominated in the Short Poem Category for the Rhysling Award of the of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and reprinted in The 2009 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2008, Ed. Drew Morse, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, 2009.

Grant-in-Aid from College Center of Finger Lakes for Creative Writing, 1969.

Professional and Scholarly Honors and Achievements

Education

Ph.D. in English Literature (emphasis: Victorian Literature), University of Rochester, 1963.
M.A. in English Literature (emphasis: American Literature), Syracuse University, 1955.
A.B. in English Literature, Syracuse University, 1953.

Honors and Awards

Graduate Assistantship, Syracuse University, 1953-55.
Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1960-62.
Grant-in-Aid from College Center of Finger Lakes for Literary Research, 1966.
Future Scholarship for my Daughter in Recognition of Faithful Service, Keuka College, 1975.
Certificate of Achievement, Fort Eustis, VA, 1982.
Exceptional Performance Rating, Fort Knox, KY, 1984.
Exceptional Performance Ratings (five), Fort Eustis, VA, 1987-92.
Sustained Superior Performance Awards, Fort Eustis, VA, 1987, 1992.
Exceptional Performance Rating, 1987, USATSC.
Sustained Superior Performance, June 1986-June 1987, USATSC.

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