F. J. Bergmann (born 1954) is the

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of Jeannie Bergmann, an American editor and writer of speculative poetry and prose fiction.

Biography

Early life

F. J. Bergmann was born in

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. Her father was a German immigrant who moved to the

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as a young man and earned a master's degree from

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. His job demanded a great deal of travel; as a result, Bergmann spent part of her childhood in Janesville, Wisconsin and another part in

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. She is bilingual in English and French. Bergmann took an interest in speculative fiction early on in life and began writing poetry in high school, seeing some of her work published as a teenager before taking a break from writing poems for a couple of decades.

Career

Bergmann's poems, short stories, and essays, many of which pertain to the genres of science fiction and fantasy, have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. Her poetry has been partially collected in chapbooks published by

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and others. Bergmann freelances as an editor and book designer and has served as editor for several literary presses and journals. She is currently the poetry and art editor for '' Mobius: The Journal of Social Change'', poetry editor for Weird House Press, and managing editor for

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. She was twice editor of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA)'s speculative poetry journal ''

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'', first from 2012 to 2017 and then again from 2020 to 2021. She has also guest-edited an issue of the SFPA's online speculative poetry journal ''

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'', a publication for which she serves as webmaster.

Marriage and children

Bergmann lives in Wisconsin with her husband. She has daughters, a horse, and two cats.

Published works

Poetry collections

*''A Catalogue of the Further Suns'' (Gold Line Press, 2017) *''Out of the Black Forest'' (Centennial Press, 2012) *''Constellation of the Dragonfly'' (Plan B Press, 2008) *''Aqua Regia'' (Parallel Press, 2007) *''Sauce Robert'' (Pavement Saw Press, 2003)

Recognition

Bergmann's poem "Eating Light" won the 2008 Rhysling Award for speculative poetry in the Short category and was collected in the ''

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.'' Her poem “100 Reasons to Have Sex with an Alien” won the 2015 Rhysling in the Long category. Bergmann's ''Out of the Black Forest'' won the 2013 Elgin Award in the Chapbook category. Her collection ''A Catalogue of the Further Suns'' won the 2018 Elgin in the same category and also placed first in the 2016 Gold Line Press manuscript competition. In 2020, Bergmann's story “A Prize in Every Box” won a Writers of the Future award. Bergmann's poetry has been the recipient of several other awards and honors, including ''Heartland Review'''s 2011 Joy Bale Boone Prize, the 2010 Wis. Fellowship of Poets Triad Prize, the 2010 Atlanta Review International Publication Prize, the 2004 Pauline Ellis Prose Poetry Prize, and the 2003 Mary Roberts Rinehart National Poetry Award.

References

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