[Julie Steiner]

Congrats to the following 'Sphereans, whose work appeared in the final issue of The Formalist:

Catherine Tufariello -- "First Contact"
Shekhar Aiyar -- "G.B. Road Debutante"
A.E. Stallings -- Nemerov Prize-winning "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (and another piece, "Daybreak")
R.S. Gwynn -- Nemerov runner-up "Dogwatch"
A.M. Juster -- Nemerov runner-up "Rimbaud in Abyssinia"
Stephen Scaer -- Nemerov runner-up "Hannah at Ten"
Marion Shore -- Nemerov runner-up "The Writing on the Wall" (and another piece, "Ghost Song")
Gail White -- Nemerov runner-up "For a Senior Killed on Prom Night"
Deborah Warren -- "Regret" and "The Ballet of the Eight-Week Kittens"
Rhina P. Espaillat -- Translation of "Fair River Lis" by Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
Alfred Nicol -- "Drink & Dial" and "The Changeling"
Richard Wakefield -- "A Plague of Rats" and "The Orchard Gate"
New member Amit Majmudar--"Perspective," "Pygmalion's Workshop," and "The Disruption"
Timothy Murphy -- "How Shall I Drink?"
Susan McLean -- the villanelle "The Demon Lovers"
Robert W. Crawford -- "Not Necessarily You"

Wow!

If I've overlooked anyone, please don't be modest--speak up and let us congratulate you! It was no mean feat to meet The Formalist's high standards.

Julie Stoner

[Rose Kelleher]

Yeah, as sad as it is to see the Formalist go, at least it's going out in style. Major kudos to everyone who contributed to the excellent final issue.

[Terese Coe]

Quite a class reunion, and a most deserving class too.

Warm congratulations to all of you!

Terese

[wendy v]

Three times we've heard this news, but it's surely worth repeating my congratulations.

Tim, I keep wondering what Mr Wilbur had to say about your little gem.

[Michael Juster]

(sniffle)

[Julie Steiner]

Whoops, on looking back through the issue I noticed that I'd forgotten Len Krisak, who had a lovely translation of Horace in there, too.

Julie Stoner

[Janet Kenny]

Congratulations to all concerned.
Janet

[Stardust]

Congratulations to all Eratosphere poets mentioned above.

Catherine Chandler