"Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" is a poem by John M. Ford, about the Knights of the Round Table at a train station in Camelot. It was first published as Ford's Christmas card,The Disappearance of John M. Ford, by Isaac Butler, at Slate; published November 15, 2019; retrieved October 27, 2020 and came to broader attention after Jane Yolen submitted it to Parke Godwin for inclusion in the 1988 anthology Invitation to Camelot.Introduction to "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station", by Parke Godwin, in Invitation to Camelot; published March 1988, by Ace Books; p. 243; "Long after this volume was finished and mellowing on the publisher's shelf, Jane Yolen sent me "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" by JOHN M. FORD, and even called to herald its arrival. I told her the book was closed. 'Read it anyway,' Jane commanded. 'It's brilliant.'"
Reception "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station" won the 1989 World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction,1989 - the 15th World Fantasy Convention, at WorldFantasy.org; retrieved October 27, 2020 and the 1989 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem (tied with Bruce Boston's "In the Darkened Hours"). SFPA Rhysling Award Archive, at SFPoetry.com; retrieved October 27, 2020
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