Rattle is proud to announce the following nominees for the 2009 Pushcart Prize:

• Heather Bell – “Love” (#31)
• Terrance Hayes – “Model Prison Model” (#31)
• Lynne Knight – “To the Young Man…” (#32)
• Howard Price – “Crow-Magnon” (#32)
• Alison Townsend – “The Only Surviving Recording…” (#32)
• Patricia Smith – “Motown Crown” (#32)

In addition to a chance at representing RATTLE in the anthology, each of their poems will be featured on our blog during the first week in January. For more information on the Pushcart Anthology, and the nomination process, visit www.pushcartprize.com.

Rattle is proud to announce the winner of the 2009 Rattle Poetry Prize:

Lynne Knight
Berkeley, CA
for
“To the Young Man Who Cried Out ‘What Were
You Thinking’ When I Backed into His Car“

Honorable Mentions:

Michelle Bitting, Pacific Palisades, CA – “Mammary“

Carolyn Creedon, Charlottesville, VA – “How to Be a Cowgirl in a Studio Apartment“

Mary-Lou Brockett-Devine, Niantic, CT – “Crabs“

Douglas Goetsch, Edmond, OK – “Writer in Residence, Central State”

David Hernandez, Long Beach, CA – “Remember It Wrong“

John Paul O’Connor, Franklin, NY – “Beans“

Howard Price, Morro Bay, CA – “Crow-Magnon“

Patricia Smith, Howell, NJ – “Birthday”

Alison Townsend, Stoughton, WI – “The Only Surviving Recording of Virginia Woolf’s Voice“

Emily Kagan Trenchard, Brooklyn, NY – “This Is the Part of the Story I’d Rather Not Tell”

The eleven winning poems will be published in Rattle #32, which releases in December 2009. Another 19 poems were selected for standard publication, and offered a space in the open section of Rattle #33.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the competition, which would not have been a success without your diverse and inspiring poems.

If you’d like to review any of these books or literary journals (or any from the full list), let us know, and we’ll mail it to you. Write a review of at least 600 words, and if we publish it, we’ll also send you the forthcoming copy or any back issue of Rattle as payment. Free books and a free magazine, just for doing a bit of service to the good of poetry.

Short list this month, but we still have well-over 100 review copies looking for homes, so don’t hesitate to ask for several books at once.

To request any of these books, just write to:

New books in June: (more…)

If you’d like to review any of these books or literary journals (or any from the full list), let us know, and we’ll mail it to you. Write a review of at least 600 words, and if we publish it, we’ll also send you the forthcoming copy or any back issue of Rattle as payment. Free books and a free magazine, just for doing a bit of service to the good of poetry.

The list is long this month, so don’t hesitate to ask for several books at once.

To request any of these books, just write to:

New books in May: (more…)

Once again, here’s how our review process works: If you’d like to review any of these books or literary journals (or any from the full list), let us know, and we’ll mail it to you. Write a review of at least 600 words, and if we publish it, we’ll also send you the forthcoming copy or any back issue of Rattle as payment. Free books and a free magazine, just for doing a bit of service to the good of poetry.

The list is long this month, so don’t hesitate to ask for several books at once.

To request any of these books, just write to Megan at:

New books in March: (more…)