2011

RATTLE POETRY PRIZE

 

1st prize:
$5,000

plus FIFTEEN
$100 Finalists

 

CONTEST CLOSED:
Finalists will be announced Sept. 15th

Email Guidelines:

1) Entry fee of $18.00 includes a one-year subscription to Rattle (or a one-year extension for subscribers). New subscriptions will start with the Winter 2011 issue, arriving December 1st. Current subscribers will receive a one-year extension.

2) Fifteen $100 Finalists will be selected in a blind review by the editors of Rattle and printed in the Winter 2011 issue; one $5,000 Winner will then be chosen by subscriber and entrant vote. To ensure a fair competition, votes will only be recorded from those with active subscriptions prior to the announcements of the finalists.

3) Pay the entry fee via credit card through our secure vender. You may submit up to four poems per entry, so unless you're planning on submitting more than four, be sure to pay the entry fee only once.

4) After paying the entry fee online, send an email to:

Write the CCNow order number of your entry fee in the subject line. Attach one file, that includes the cover sheet and all of the poems you're submitting in a single document. Do not attach more than one file. Only .TXT, .RTF, .DOC, .DOCX, or .PDF extensions will be opened. Submissions will be judged in a blind review by the editors of RATTLE: This document should be formatted the same way a hardcopy submission would -- your name, address, phone number, email, and the titles of the poems on the first page cover sheet. Each poem on a separate page following that, with no identifying information on any of the pages with the poems. If any of this is confusing, you should probably just send a hardcopy entry, but do feel free to email Timothy Green with any questions.

5) Send no more than four poems per entry. There is no line-limit. Poems can be any length, any style, or any subject. Multiple entries by a single poet are accepted, however each group of four poems must be treated as a separate entry, each with its own cover sheet and $18 fee.

6) Open to writers, worldwide; poems must be written in English (no translations). Rattle's winter issue must be a potential first publication for all works submitted. No previously published works, or works accepted for publication elsewhere. No simultaneous submissions, except to magazines or presses open to publishing reprints after January 1st, 2012. Once submitted, entries cannot be withdrawn or edited until the finalists are announced.

7) Finalists will be announced no later than September 15th, 2011, and the Winner will be announced February 15th, 2012. Additional entries may also be offered publication.

8) For an idea of our editorial tastes, back issues can be purchased here.

 

EMAIL DEADLINE:
11:59pm PST
August 1st, 2011

 

   
     
   
   
   
 

 

 
 
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