Deadline: July 15, 2023
Entry Fee: $25
About the Competition
The competition is organized by Rattle, an American poetry magazine. The competition is open to poets of any nationality writing in English.
You may submit up to four poems per entry. Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject. Poems must be written in English (no translations except by the original author).
Entries must not have been previously published.
The $25 USD entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle (or a one-year extension for subscribers).
The overall winner will receive a cash prize of $15,000 USD.
Ten finalists will each receive $500 USD, and be eligible for the $5,000 USD Reader’s Choice Award.
Competition Guidelines
- The entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle (or a one-year extension for subscribers) at our regular $25 rate, paid through Submittable as you submit your entry. Prior to May 1st, new subscriptions will start with the Summer 2023 issue, arriving in June. After May 1st, new subscriptions start with the Fall 2023 issue, arriving September 1st. Current subscribers will receive a one-year extension.
- One $15,000 Winner and ten $500 Finalists will be selected in an anonymized review by the editors of Rattle and printed in the Winter 2022 issue; one $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award will then be chosen from among the Finalists by subscriber and entrant vote.
- Open to writers, worldwide; poems must be written primarily in English (no translations except by the original author). Rattle’s winter issue must be a potential first curation for all works submitted—meaning they can’t have appeared in any books, e-books, magazines, or similar collections, online or in print. The poems may have been self-published to personal blogs or social media. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but we must be notified immediately if any poems are accepted elsewhere. On Submittable, log in, click on the submission, and send us a message using that system to let us know.
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