Magazine · Studio City, California
Rattle
Rattle is a widely respected quarterly print and online poetry journal published by the Rattle Foundation. It publishes unsolicited poetry and poetry translations across traditional and free verse styles, alongside daily online poems, weekly Poets Respond features, and chapbooks. General submissions are free year-round via Submittable, paying $200 per poem for print issues and $100 per poem for online features, with automatic consideration for the $2,000 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor. The journal also hosts annual $30 contests including the $15,000 Rattle Poetry Prize and the Rattle Chapbook
Open to poets
- General submissions. Open year-round, always welcomed, and always free.. Fee: Free. Pays: $200 per poem and a one-year subscription for print; $100 per poem online-only. Simultaneous submissions: encouraged; let rattle know through submittable if a poem is accepted elsewhere. Up to 4 poems.
- Chapbook Prize. Annual deadline January 15 (2027 cycle closes January 16, 2027 at 10:00 AM).. Pays: $5,000, 500 copies and distribution to Rattle's subscribers.
- Poetry Prize. Annual deadline July 15; winners announced September 15.. Fee: $30 (a one-year subscription). Pays: $15,000 winner; ten $500 finalists; $5,000 Readers' Choice Award. Simultaneous submissions: allowed; notify rattle through submittable if a poem is accepted elsewhere. Up to 4 poems.
Official site: rattle.com. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
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