www.rattle.com/rpp/hardguide.htm
1st prize: $5,000
plus TEN $100 Honorable Mentions

Hardcopy Guidelines:

1) Entry fee of $16.00 includes a one year subscription to RATTLE (or a one-year extension for subscribers). For entries received prior to May 15th, subscriptions will start with the Summer 2007 issue. Those received after May 15th will start with Winter 2007.

2) Open to writers, worldwide*; poems must be written in English (no translations).

3) Submissions will be judged in a blind review by the editors of RATTLE: Type or print clearly your name, address, email address, phone number, and the titles of the poems onto a coversheet. No contact information should appear on the poems. Include a check or money order for $16.00, payable to RATTLE.

4) Send no more than five poems per entry. Multiple entries by a single poet are accepted, however each group of 5 poems must be treated as a separate entry, each with it’s own cover sheet and $16 entry fee.

5) No previously published works, or works accepted for publication elsewhere. No simultaneous submissions.

6) Manuscripts will not be returned; include a SASE if you’d like to be notified of the results.

7) Winners will be announced no later than September 15th, 2007, and those poems will be published in the Winter 2007 issue of RATTLE. Additional entries may also be offered publication.

8) For an idea of our editorial tastes, back issues can be purchased at www.rattle.com/purchase.htm

POSTMARK DEADLINE:
August 1st, 2007
Send entries to:
RATTLE
12411 Ventura Blvd
Studio City, CA 91604

*International entrants, please follow the international guidelines found at www.rattle.com/rpp/interguide.htm.