Each issue of RUNES has a different theme. The theme for 2007 is CONNECTION, which may be loosely interpreted.

Guidelines:

We are seeking poems that have passion, originality and conviction. We are looking for narrative and lyric poetry that is well-crafted and has something surprising to say. We prefer poems under 100 lines.

To Submit:

Send up to five poems with an SASE to
RUNES, A Review of Poetry
c/o Arctos Press
PO Box 401
Sausalito, CA 94966

Include your name, address and email on each page of each poem.

We will consider simultaneous submissions, but please notify us promptly if a poem is accepted elsewhere. We do NOT accept previously published poems. Our reading period is April and May ONLY of each year (postmark 4/1 – 5/31). Reports in four months. Acquires first time rights only. Please send SASE for competition results. Editors sometimes comment on submissions. Do not send your only copies as poems will not be returned, but recycled. Please send your poems only by regular mail; the email address is only for correspondence. Please do not send mail requiring a signature. We look forward to your poems!

Announcing: The RUNES Award 2007

RUNES, A Review of Poetry will be sponsoring its sixth poetry competition in the spring of 2007.

The Runes Award 2007 will again offer a $1000 prize, plus publication in RUNES, A Review of Poetry for an original, unpublished poem on the
theme of “CONNECTION.” Up to three runners up will receive $100. The final judges will be Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman.

Entries

There is an entry fee of $15 for three poems, additional poems $3 each. The entry fee covers a one-year subscription to RUNES.
Deadline: Submit only in April & May of 2007 (postmark 4/1 -­ 5/31). Do not put your name on the contest poems.

Please submit a separate sheet with name, address, email and titles of poems entered.

All poems entered in the competition will be considered for publication in the 2006 issue of the magazine.

It is NOT necessary to enter the competition in order to have your poems appear in RUNES, nor does entering the competition give any poet a better chance to have a poem accepted for publication (except the winner).

Those of you who wish to submit poems without entering the competition, are encouraged to do so.

Each poem will be read and assessed for its own merit.

The theme for the 2007 issue will be “CONNECTION,” the same theme as the competition.

Any queries, contact us at
RunesRev@aol.com
Send only by regular mail. Please do not send entries requiring a signature.

Send all competition entries and all submissions to:

RUNES, A Review of Poetry
Arctos Press
P.O. Box 401,
Sausalito, CA 94966-0401