Guidelines:
-The submission deadline for the prize is May 1st, 2012.

-The entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Fall 2012 Issue).

-All submissions must be previously unpublished work.

-You may submit up to two poems per entry, no longer than 40 lines each. Please make sure that both poems are in the same document–do not submit a separate documents for each poem.

-$1000 will be awarded to the winner, and publication in the Fall 2012 Issue will be awarded to the first place poem and second place poem.

-All entries will be read by a blind panel of readers who will select fifteen poems as finalists.

-The final judge will review the finalist poems and select the first place and second place poems. Close friends and students (current & former) of this year’s judge are not eligible to compete, nor are friends or family of the Ruminate staff. Past first place winners of the prize and past judges of the prize are also not eligible to compete.

-All submissions must be submitted via our online submission form below. We will not accept mail or email submissions.

-Winner will be announced in the Fall Issue, September 2012.

-Please remove your name, bio, and any contact info from the file that you submit.

Visit the website: http://www.ruminatemagazine.com/submit/contests/