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2008 Neil Postman Award Winners

Congratulations to Martin Vest: His poem "Man on Fire " has been given the $100 prize for best metaphor. John Goode earned an honorable mention for "Happiness." Both poems first appeared in the Winter 2007 issue, #28. For reprints of both, and more information on the prize, download the Spring e-Issue.

 

RATTLE Conversations Released

We're pleased to announced that RATTLE's first selected interviews anthology has just released from Red Hen Press. The book features 14 of the best interviews that Alan Fox has done over the last two decades. Interviewees include some of the most distinguished poets alive today. For more information, click here.

 

2007 Pushcart Prize Nominees

  • Kristen Dewald, "Lively Lips"
  • Devika Brandt , "What My Parents Want"
  • Erik Campbell, "Sound and Sense"
  • Albert Haley , "Barcelona"
  • Alison Townsend, "Spin"
  • Patricia Smith , "Speculum Oris"

Congratulations to our six nominees. In addition a chance at representing RATTLE in the anthology, each of their poems will be featured as a "Poem of the Week" for one of the first six weeks of 2008.

For more information on the Pushcart Anthology, and the nomination process, visit www.pushcartprize.com.

 

2007 Rattle Poetry Prize Winners

Congratulations to Albert Haley: we've his poem "Barcelona" as the $5,000 prize winner. For a list of the ten honorable mentions, and the rest of the semifinalists, click here.

 

2007 Pushcart Prize Winner

Congratulations to Lynn Shapiro: her poem "Sloan-Kettering" won a Pushcart Prize and will appear in the 2007 anthology this November.

 

2007 Neil Postman Award Winners

Congratulations to Cullen Bailey Burns: Her poem "We Just Want it to Be Healthy" has been given the $100 prize for best metaphor. Stacie Primeaux earned an honorable mention for "Relic." Both poems first appeared in the Summer 2007 issue, #25. For reprints of both, and more information on the prize, download the Spring e-Issue.

 

2007 Best American Poetry

Congratulations to Gregory Orr: His poem "Weeping, weeping, weeping" from issue #24 has been selected by Heather McHugh to appear in 2007's Best American Poetry anthology, releasing this fall. For more information on the series (as if anyone might need it), visit their website here.

 

 

Events

DATE TITLE INFORMATION
5/10/08

Small Press Fair at the Church in Ocean Park

Join RATTLE and the rest of Southern California's small presses, two blocks from the beach. The event will last all day, featuring readngs, exibitor booths, and the just arrived Summer issue!

Time: 9:30a.m - 6p.m.
Cost: Donations accepted at the door
Contact:
Phone:
Location: The Church in Ocean Park (map)
Address:
235 Hill St
Santa Monica, CA 90405

 

   

 

 

Other

 

June 5th - Interview with Outsider Writer

Timothy Green talks about himself, Rattle's vision, and the state of poetry in the U.S.
To read the interview, click here.

 

 

April 15th at Beyond Baroque - Timothy Green

 

Filmed and posted by Poetry L.A. Visit their website for video of more Los Angeles poets.

 

 

   
     
 
 

 

 
 
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