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December 12, 2023
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2023:
“Ocean Ancient and Evolving” by Kat Lehmann (Spring 2023)
“Outside Quang Tri City, 1968” by Bruce Weigl (Summer 2023)
“This Again” by Bob Hicok (Poets Respond online, October 2023)
“They Ask If I’ve Seen the News” by Rami Frawi (Winter 2023)
“Leaf Removal” by Al Ortolani (Winter 2023)
“Time Travel for Beginners” by Ardon Shorr (Winter 2023)
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
November 30, 2022
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2022:
“Soprano from the Junior Choir at the Protest” by Shawn Jones (Summer 2022)
“The Fates” by David Kirby (Fall 2022)
“State of Grace” by Anna M. Evans (Winter 2022)
“Shoes” by L. Renée (Winter 2022)
“I Tell My Son to Cover Himself in Someone Else’s Blood” by Rachel Mallalieu (Poets Respond)
“silent after” by Joshua Eric Williams (Poets Respond)
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
December 14, 2021
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2021:
“A Question of Time” by Kathleen Dale (Spring 2021)
“Can We Touch Your Hair?” by Skye Jackson (Spring 2021)
“Prayer for Mr. Armand Palakiko” by Robert Lynn (Spring 2021)
“Ninety-Nine” by Clemonce Heard (Summer 2021)
“23 Miners Dead at Century Mine” by donnarkevic (Summer 2021)
“Encephalon” by Ann Giard-Chase (Winter 2021)
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
November 30, 2020
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2020:
“The Gray Man” by Jimmy Pappas, from Falling off the Empire State Building, March 2020
“Coronavirus in China” by Anthony Tao, from Poets Respond, online, February 23, 2020
“After a Shooting in a Maternity Clinic in Kabul” by Tishani Doshi, online, May 26, 2020
“Social Experiment in Which I Am the [Bear]” by William Evans, Rattle #67, Spring 2020
“To My Student with the Dime-Sized Bruises …” by Laurie Uttich, Rattle #69, Fall 2020
“Pantoum from the Window of the Room Where I Write” by Alison Townsend, Rattle #70, Winter 2020
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 15, 2020
Congratulations to Alison Townsend, winner of the 2019 Rattle Poetry Prize, for her poem “Pantoum from the Window of the Room Where I Write.” The award is $15,000, and the poem will be published in issue #70 of Rattle in December 2020. Ten Finalists each received $500 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
June 1, 2020
Congratulations to Ted Kooser and John Philip Johnson on winning 2020 Pushcart Prizes for “A Town Somewhere” and “Book of Fly,” respectively.
March 10, 2020
Rattle is happy to announce the following additional Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2018, selected by their board of contributing editors:
“Slut” by Ukamaka Olisakwe, Rattle #65, Fall 2019
“Stroke” by Matthew Dickman, Rattle #66, Winter 2019
“The Other While Ago” by Tim Skeen, Rattle #66, Winter 2019
“In the Endoscopy Center” by Wendy Barker, Rattle #66, Winter 2019
“Late Sonogram” by Amanda Newell, Poets Respond (May 28, 2019)
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then chooses winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
January 1, 2020
Effective immediately, we are doubling all of our payments for poems! Starting the first of the year, we will be paying $200 for poems in our print issues, and $100 for poems featured online.
November 26, 2019
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2019:
“The Book of Fly” by John Philip Johnson, Rattle #63, Spring 2019
“Stern” by Al Maginnes, Rattle #63, Spring 2019
“What My Children Remember” by Rasaq Malik Gbolahan, Rattle #65, Fall 2019
“Slut” by Ukamaka Olisakwe, Rattle #65, Fall 2019
“Stroke” by Matthew Dickman, Rattle #66, Winter 2019
“Abundance” by Amy Schmidt, Poets Respond (January 20, 2019)
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 15, 2019
Congratulations to Matthew Dickman, winner of the 2019 Rattle Poetry Prize, for his poem “Stroke.” The award is $10,000, and the poem will be published in issue #66 of Rattle in December 2019. Ten Finalists each received $200 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
March 10, 2019
Rattle is happy to announce the following additional Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2018, selected by their board of contributing editors:
Nancy Miller Gomez – “Growing Apples”
Mather Schneider – “The Zoo,” from A Bag of Hands
Mike White – “The Way” (online in April)
Guinotte Wise – “The Why of Bull Riding”
Dante Di Stefano – “In a James Dickey Poem”
Megan Falley – “Ode to Red Lipstick“
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then chooses winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
March 1, 2019
Congratulations to James Valvis, winner of the 2019 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for his poem “The Distracted.” The annual award of $1,000 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
February 15, 2019
Congratulations to Katie Bickham, winner of the 2018 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award, for “The Blades.” The prize is $2,000. Subscribers voted for the winner, from ten editor-chosen finalists. To read some of what our readers said about this and the other finalist poems, click here.
November 29, 2018
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2018:
“To the Firefighters Sleeping in the Yard” by Amy Miller, Poets Respond (online), August 2018
“Dog at the Farm” by Timothy DeJong, Rattle #60, Summer 2018
“Meditation on a Dining Room Table” by Marvin Artis, Rattle #61, Fall 2018
“The Distracted” by James Valvis, Rattle #61, Fall 2018
TBA, Rattle #62, Winter 2018
TBA, Rattle #62, Winter 2018
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 27, 2018
Rattle is happy to announce the following Sundress Best of the Net nominations. In other words, these are the “best” six online-only poems we’ve published in the last year, by our estimation:
“Open Carry” by Rebecca Starks
“Violence Fractal” by Molly Fisk
“Getting Sober” by James Croal Jackson
“Ode to Mennel Ibtissam …” by George Abraham
“The Choicest Parts” by Jhoanna Belfer
“The World Entire” by Amy Miller
For more information on the Best of the Net series, visit the Sundress Publications website.
September 15, 2018
Congratulations to Dave Harris, winner of the 2018 Rattle Poetry Prize, for his poem “Turbulence.” The award is $10,000, and the poem will be published in issue #62 of Rattle in December 2018. Ten Finalists each received $200 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
April 15, 2018
Congratulations to Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Nickole Brown, and Elizabeth S. Wolf, winners of the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Prize. The chapbook will be distributed to all 8,000+ subscribers along with three separate future issues of Rattle. Subscribe today to receive each of these three books over the next year!
March 1, 2018
Congratulations to Rebecca Starks, winner of the 2018 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “Open Carry.” The annual award of $1,000 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
February 15, 2018
Congratulations to Jimmy Pappas, winner of the 2017 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award, for “Bobby’s Story.” The prize is $2,000. Subscribers voted for the winner, from ten editor-chosen finalists. To read some of what our readers said about this and the other finalist poems, click here.
November 28, 2017
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2017:
“Spring” by Sara Springer – Summer 2017
“Containment” by Francesca Bell – Summer 2017
“In Which I Name My Abuser Publicly” by Meghann Plunkett – Poets Respond
“Phases of Erasure” by Bill Glose – Winter 2017
“Heard” by Rayon Lennon – Winter 2017
“In America” by Diana Goetsch – In America
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 29, 2017
Rattle is happy to announce the following Sundress Best of the Net nominations. In other words, these are the “best” six online-only poems we’ve published in the last year, by our estimation:
“In Which I Name My Abuser Publicly” by Meghann Plunkett
“Violaceae” by Jose A. Alcantara
“What We Did in the Resistance (Part 1)” by Alison Luterman
“Pause” by Mai-Lan Pham
“Call Me by My Name” by Jamaica Baldwin
“How I Am Like Donald Trump” by Rachel Custer
For more information on the Best of the Net series, visit the Sundress Publications website.
September 15, 2017
Congratulations to Rayon Lennon, winner of the 2017 Rattle Poetry Prize, for his poem “Heard.” The poem earned $10,000 and will be published in issue #58 of Rattle in December 2017. Ten Finalists each received $200 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
April 15, 2017
Congratulations to Taylor Mali, winner of the 2017 Rattle Chapbook Prize for The Whetting Stone. The chapbook will be distributed to all 7,500+ subscribers along with the Fall 2017 issue of Rattle. Two runners-up will also receive publication and full distribution: In America by Diana Goetsch will appear with the Winter 2017 issue, and A Bag of Hands by Mather Schneider will appear with the Spring 2018 issue.
March 13, 2017
Rattle is happy to announce the following additional Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2016, selected by their board of editors:
Abby E. Murray – “Prayer on National Childfree Day”
Brendan Constantine – “Red Sugar Blue Smoke”
Zeina Hashem Beck – “You Fixed It”
Jennifer Jean – “#CarryThatWeight”
Anna M. Evans – “The Adjunct’s Villanelle”
Julie Price Pinkerton – “After I Got the Email …”
David Kirby – “This Living Hand”
Emily Ransdell – “The Visit”
Chrys Tobey – “For the Archaeologist …”
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then chooses winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
March 1, 2017
Congratulations to Kelly Grace Thomas, winner of the 2017 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “And the Women Said.” The annual award of $1,000 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
February 15, 2017
Congratulations to Ellen Bass and David Kirby, co-winners of the 2016 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award, for “This Living Hand” and “Poem Written in the Sixth Month of My Wife’s Illness,” respectively. Their poets split the $2,000 prize. Subscribers voted for the winner, from ten editor-chosen finalists. To read some of what our readers said about this and the other finalist poems, click here.
November 29, 2016
Rattle is pleased to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2016:
“How My Mother Spends Her Nights” by Rasaq Malik Gbolahan – Spring 2016
“And the Women Said” by Kelly Grace Thomas – Spring 2016
“Deadbeat” by Nancy Gomez – Summer 2016
“A Handbook for the Blind” by Darren Morris – Fall 2016
“Veins” by Julie Price Pinkerton – Winter 2016
“Superposition of States” by Ingrid Jendrzejewski – Winter 2016
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 25, 2016
Rattle is happy to announce the following Sundress Best of the Net nominations. In other words, these are the “best” six online-only poems we’ve published in the last year, by our estimation:
“Divining” by Rosemerry Trommer
“[Here, said the ocean]” by Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr.
“Ghazal: Back Home” by Zeina Hashem Beck
“While Reading the News” by Leila Chatti
“To the Woman Who Ruled …” by Bayleigh Fraser
“I Am Over Here Sobbing” by Amy Miller
For more information on the Best of the Net series, visit the Sundress Publications website.
September 15, 2016
Congratulations to Julie Price Pinkerton, winner of the 2016 Rattle Poetry Prize, for her poem “Veins.” The poem earned her $10,000 and will be published in issue #54 of Rattle in December 2016. Ten Finalists each received $200 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
May 16, 2016
Congratulations to David Kirby, who won a Pushcart Prize for his poem “More Than This,” from issue #50. The poem will be reprinted in the Pushcart Prize anthology at the end of 2016.
April 15, 2016
Congratulations to Zeina Hashem Beck, winner of the 2016 Rattle Chapbook Prize for 3arabi Song. The chapbook will be distributed to all 7,500+ subscribers along with an issue at the end of the year; one of the runners-up will also be distributed to each subscriber at random, so that everyone receives two chapbooks. The runners-up were: “Kill the Dogs” by Heather Bell, “Ligatures” by Denise Miller, and “Turn Left Before Morning” by April Salzano. All four chapbooks will be available for individual sale.
March 8, 2016
Congratulations to Jack Vian, winner of the 2016 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for his poem “Musashi-san.” The annual award of now $1,000 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
March 4, 2016
Congratulations to Jennifer Givhan for winning the 2015 Lascaux Prize in Poetry for her poem, “The Polar Bear,” which first appeared in Rattle’s Poets Respond series in May 2015. She earned $1,000 from the Lascaux Review. Read the poem again and find more about the Lascaux Prize at their site, here.
February 29, 2016
Rattle is happy to announce the following additional Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2015, selected by their board of editors:
Don Kimball – “Burial for a Stray”
Ethan Joella – “A Prayer for Ducks”
Lynn Levin – “Buying Produce …”
Peter Munro – “If This Is Middle Age …”
Matthew J. Spireng – “Dog Sitting in Snow”
Dennis Trudell – “Holiday Tale”
Rachael Briggs – “A Total Non-Apology”
David Kirby – “More Than This“
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then chooses winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
February 15, 2016
Congratulations to Valentina Gnup, winner of the 2014 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award, for “Morning at the Welfare Office.” Her poem earned her $2,000. Subscribers voted for the winner, from ten editor-chosen finalists. To read some of what our readers said about this and the other finalist poems, click here.
November 25, 2015
Rattle is happy to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2015:
Roberta Beary, “Genetics” – Spring 2015
Franny Choi, “Home (Initial Findings)” – Fall 2015
Dennis Trudell, “Holiday Tale” – Fall 2015
Tiana Clark, “Equilibrium” – Winter 2015
Patricia Smith, “Elegy” – Winter 2015
Zeina Hashem Beck, “Ghazal: Back Home” – Poets Respond
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 15, 2015
Congratulations to Tiana Clark, winner of the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize, for her poem “Equilibrium.” The poem earned her $10,000 and will be published in issue #50 of Rattle in December 2015. Ten Finalists each received $200 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
March 9, 2015
Rattle is happy to announce the following additional Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2014, selected by their board of editors:
Jill Jupen – “The Space Between”
David Cavanagh – “The Ice Man”
Troy Jollimore – “Cutting Room”
Marianne Kunkel – “I Guess”
Bruce Taylor – “Good News Bad News”
William Trowbridge – “Battleground”
Chris Anderson – “The Blessing”
Peter Murphy – “Grand Fugue”
Rita Mae Reese – “The Problem of Empathy”
Aisha Sharif – “Why I Can Dance Down a Soul-Train Line …”
Craig van Rooyen – “Waiting in Vain”
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
March 1, 2015
Congratulations to Hannah Gamble, winner of the 2015 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “Biscuit.” The annual award of $500 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
February 15, 2015
Congratulations to Courtney Kampa, winner of the 2014 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award, for “Poems About Grace.” Her poem earned her $1,000. Subscribers voted for the winner, from ten editor-chosen finalists. To read some of what our readers said about this and the other finalist poems, click here.
February 1, 2015
Thanks to Sherman Alexie for selecting Danielle DeTiberus’s “In a Black Tank Top” from Rattle #43 for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2015, forthcoming from Scribner in September 2015.
November 25, 2014
Rattle is happy to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2014:
“Crown for a Young Marriage” by Mary Block (#43)
“Tamara” by Troy Jollimore (#43)
“Your Fat Daughter Remembers …” by Lucas Crawford (#44)
“Blessing” by Chris Anderson (#45)
“Waiting in Vain” by Craig van Rooyen (#46)
“A Spokesperson Said …” by Sonia Greenfield (Poets Respond)
Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
September 15, 2014
Congratulations to Craig van Rooyen, winner of the 2014 Rattle Poetry Prize, for his poem “Waiting in Vain.” His poem earned him $5,000 and will be published in issue #46 of Rattle in December 2014. Ten Finalists each received $100 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $1,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
June 1, 2014
Rattle is excited to announce a new series, Poets Respond, in which poets are encouraged to write and submit new poems based on news items from the last week. A response poem will appear each Sunday, and each author will receive $25. To read poems from past week, and for information on submitting your own work, visit the Poets Respond page.
March 7, 2014
Congratulations to Francesca Bell, winner of the 2014 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “Where We Are Most Tender.” The annual award of $500 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
January 13, 2014
Rattle is excited to announce that, beginning in 2014, we will be able to pay all of our poets. Contributors to the magazine will receive $50 per poem/essay, in addition to the complimentary subscription. For information on how to submit, read our guidelines.
December 1, 2013
Rattle has just released the first annual Rattle Young Poets Anthology, featuring 60 poets under the age of 16. For more information, visit the page.
November 11, 2013
Rattle is happy to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2013:
Roberto Ascalon, “The Fire This Time,” #42
Bill Christophersen, “Hole,” #40
Joel F. Johnson, “Oakbrook Estates,” #39
Lynne Knight, “While Plum Blossoms Sweep Down Like Snow,” #42
Jon Sands, “Decoded,” #40
Julia Clare Tillinghast, “Bells,” #41
We have three editors, so we each just chose our favorite two poems from 2013. Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
October 23, 2013
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September 15, 2013
Congratulations to Roberto Ascalon, winner of the 2013 Rattle Poetry Prize, for his poem “The Fire This Time.” His poem earned him $5,000 and will be published in issue #42 of Rattle in December 2013. Ten Finalists each received $100 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $1,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
June 23, 2013
Rattle is happy to announce a new annual anthology of poetry written by young people. The Rattle Young Poets Anthology will be a stand-alone volume of poetry written by poets ages 15 and younger, releasing in December of each year. For more information, see the Young Poets page.
February 13, 2013
Congratulations to Eugenia Leigh, winner of the 2013 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “Destination: Beautiful.” The annual award of $500 is given to the poem that exhibits the best use of metaphor among all of the submissions Rattle received over the previous year. For more information, see the Postman Award page.
December 15, 2012
Issue #38, and hopefully all subsequent issues, will now be available in the ebook format. You can purchase individual copies for the Nook and other ePub readers at BarnesandNoble.com and for the Kindle at Amazon.com. We’re also providing free ebook version for all print subscribers. To download your files, foll
November 27, 2012
Rattle is happy to announce the following Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2012:
Erik Campbell, “Great Caesar’s Ghost,” #37
Joanne Koong, “Clockwork Conjectures,” #38
Ken Meisel, “Woman Releasing a Tonguelss…” #37
Rebecca Schumejda, “How to Classify a Reptile,” #37
Heidi Shuler, “Trials of a Teenage Transvestite’s…” #38
David Wagoner, “The Plumber’s Nightmare,” #37
We have three editors, so we each just chose our favorite two poems from 2012. Nominees are sent to Pushcart Press, who then choose winners to reprint in their annual anthology. For more information on the Pushcart Prize, visit them here.
November 1, 2012
Rattle is excited to officially announced that we’ll begin quarterly publication in 2013. New, slimmer issues will appear every March, June, September, and December. Spring and Fall issues will be entirely dedicated to a theme, Summer and Winter will be open to anything. Our subscription prices will only be going up very slightly, to cover some of the extra postage, but subscribe or renew by the end of 2012 to receive quarterly issues at the biannual rates! To order, go here.
September 15, 2012
Congratulations to Heidi Shuler, winner of the 2012 Rattle Poetry Prize, for her poem “The Trials of a Teenage Transvestite’s Single Mother.” Her poem earned her $5,000 and will be published in issue #38 of Rattle in December 2012. Ten Finalists each received $100 and publication, as well as a chance to win the $1,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber vote. For more information on the winners, click here.
June 1, 2012
Rattle is happy to introduce a new reading series at the Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeeshop in La-Canada, CA. Join us at 5 p.m. on the first Sunday of every month for a selection of readers from the current issue. For more information, and a schedule of readers, check the Reading Series page.
Releasing June 2001, issue #15 celebrates the work of 18 underground writers–poets who have a large publishing history outside of the mainstream.
Releasing June 2003, issue #19 features 12 poems written in under 20 minutes–we timed them. As Stellasue Lee explains in the introduction, it’s startling and liberating to see what can come in such a short period of time.