2025 Rattle Poetry Prize

Deadline: July 15, 2025

Who may enter
The competition is open to poets of any nationality writing in English.

Short description

The competition is organized by Rattle, an American poetry magazine.

You may submit up to four poems per entry.

Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject.

Poems must be written in English.

Entry fee
The $30 entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle (or a one-year extension for subscribers).

Prizes
The overall winner will receive a cash prize of $15,000.

Ten finalists will each receive $500, and be eligible for the $5,000 Reader’s Choice Award.

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