Rattle

Open to: Open worldwide to writers; manuscripts must be primarily in English, and at least one winner will be a poet without a professionally published full-length poetry book.

The 2027 Chapbook Prize accepts a single unpublished collection of 15–30 pages of poetry. The deadline is January 15, 2027; the entry fee is $30. Three winners receive $5,000 and 500 author copies.

General submissions are open year-round and accept up to four previously unpublished poems of any length; free verse and traditional forms are welcome. Contributors to the print magazine receive $200 per poem.

Poems responding to a news story or public event from the previous week are due each Friday at midnight PT. Selected poems appear online and receive $100.

Submit a poem responding to the current month's Ekphrastic Challenge image; the deadline is the last day of each month. Selected poems are published online and receive $100.

Submit a poem based on the current Rattlecast prompt by the end of each month for consideration as the Prompt Poem of the Month. The selected poem receives $100.