The competition is organized by the Rattle, an American poetry magazine. The competition is open to writers worldwide.

Each poet may submit 15 – 30 pages of poetry. Poems must be written in English. Individual poems may be previously published in any format, but the manuscript as a whole must be unpublished as a collection.

Three winners will each receive $5,000 and 500 author copies of their chapbook, which will also be distributed to all of Rattle’s subscribers.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.