Rattle (magazine)

For over four years, Rattle has broadcast a weekly poetry show, primarily hosted on YouTube, called the Rattlecast.^[10] Editor and host Timothy Green typically begins by sharing the Poet's Respond poem of that week, often with the chosen poet reading their own poem live for viewers.^[11] Green then bring on the main guest, a poet that has been published by Rattle, for a conversation and a poetry reading from their book(s).^[12] Guests have included Robert Pinsky, Naomi Shihab Nye, Dorianne Laux, Ellen Bass, and Bob Hicok.

The second half of the Rattlecast is known as the "Prompt Lines." Each week, associate editor Katie Dozier joins the live show and shares a poetry prompt.^[13] The segment begins with Green and Dozier sharing their own prompt poems before opening it up to the other poets. There is a one page/3-minute max for poets that chose to read a poem. Every month, Dozier selects a prompt poem for publication on Rattle's website.^[14]

Rattle also has a weekly free live poetry workshop, hosted by Timothy Green on YouTube.^[15] Viewers can submit their own poems, through Submittable, in order to be considered for critique live on air.^[16]

The Rattle Chapbook Prize has been awarded annually since 2016. It currently comprises three awards of $5,000, paid to the authors of the best chapbooks submitted. At least one of the awards is bestowed on a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems.^[17]

The contest's annual closing date is January 15th, and the winners are announced on April 15th every year. As with the Rattle Poetry Prize, the contest's entry fee is the same as a one-year subscription to the magazine, which includes an annual subscription for entrants.^[18]

The Rattle Poetry Prize has been awarded annually since 2006, and now comprises an award of $15,000 to the author of the best single poem submitted, as decided by the magazine's editors. Ten finalists also receive prizes, and one of them receives a Readers' Choice Award of $5,000 which is voted on by the current subscribers.^[19]

The entry fee is the same as a one-year subscription to the magazine, which includes an annual subscription for entrants.^[18] The annual deadline is on July 15th, with the winner (and finalists) announced on September 15th. Winning poems are published in the magazine's winter issue as well as online.^[20]

Rattle Poetry Prize winners:^[21]

Some of the Rattle Poetry Prize finalists include: Tim Seibles, Roberta Beary, Diana Goetsch, Francesca Bell, George Bilgere, Shannan Mann, Erin Murphy, Mike White, Ron Koertge, Rhina P. Espaillat, Ellen Bass, David Kirby, Wendy Videlock, and Diane Seuss.^[22]

Past contributors have included:^[23]

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