OPEN TO ALL POETS WITH A DISTINCTIVE VOICE
Submissions must be postmarked between June 1 – October 1 (mail and online submissions guidelines below)
All contest submissions will also be considered for regular publication in the 2010 edition of RHINO Poetry.
- The winner will receive $300.00, publication in the next issue, and will be featured on our website.
- Two runners up will receive $50.00, publication in the next issue, and will be featured on our website.
2010 Founders’ Prize Winner
y madrone • Pocketed – poem (PDF)
Runners-Up
Amanda Auchter • Tether – poem (PDF)
Andy Trebing • Dear Ellie – poem (PDF)
Guidelines:
SUBMISSIONS BY MAIL
- Send up to 5 unpublished poems (no more than 5 pages total). No identifying information should appear on the poems.
- Submissions must include a cover letter to “Founders’ Prize Contest” listing your name, address, email address and/or telephone number and titles of your poems, and how you learned of the contest.
- Enclose a $10 entry fee (make checks payable to RHINO)
- Manuscripts will not be returned. Include a SASE for notification of results.
Mail your submission to:
“Founders’ Contest“
RHINO Poetry
P.O. Box 591
Evanston, IL 60204ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS
- Group your poems into one document – no identifying information should be on this document; Upload a single file in Word .doc or .docx format
- Cover letter – to “Founders’ Prize Contest” listing your name, address, email address and/or telephone number and titles of your poems, and how you learned of the contest. Copy your cover letter and then paste it in the “comments” field.
- Pay your $10 entry fee through the online submission page (preferred), or send your check made out to RHINO with a copy of your cover letter to the address above, and note in the “Comments” field that your check is on the way. PLEASE NOTE that your entry will not be considered until your check is received and processed.
- Click here for the electronic submission manager
via rhinopoetry.org