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Rattle Chapbook Prize

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We’ve always loved chapbooks for their brevity and intensity. At a few dozen pages, a great chapbook is the perfect reading experience for the 21st century—not too long, not too short: They’re Goldilocks of the poetry world. So we wanted to do for chapbooks what we’ve done for poems with the Rattle Poetry Prize—provide a fair, fun, and friendly way to make the most of what they offer. The idea for this project came from our conversation with Jan Heller Levi, where she described how the Walt Whitman Award launched her career: “It was wonderful, but it was also a bad introduction to the world of poetry publishing. [Fox laughs] As if every publisher is going to send out 5,000 copies and your book will be everywhere.” Every publisher can’t do that—but Rattle can.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions. The fee is USD $25.
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Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Print Publication Print PublicationAwarded 1 x per year.

Poetry Temp Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poetry Chapbook Poetry Chapbook15 - 30 pages.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem) (Provides free copy/copies) Professional payment. Provides free copy/copies. Details: USD $5,000 prize.

Submissions:

Methods: Submittable submission manager. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Rattle Chapbook Prize Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
AccuracyWe have received 52 reports from 50 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported1 min | 103.7 mean avg | 96.5 median | 352 max days (44.1 std dev)
Responses94.23 %
Acceptances0.00 % No publication has a 0% acceptance rate. This data is based on submission reports sent to Duotrope, and we have not received reports of any acceptances yet.
Rejections94.23 % (102.2 avg. days per rejection) | 6.1 % personal, 73.5 % form, 20.4 % unspecified
Non-Responses5.77 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded1.92 % (352.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals3.85 % (15.0 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending6 responses are pending (165 min | 169.7 mean avg | 165.5 median | 185 max days waiting | 8.0 std dev) from 6 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: USD $25.00.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 15 May 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 14 Feb 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 19 May 2024
Last Audited: 12 Apr 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 15 Dec 2015

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