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Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge

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There's a long tradition of poetry responding to art (and vice versa), and we thought it would be fun to post these challenges. Every month we will post an image on our Ekphrastic Challenge page. Poets will then have one month to write a poem in response to that specific image.

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Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationAwarded 12 x per year.

Poetry Open

Rolling Submissions:

Next cutoff date is 30 January 2025* (approx. 13 days from now). 2

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poem PoemNo line limits known.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Visual Arts (Ekphrasis), Other (May vary).

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Professional payment. Details: USD $100.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.


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* We do not know the time and/or timezone, so we cannot be more precise. Submit early to avoid disappointment.

Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge 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.
This project ranks among the 25 Most Challenging Poetry Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 124 reports from 64 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported15 min | 23.3 mean avg | 24.0 median | 61 max days (8.6 std dev)
Responses100.00 %
Acceptances0.81 % of submissions accepted (19.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 1.56 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections99.19 % (23.3 avg. days per rejection) | 1.6 % personal, 66.7 % form, 31.7 % unspecified
Non-Responses0.00 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded-
Withdrawals-
Pending9 responses are pending (3 min | 19.2 mean avg | 19.0 median | 46 max days waiting | 238.8 std dev) from 9 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 30 days. (27.4 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 21 Dec 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 30 Nov 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024
Last Audited: 12 Aug 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 04 May 2015

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