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The Waking Ruminate Online

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Do not submit here! This project is permanently closed to submissions (December 2023). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

The Waking is Ruminate's online publication space. We’re looking for short-form fiction that questions, that shakes off easily won meaning, that is rooted in image, specific moment or memory, that, as Bernard Cooper says “magnif[ies] some small aspect of what it means to be human.” We seek to publish work that invites us into the moment: a pause, an in-between, an opening.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationUnknown publication frequency.

Fiction Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words; Unknown number of pieces.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 1,500 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than prize specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable (submission manager).
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Nonfiction Closed
Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Interview InterviewUp to 1,000 words.
Review ReviewUp to 1,000 words.
Essay EssayUp to 1,500 words; Unknown number of pieces.
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative NonfictionUp to 1,500 words; Unknown number of pieces.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Literature/Books (Theory/Analysis/Criticism).

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than prize specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable (submission manager).
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Closed
This project has permanently closed to submissions in this category.

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Kalos Visual Art Prize CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Ruminate Broadside Poetry Prize DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Ruminate Magazine CLOSED Charges fees for some submissions
Ruminate Magazine Poetry Prize DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Ruminate Spiritual Nonfiction Prize CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
VanderMey Nonfiction Prize DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
The Waking Flash Prose Prize DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
William Van Dyke Short Story Prize DNQ Charges fees for all submissions

Dates

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2023
Date Added: 02 Jun 2020

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