• The submission deadline for the prize is  MAY 15th.
• The entry fee is $20 (includes a copy of the Spring 2017 Issue, international entries will receive a complimentary PDF copy).
• All submissions must be previously unpublished work.
• You may submit up to two poems per entry, no longer than 40 lines each.
• $1500 and publication in Ruminate will be awarded to the winner. $200 and publication in Ruminate will be awarded to the second place winner.
• Names and any identifying information will be hidden from the initial panel of readers who will select fifteen poems as finalists.