News & Events

An Evening with Ruminate in Chicago

Join Ruminate Magazine contributors Allyson Armistead and Josh MacIvor-Andersen, along with the Ruminate staff, for conversation and a free reading at the historic downtown Hilton Chicago on Friday, March 2nd. Other Ruminate contributors that will be reading their work include Tania Runyan and Jeffrey G. Dodd, in addition to readings from friends of WordFarm Press and Rock and Sling Journal — Bryan Dietrich, Ruth Goring, Christopher Howell, Amy McCann, and Alan Michael Parker.

Grab a drink at the bar and then head to the 3rd Floor. We’ll be in the Wiliford B Room, and we’ll be serving light appetizers. The reading will begin at 7:00 and each reader will read just a short sampling of their work, which makes for a lively and interesting evening. We hope to see you there!

Ruminate at AWP Conference in Chicago March 1-3

Heading to AWP or live in the Chicago area?

Join Ruminate March 1 – March 3, 2012 at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Chicago! More than 500 small presses and literary magazines will be featured at the Book Fair in the Hilton Chicago – find us at table H24 in the Southwest Hall. We’ll be there from 8:30 to 5:30 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and Saturday’s Book Fair is open to the public. But you might want to time your visit to coincide with our events below.

Just one week left to enter the Nonfiction Prize

There’s just one week left to enter Ruminate Magazine’s second annual nonfiction contest, the 2012 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. We are accepting creative nonfiction in all its forms–submit your memoir, personal essay, or literary journalism by February 1st for a chance to win $1000 and publication in the Summer 2012 issue.

Our finalist judge for this year’s competition is the award-winning author and editor of The Spirit of Food, Leslie Leyland Fields. The entry fee of $15 includes one nonfiction submission of 7000 words or less, and includes a copy of Issue 24.

Curious about past winners? Download a PDF of Issue 20 to read last year’s winning piece by Josh MacIvor-Andersen, or take a look at our interview with him in our “Works with Soul” interview series.

You can read all the guidelines and submit here. We look forward to reading your work!
Ruminate Staff

*You can also see our other writing competitions here.

2011 Pushcart Prize Nominations

Ruminate Magazine is pleased to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations for 2011. Our poetry editor and fiction and nonfiction editor each nominated two pieces in their genre:

FICTION
Allyson Armistead, “Oasis” – Issue 19
Jessica Smith, “Something Quick and Bright” – Issue 19

NONFICTION
Josh MacIvor-Andersen, “Flexing, Texting, Flying” – Issue 20
Jesse van Eerden, “So Great a Cloud” – Issue 21

POETRY
Rob Cook, “Apple Pastoral” – Issue 22
Dyana Herron, “To Robert Ripley” – Issue 21

2011 Visual Art Prize Winners

Ruminate is proud to announce the winners from our first annual art competition The 2011 Visual Art Prize winners, as selected by finalist judge Sandra Bowden. The finalists for the visual art contest were selected by the Ruminate staff. Congratulations to the winners and finalists! First place was awarded $500 cash prize and first, second and honarable mention artists were awarded publication in Ruminate‘s Issue 22: Up in the Air.

First Place

Micah Bloom, interventions series

Second Place

David Bogus, “Optimist Luggage”

Honorable Mention

Nancy Teague, “Have a Chair”