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DO YOU LONG TO PRIORITIZE YOUR SPIRITUAL AND CREATIVE WORK?
Stories, poetry, and art teach us to slow down, to listen, and to pay attention, awakening our hearts to ourselves and one another. Every quarter, a new issue of Ruminate delivered to your mailbox brings you just this, helping you nourish and reaffirm your creative and spiritual intentions.
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Slow Down
No scrolling, skimming, or hustling: unplug, breathe, turn the page.
Read Deeply
Encounter art, poetry and stories hand-picked to inspire and nourish.
Live Awake
Heart-awakening art helps us live more fully awake to our selves and our world.
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What readers are saying about Ruminate
Ruminate is my favorite literary magazine. It's honest and real, and I love the notes from the readers in each issue.
— Nicole M.
I love having Ruminate on my coffee table—it's so beautiful. I love picking it up instead of my phone.
— Joe L.
Ruminate is a lovely publication that fills a real niche. It's like sinking into a big sigh when I open an issue!
— Cathy B.
Current Issue
Explore our mortality and what matters in this life together in Issue No. 49: Mattering.
greening our golden hour grief: how not to be afraid of the end of the world
When I’m feeling optimistic, I wonder what kind of future world we’ll live in, how children could sit around imagining the monsters of eras past and whisper climate change between cupped hands. When I’m feeling pessimistic, I don’t like to wonder about the future.
The Piano Student
Kira Archibald's short fiction "The Piano Student" appears in Issue No. 49: Mattering.
For the Faint of Heart
The light that emanates from the heart is not likened to the breath of ripe plums or the fire of life. The heart’s job is steady, caged and bloody. To see the heart’s work, one must hold an elite membership, must be willing to cut and pull back the flesh.
Share Your story: Ruminate's Nonfiction Prize
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Nonfiction Prize Bundle
$ 21.00 $ 42.00
Nonfiction is the genre that helps us remember we're not alone. It invites us to connect with ourselves and others, revealing our shared human experiences.
The bundle saves you 50% off the cover price and includes three issues–Issue 39, Issue 35, and Issue 28. In addition to art and poetry, these three issues contain past winning essays/short memoirs from the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. If you wish to submit to our Nonfiction Prize, we highly recommend this bundle!