2021 Broadside Poetry Prize Winners: Denise Miller + Maria Zoccola

2021 Broadside Poetry Prize Winners: Denise Miller + Maria Zoccola

October 27, 2021

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2021 JANET B. MCCABE POETRY PRIZE WINNERS: ARAH KO + CHRISTINE SWINT

2021 JANET B. MCCABE POETRY PRIZE WINNERS: ARAH KO + CHRISTINE SWINT

August 18, 2021

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2021 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Alex Cothren + Amber Blaesen-Wardzala

2021 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Alex Cothren + Amber Blaesen-Wardzala

May 20, 2021

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2021 VANDERMEY NONFICTION PRIZE WINNERS: Caroline Tracey + Alex Pickens

2021 VANDERMEY NONFICTION PRIZE WINNERS: Caroline Tracey + Alex Pickens

February 27, 2021

Ruminate Magazine is thrilled to share with you the winners of the 2021 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize! 

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2020 Broadside Poetry Prize Winner - Ruminate Magazine

2020 Broadside Poetry Prize Winner

December 14, 2020

Ruminate Magazine is thrilled to share with you the winners of the 2020 Broadside Poetry Prize!

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On Joy - Ruminate Magazine

On Joy

November 26, 2020

Joy is the purest form of gratitude.

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The Thing That Can't Wait: A Reflection on Winning Ruminate's William Van Dyke Short Story Prize - Ruminate Magazine

The Thing That Can't Wait: A Reflection on Winning Ruminate's William Van Dyke Short Story Prize

September 17, 2020

We are taking care and taking care. But we are more than that. We are always more.

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Announcing our New Fiction Editors - Ruminate Magazine

Announcing our New Fiction Editors

September 09, 2020

This week we want to introduce our new fiction editors, Joe Truscello and Emily Woodworth.

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A Poetry Editor’s Guide to Ruminate - Ruminate Magazine

A Poetry Editor’s Guide to Ruminate

July 24, 2020

I’ve tried to quantify my time here. In close to six years as poetry editor, I’ve read and evaluated near 10,000 poetry submissions, worked with over 250 poets, and co-edited twenty-four issues. However, I can’t quite quantify what I’ve learned from Ruminate—the community it’s extended to me, the people I’ve learned from and with along the way. In preparing an editorial handbook for the two incredible poets who will soon take up my position, I tried to distill the essential duties of being po...

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2020 JANET B. MCCABE POETRY PRIZE WINNERS: Laura Budofsky Wisniewski and Yvette Siegert - Ruminate Magazine

2020 JANET B. MCCABE POETRY PRIZE WINNERS: Laura Budofsky Wisniewski and Yvette Siegert

July 22, 2020

Ruminate Magazine is excited to share with you the winners of the 2020 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize. The winning poems were selected by our final judge Katie Peterson.

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One More River to Cross - Ruminate Magazine

One More River to Cross

June 22, 2020

Daesha Devón Harris's visual art appears in Issue 48: Exposure.

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Six Month Update - Ruminate Magazine

Six Month Update

May 19, 2020

Dear Friends of Ruminate,  Thank you for your faith and trust during this transition. We’re nearly six months into our journey toward the future of Ruminate Magazine and it’s been a privilege to watch our amazing community and staff step up to the plate as we navigated uncharted territory for the organization. I’m pleased to announce that we’ll all be a part of this community for a long time to come: Ruminate has decided to remain an independent literary arts magazine. 

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2020 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Leigh Claire Schmidli + Etan Nechin - Ruminate Magazine

2020 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Leigh Claire Schmidli + Etan Nechin

May 16, 2020

Ruminate Magazine is thrilled to share with you the winners of the 2020 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize! The winning pieces were selected by our final judge, Wendy J. Fox, and will appear in our fall 2020 issue which releases mid-September! You can subscribe now to receive Issue 56 or pre-order the issue here.

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Happenings - Ruminate Magazine

Happenings

April 01, 2020

Please join us May 19-23 for this wild and beautiful experience. Our contributors want to take your narrative and as Marie Howe said, "transform it, type it out, and then read it back to [you]. It [is your] own lives, given back, if you will."

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2020 VANDERMEY NONFICTION PRIZE WINNERS: JASMINE V. BAILEY + KELLY J. BEARD - Ruminate Magazine

2020 VANDERMEY NONFICTION PRIZE WINNERS: JASMINE V. BAILEY + KELLY J. BEARD

January 18, 2020

Ruminate Magazine is thrilled to share with you the winners of the 2020 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize! The winning poems were selected by our final judge, Brianna Van Dyke, and will appear in our summer 2020 issue which releases mid-June!

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2019 RUMINATE BROADSIDE POETRY PRIZE WINNER: Meredith Stricker - Ruminate Magazine

2019 RUMINATE BROADSIDE POETRY PRIZE WINNER: Meredith Stricker

November 16, 2019

Ruminate Magazine is excited to share with you the winners of the 2019 Ruminate Broadside Poetry Prize. The winning poems were selected by our final judge, Kristin George Bagdanov.

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2019 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: John Sibley Williams + Amy Trotter - Ruminate Magazine

2019 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: John Sibley Williams + Amy Trotter

August 01, 2019

Ruminate Magazine is excited to share with you the winners of the 2019 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize. The winning poems were selected by our final judge, Craig Santos Perez.

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2019 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Joshua Gray + Kate Bradley - Ruminate Magazine

2019 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Joshua Gray + Kate Bradley

May 24, 2019

We're pleased to share with you the winners of the 2019 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize, selected by our final judge, Tyrese Coleman.

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2019 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize Winners: Porter Huddleston + Kristin Leclaire - Ruminate Magazine

2019 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize Winners: Porter Huddleston + Kristin Leclaire

May 10, 2019

Ruminate Magazine is pleased to share with you the winners of the 2019 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. The winning piece was selected by our final judge, Jessica Wilbanks. You can read the winning pieces in Issue 51: Consume.

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Ruminate at AWP 2019 in Portland - Ruminate Magazine

Ruminate at AWP 2019 in Portland

March 13, 2019

We are very excited to be heading to Portland for AWP in just a few weeks! We are co-hosting two readings and will be at the AWP Bookfair for its duration. Here's a run down of where we'll be and when. We'd love to see you!

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2019 Kalos Visual Art Prize Winners: Jennifer Cronin + Margie Criner - Ruminate Magazine

2019 Kalos Visual Art Prize Winners: Jennifer Cronin + Margie Criner

December 10, 2018

Ruminate Magazine is excited to share with you the winners of the 2019 Kalos Visual Art Prize. The winning piece was selected by our final judge, Betty Spackman.

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2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: Paula Harris + Clemonce Heard - Ruminate Magazine

2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: Paula Harris + Clemonce Heard

August 03, 2018

Ruminate Magazine is excited to share with you the winners of the 2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize. The winning piece was selected by our final judge, Ilya Kaminsky. 

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Announcing the 2018 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners - Ruminate Magazine

Announcing the 2018 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners

July 18, 2018

We are excited to share with you the winners of the 2018 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. The winning stories were selected by our final judge, Susan Woodring. 

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Welcome, welcome! - Ruminate Magazine

Welcome, welcome!

July 18, 2018

I’m excited today to introduce you guys to three new staff members: Amanda Hitpas, Rachel King, and Josh MacIvor-Andersen.

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The 2018 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Finalists & Semifinalists - Ruminate Magazine

The 2018 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Finalists & Semifinalists

April 27, 2018

We are excited to announce the semifinalists and finalists of Ruminate's 2018 William Short Story Prize! Thank you to everyone who entered, and special thanks to Susan Woodring, who is judging the prize

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2018 Nonfiction Prize Winners: Jonathan Winston Jones + Alex Mouw

February 21, 2018

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2018 Kalos Visual Art Prize - Ruminate Magazine

2018 Kalos Visual Art Prize

January 08, 2018

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Opening the Door - Ruminate Magazine

Opening the Door

July 28, 2017

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2017 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: Maggie Bailey + Amanda Hawkins - Ruminate Magazine

2017 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: Maggie Bailey + Amanda Hawkins

July 25, 2017

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2017 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize Winners: Sonja Livingston + Anne Boyle - Ruminate Magazine

2017 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize Winners: Sonja Livingston + Anne Boyle

June 02, 2017

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2017 Short Story Prize Winners: April Vázquez, Andrew McCuaig, and Monica Jimenez - Ruminate Magazine

2017 Short Story Prize Winners: April Vázquez, Andrew McCuaig, and Monica Jimenez

May 02, 2017

Ruminate Magazine is excited to share with you the winners of the 2017 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. The winning story was selected by our final judge, LaToya Watkins.  

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2017 Kalos Visual Art Prize Winners: Lucas Moneypenny + Chakila Hoskins - Ruminate Magazine

2017 Kalos Visual Art Prize Winners: Lucas Moneypenny + Chakila Hoskins

February 01, 2017

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2016 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize Winners: Amy Pechukas + Jeff Marcus Wheeler

October 31, 2016

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2016 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize Winners: Anthony R. Lusvardi + Jennifer Koiter

October 12, 2016

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2016 Janet B McCabe Poetry Prize Winners: Melissa Reeser Poulin + Barbara Ellen Sorensen

July 11, 2016

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