Ruminate Magazine VanderMey Nonfiction Prize
The 2016 Nonfiction Prize is now open–we invite you to submit your work!
Our VanderMey Nonfiction Prize has gained national recognition, with our 2013 recipient receiving a Pushcart Prize and appearing in the 2013 Pushcart Prize anthology. The winner of the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize will receive $1500 and publication in the Fall 2016 issue. The runner up will receive $200 and publication. The finalist judge will be announced in the coming weeks. We welcome submissions that engage all world religions and all forms of expression of spirituality, faith, and doubt. We look forward to reading your work!
We strongly recommend ordering a past copy of Ruminate to better understand the type of work we are looking for.
The submission deadline for the prize is midnight December 15th, 2015.
The entry fee is $20 (includes a free copy of the Fall 2016 issue, which will include the winning piece). You may submit one nonfiction piece per entry fee, and it must be 5500 words or less. There is no limit on the number of entries per person.