Cloudbank's Vern Rutsala Book Prize 2026
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Submit 70 to 90 pages of poetry and/or flash fiction, including a Table of Contents and Acknowledgments page. Reading fee is $25.
- A prize of $1,000 is awarded to the winner, along with publication of the manuscript, and 50 free books
- Submissions should include two title pages, one with title only, one with title and author name.
- The first 50 writers submitting to the contest receive a complimentary Cloudbank journal or book.
- Cloudbank editors appreciate a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, and aesthetics.
- Submissions are accepted from around the world with no citizenship limitations.
- Individual poems or flash fictions may have been previously published.