Rattle

Ellen Bass of Santa Cruz, California, and David Kirby of Tallahassee, Florida, won the 2016 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award for their poems “Poem Written in the Sixth Month of My

Wife’s Illness” and “This Living Hand,” respectively. They split a prize of $2,000, and their poems were published in Issue 54 of Rattle. The editors selected finalists, and Rattle subscribers selected the winner. The annual award is given for a poem. The next deadline is July 15.

Kelly Grace Thomas of Gardena, California, won the 2017 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “And the Women Said.” She received $1,000, and her poem was published in Issue 51 of Rattle. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poem “exhibiting the best use of metaphor” among submissions to Rattle received during the previous year. There is no application process.