PRIZES & WINNERS

• One winning poem will receive $300.
• Two runners-up will receive $50 each.
• The award-winning poets will be listed and their poems published in RHINO Poetry and on our website.
• In the past, some Founders’ Prize contestants who did not place in the contest have also been published in the journal.
• To submit: Send up to 5 unpublished poems (no more than 5 pages total).
• $10 entry fee. Three winners are always chosen.

1. Submissions must include a cover letter listing your
• name
• address
• e-mail address and/or telephone number
• titles of your poems
2. No identifying information should appear on the poems.
3. Manuscripts will not be returned.
4. For those submitting through the post:
   • Include an SASE for notification of results.
   • Enclose a $10 entry fee (make checks payable to RHINO).
   • Label your contest submission: “Founders’ Contest.”
   • Mail submissions to:

     RHINO, The Poetry Forum
     P.O. Box 591
     Evanston, IL 60204

5. For those using the electronic submission manager:
• Paste your cover letter in the “comments” field.
• Upload a single file in Word .doc or .docx format.
• Separate poems with page breaks.
• Pay through PayPal, using the button provided on the Submissions page, or
• Send a check made out to RHINO to the address above, and note in the “Comments” field that a check is on the way.


• Submissions must be postmarked between April 1 – October 1, 2010.
• All contest submissions will also be considered for regular publication in the 2011 edition of RHINO.
• Winners and runners-up will be announced and published on our web site