Ruminate Magazine: Chewing on Life, Faith, and Art
VanderMey Nonfiction Prize  
http://www.ruminatemagazine.org/contests/nonfiction-prize.html
   
We are thrilled to announce our second annual nonfiction prize, now sponsored by the VanderMey family: Ruminate Magazine's VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. We invite you to enter your work! The finalist judge will be announced in the coming months. 
 
Guidelines:
 
-The submission deadline for the prize is midnight January 15th, 2012.
-The entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Summer 2012 Issue, which will include the winning piece).
-You may submit one nonfiction piece per entry and it must be 7000 words or less. There is no limit on the number of entries per person.
-$1000 and publication in the Spring 2012 Issue will be awarded to the winner. The runner-up will receive publication in the Spring 2012 Issue.    
-A blind reading of all entries will be conducted by a panel of RUMINATE readers, who will select 8 nonfiction finalists.
-Close friends and students (current & former) of the judge, are not eligible to compete, nor are close friends of the RUMINATE staff.
-All submissions must be submitted via our online submission form below. We will not accept mail or email submissions. We do not accept previously published entries.
-All submissions must be previously unpublished.
-You may pay the entry fee online below or mail your payment.
-Winners will be announced in the Summer Issue, June 2012.