<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Megan Tabaque via CWgrad-announcements</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu">cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM<br>Subject: [CW-Grad] The Rumpus Prize Submissions Due March 2<br>To: Mfa Listserve edu <<a href="mailto:cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu">cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi All Genres of MFAs - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Take a look at the <a href="https://therumpus.net/the-rumpus-prize/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">award submission from the Rumpus</a> below. Go get 'em!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">--------</div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_m7gkrnrn0" alt="image.png" style="width:693px;max-width:100%"><a href="http:///" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.125;font-family:Poppins;font-weight:500;font-size:3rem;letter-spacing:-0.025em;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Rumpus Prize</h1><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;color:rgb(7,7,7)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.75;font-family:Montserrat"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:32px;font-family:Montserrat;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">Announcing the inaugural Rumpus Prize for Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction</span>! <a href="https://therumpus.submittable.com/submit" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(190,2,0)" target="_blank">Submissions are open <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">December 5, 2024 to March 2, 2025</span></a>. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat">The Rumpus</em> has a long history of championing emerging and established poets, fiction writers, and essayists, and we’re pleased to announce a new way the magazine will bring attention to great writing. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">All submissions will be read by <em style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat">The Rumpus</em>‘s editorial team, and our <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">final judges </span>will be <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">Kaveh Akbar </span>(Poetry),<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat"> Rachel Khong </span>(Fiction), and <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">Megan Stielstra</span> (Creative Nonfiction).</p></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">$3,600 in prizes</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;color:rgb(7,7,7)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">$1,000 first-place prize and publication in three genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder;font-family:Montserrat">Honorable mentions receive $200 and publication in each of the three genres</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">All submitters can opt-in if they’d like to be considered for publication by <em style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat">The Rumpus</em>, regardless of whether they’re named a winner or finalist.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;font-family:Montserrat;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Montserrat">The Rumpus</em> will accept contest submissions from December 5, 2024 through March 2, 2025. Finalists will be contacted in May 2025. Winners will be announced publicly and published by June 2025. </p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, s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