Ekphrastic Challenge by Rattle [Prizes of Rs. 8k & an Online Publication]: Submit Poems by June 30!

This article talks about the Ekphrastic Challenge by Rattle. Submit your best pieces of poetry by June 30, 2023, and win exciting prizes!

Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organisation whose mission is to promote the practice of poetry, and is not affiliated with any other organisation.

There’s a long tradition of poetry responding to visual art (and vice versa), and Rattle thought it would be fun to post a challenge. For the first, Judy Keown, cover artist from issue #45, donated a photograph of an Argiope spider. They gave poets a month to respond to this photograph in verse, and received 266 entries. Judy Keown and Rattle’s Timothy Green each selected their favorite poem from the submissions and published them online at Rattle.com.

Given how many people seemed to enjoy the Ekphrastic Challenge, Rattle has decided to make it a monthly series, using open submissions of artwork when necessary. Visual artists who would like to participate can submit work now through the end of June, by going here.

If you’re a poet, visit their website every month to find a new piece of art to inspire your poetry. You’ll have one month to write and submit your poems. Each month, two winners—one chosen by the artist and the other by Rattle’s editor—will receive online publication and $100 each (about Rs. 8k).

For the month of June, our image is the piece below by Judith Fox. Find more about the artist here, but only write your poem about the image below.

June 30, 2023.

To submit your poems, click here.

Image taken from here.