Rattle (magazine)

Rattle is a quarterly poetry magazine founded in 1994, published in Los Angeles in the United States.

It publishes poems both by established writers, such as Philip Levine, Jane Hirshfield, Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, Gregory Orr, Patricia Smith, and Anis Mojgani, and by new and emerging poets. Poems from the magazine have been reprinted in The Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies.

Each issue is themed to honour a particular community of poets, such as teachers, slam poets, or, most recently, Los Angeles poets. Interviews with contemporary poets are also a staple. Though primarily dedicated to its print issues, the magazine's website also hosts other material, including audio archives and reviews of contemporary poetry.

The Rattle Chapbook Prize
The Rattle Chapbook Prize has been awarded annually since 2016. It currently comprises three awards of $5,000, paid to the authors of the best chapbooks submitted. At least one of the awards is bestowed on a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The winners so far have been:

The Rattle Poetry Prize
The Rattle Poetry Prize has been awarded annually since 2006, and now comprises an award of $15,000 to the author of the best single poem submitted, as decided by the magazine's editors. Ten finalists also receive prizes, and one of them receives a Readers' Choice Award of $5,000. Winning poems are published in the magazine's winter issue.

Winners have included:


 * Rayon Lennon
 * Sophia Rivkin
 * Albert Haley
 * Joseph Fasano
 * Lynne Knight
 * Patricia Smith
 * Hayden Saunier
 * Heidi Shuler
 * Tiana Clark

Past contributors
Past contributors have included:


 * Jimmy Santiago Baca
 * Amiri Baraka
 * Marvin Bell
 * Hayden Carruth
 * Lucille Clifton
 * Robert Creeley
 * Paul Dickey
 * Stephen Dobyns
 * Mark Doty
 * Denise Duhamel
 * Sam Hamill
 * Jane Hirshfield
 * Mark Jarman
 * Yusef Komunyakaa
 * Li-Young Lee
 * Philip Levine
 * Anis Mojgani
 * Naomi Shihab Nye
 * Sharon Olds
 * Elisha Porat
 * Luis J. Rodriguez
 * Alan Shapiro
 * Charles Simic
 * Patricia Smith
 * Meghan Sterling
 * Gerald Stern
 * David St. John
 * Brian Turner
 * Diane Wakoski
 * Anne Waldman
 * C.K. Williams
 * Taylor Mali
 * Diana Goetsch