RUNES REVIEW 2007

Each issue of RUNES has a different theme. The theme for 2007 is CONNECTION, which may be loosely interpreted.

Guidelines:
We are seeking poems that have passion, originality and conviction. We are looking for narrative and lyric poetry that is well-crafted and has something surprising to say. We prefer poems under 100 lines.

To Submit:

• Send up to five poems with an SASE to RUNES, A Review of Poetry, c/o Arctos Press, PO Box 401, Sausalito, CA 94966
• Include your name, address and email on each page of each poem.
• We will consider simultaneous submissions, but please notify us promptly if a poem is accepted elsewhere. We do NOT accept previously published poems.
• Our reading period is April and May ONLY of each year (postmark 4/1 – 5/31). Reports in four months. Acquires first time rights only. Please send SASE for competition results. Editors sometimes comment on submissions.
• Do not send your only copies as poems will not be returned, but recycled. Please send your poems only by regular mail; the email address is only for correspondence. Please do not send mail requiring a signature.

We look forward to your poems!

Announcing: The RUNES Award 2007

RUNES, A Review of Poetry will be sponsoring its sixth poetry competition in the spring of 2007.

The Runes Award 2007 will again offer a $1000 prize, plus publication in RUNES, A Review of Poetry for an original, unpublished poem on the theme of "CONNECTION." Up to three runners up will receive $100.

The final judges will be Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman.

Entries

• There is an entry fee of $15 for three poems,
  additional poems $3 each.
  The entry fee covers a one-year subscription to RUNES.
• Deadline: Submit only in April & May of 2007
  (postmark 4/1 – 5/31).
  Do not put your name on the contest poems.
  Please submit a separate sheet with name, address, email and titles of poems entered.
• All poems entered in the competition will be considered for publication in the 2006 issue of the magazine.
• It is NOT necessary to enter the competition in order to have your poems appear in RUNES, nor does entering the competition give any poet a better chance to have a poem accepted for publication (except the winner).
• Those of you who wish to submit poems without entering the competition, are encouraged to do so.
  Each poem will be read and assessed for its own merit.
• The theme for the 2007 issue will be "CONNECTION," the same theme as the competition.
• Any queries, contact us at RunesRev@aol.com.
• Send only by regular mail. Please do not send entries requiring
  a signature.
• Send all competition entries and all submissions to:
  RUNES, A Review of Poetry
  Arctos Press
  P.O. Box 401, Sausalito, CA 94966-0401

Looking forward to seeing you in 2007.
CB Follett & Susan Terris, Editors