In this special episode of the Rattlecast, we announce the winners of the 2025 Rattle Poetry Prize competition, and most of the 11 poets share their prize-winning work. The annual contest offers $25,000 in awards for individual poems.

Find more info on the prize here:

https://rattle.com/page/poetryprize/

As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.

For links to all the past episodes, visit:

https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/

This Week’s Prompt:

Pick a specific obscure award and write a poem about it.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Write a poem about a time you got more than you bargained for.

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