Faith in Literature and Art l Ruminate Magazine

The finalist judge for this year's contest is Vito Aiuto, poet, pastor, and musician from the band The Welcome Wagon.  We invite you to enter your work now! Please read the following submission guidelines carefully and let us know if you have any questions. 

We are now accepting entries for the 2011 Short Story Prize. We are proud to announce that our annual short story prize is now being sponsored by the William Van Dyke Charitable Fund and is being renamed The William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. The prize award has also been generously increased to 1,000.00. We are so grateful for this generous gift.

The entry deadline is October 15th, 2010. The finalist judge has yet to be decided. The winning story from the 2010 Prize, selected by David James Duncan, appeared in Issue 15 of Ruminate and you can see the list of winners and finalists. You can also read 2009's winning story, selected by award-winning author Bret Lott.