The newest issue of Ruminate Magazine (Summer 2019) features the first and second place winning entries of their 2019 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize selected by final judge Jessica Wilbanks:
First Place
“The Foundation Above Us” by Porter Huddleston [pictured]
Second Place
“The Proctor’s Manual” by Kristin Leclaire
Honorable Mention
“The Emperor’s Clothes, The Empire’s Language” by Jamila Osman
For a full list of finalists and judge’s comments about the winning entries, click here.
In addition to publication, this annual prize awards $1500 to the first-place entry and $200 to the second-place entry. The deadline for entry is October 27, 2019. See full guidelines here.