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Book cover for Dear Dusk by Stephen Knauth, winner of the Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize. The design features a muted winter landscape with snow-covered ground, two dark evergreen trees in the foreground, and a distant horizon with soft green and orange tones under a dusky sky.
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Vern Rutsala Book Prize Deadline Extended!

Deadline: November 30, 2025

DEADLINE EXTENDED! There’s still time to submit to the Vern Rutsala Book Contest sponsored by Cloudbank Books. A prize of $1,000 and 50 books is awarded to a full-length manuscript of poetry or flash fiction, or a combination of both. Submissions accepted through November 30 via Submittable. For more information visit our website.

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