Submissions

Submissions to Compass Rose are read between August 1 and December 1 of each year. Although we try to hold submissions received outside of this period until the next reading cycle, we may occasionally have to return them unread depending upon the volume of submissions.

We are looking for a wide variety of styles, forms, and approaches, both traditional and experimental. We will consider the work of poets, fiction writers, essayists, photographers, and other visual artists.

All submissions should be accompanied by a SASE. Please also include:

• your name
• mailing address
• email address
• phone number

Limit poetry submissions to five (5) poems and fiction/non-fiction pieces to 10,000 words. Simultaneous submissions are accepted; previously published works are not.

Send submissions to:

Compass Rose
Chester College of New England
40 Chester Street
Chester, NH 03036

Pat Parnell Poetry Contest

The Department of Writing and Literature at Chester College of New England is pleased to host the Pat Parnell Poetry Contest. Named after the founder of Compass Rose, Professor Patricia Parnell, the contest is designed to bring work of the finest quality to the pages of our magazine.

Each year, the winner of the contest receives $400 and publication in Compass Rose. All other entries will be considered for publication. The contest fee is $3 per poem with a limit of 5 poems per entry.

Poet Ross Gay is the judge for the 2006 contest. His poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry, and North American Review, among other journals. His first book, Against Which, is forthcoming from CavanKerry Press this fall. A Cave Canem fellow, he is on the faculty at New England College's Low-Residency M.F.A. program.

Interested poets should mail their work to:

Professor Jenn Monroe
Parnell Prize in Poetry
Chester College of New England
40 Chester Street
Chester, NH 03036

Contest entrants are asked not to include their names on poems; instead, please enclose a cover letter listing titles and contact information, as well as SASE for notification of the results. All entries must be postmarked by November 1 of each year. No email submissions or previously published work will be accepted.

Relatives, friends, and colleagues of the judge are not eligible.