P A T P A R N E L L P O E T R Y P R I Z E

The Department of Writing and Literature at Chester College of New England is pleased to offer the Pat Parnell Poetry Prize.

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 $5 per poem with a limit of 5 poems per entry. We can accept only U.S. currency.

The winner and finalists of the 2008 contest will be announced on our website, www.compassrosemagazine.blogspot.com, in January 2009. The judge for the 2009 contest will be announced on our website in the fall.

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

DO NOT include your name or contact information on your 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.