Parnell Prize Honorable Mention: Marci Ameluxen

Street Girl, Guatemala City Now, after her village has burned, after her family has crawled the jagged path of hunger to this grim city, after she gathered the brave pieces of herself into a bouquet, she stands on the sidewalk at the edge of a blue blanket. Her father lifts a jar of broken glass, [...]

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Anna Scotti’s “Grief” Wins 2011 Parnell Prize

The editors of Compass Rose are pleased to announce the poem “Grief” by Anna Scotti of Los Angeles, has been selected as this year’s winner by final judge Barbara Louise Ungar. This is Scotti’s second consecutive win (yes, we have decided to add a “you can only win once” rule). Honorable mention goes to Marci [...]

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Anna Scotti Wins Parnell Poety Contest

Anna Scotti’s poem “Egg” has been selected as the winner of the 2009-2010 Patricia Parnell Poetry Prize by judge James Shea. Scotti is a writer and teacher living in California.  Her poetry has recently appeared in Chautauqua, Adirondack Review, and Chickasaw Plum.  She earned an MFA at Antioch University in 2007, and is at work on [...]

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2008-2009 Parnell Poetry Prize Winner Announced

Patricia Savage has been selected as the 2008-2009 Parnell Poetry Prize winner by judge Ilya Kaminsky. The following were finalists for the prize: M. Lee Alexander, “Lane Bryant, 6 pm” and “The Foreclosure”Evan Ernst, “Superman”Claire Keyes, “Dulcinea”Michelle Maher, “Early Summer”Penelope Scambly Schott, “How to survive a fall through the ice” and “Fugitive Memory”Nina Soifer, “In [...]

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2007-2008 Parnell Poetry Prize Winner Announced

Barrie Kreinik has been selected as the 2007-2008 Parnell Poetry Prize winner by judge Patricia Smith. Kreinik is a professional actor and singer who has performed in NYC and with the Virginia Shakespeare Festival. Kreinik graduated from Cornell University in 2007 with a B.A. in Theatre and English; while there, she served as Editor-in-Chief of [...]

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