Last week we welcomed Eva Langston to our masthead as our new features editor. Eva was one of the contributors to our inaugural issue back in Spring 2013. You can read that story, “Silver Man,” here. Eva Langston received her MFA from the University of New Orleans in 2009, the same year she won 3rd place […]
Fiction Director Kat Gonso & Spring 2015 Updates
February 11, 2015
You might’ve seen our recent posting for a fiction director and a features editor. Well, the competition for the features editor position is still open, but we’ve found just the right fiction director to join our team. Introducing Kat Gonso Kat Gonso is a full-time lecturer at Northeastern University, where she holds a dual appointment as […]
Compose Seeks ‘Features Editor’ & ‘Fiction Director’
January 8, 2015
UPDATE: Please note that both of these positions have now been filled. Compose Journal has exciting opportunities available for a features editor and a fiction director. Before we tell you more about the positions, we want you to know that people have been saying some pretty nice things about us and our work. Things like . . . […]
Get a Free Week of Jennie Nash’s Book-Coaching Program
November 3, 2014
One of our Fall 2014 features is about What Good Editors Do and How to Find One. But before you need an editor, you need to finish (uh . . . or maybe start) that book you’ve been working on or dreaming about. You’re in luck: Jennie Nash—the features editor for our first four issues—is inviting readers of Compose […]
Compose Journal’s Fall 2014 Contributor Lineup
October 6, 2014
*Update: Our Fall 2014 issue is live! Read it here. Our reading period for Fall 2014 is now over and we’re working hard to publish the issue before the end of October. If you submitted work to us and have yet to receive a response, that means we’re considering your work for the Spring 2015 […]
Compose Journal’s Spring 2014 Contributor Lineup
April 7, 2014
You’ll be pleased to know that we at Compose are working hard to publish our third issue by the end of April. Our editing phase is now complete, and we’re laying out the issue, uploading everything to our website, and preparing to send out galleys so we can make final corrections. If you haven’t already, […]
Want to Work for Us? Updates, Spring 2014
February 13, 2014
The reading period for our Spring 2014 issue is now over, and we’re completely honoured and humbled to say we’ve received nearly 700 submissions since last June! If you submitted work to us and have not yet received a response, we’ll keep your piece in the queue (unless you withdraw it from our submissions manager) to […]
Check Out our Fall 2013 Compose Contributors
October 23, 2013
UPDATE: We’ve just launched our Fall 2013 issue! You can read it here. Things have been pretty intense around the journal these last few weeks, but we’re nearly ready to publish our second issue. In the meantime, please check out our list of fabulous contributors (in alphabetical order). Browse their publications and websites, and we […]
Update: Preparing to Launch Our Fall 2013 Issue
September 10, 2013
It’s difficult to believe it’s been a year since we started putting together the first issue of Compose. So much has happened since then. We’ve attracted a mountain of submissions and connected with some fantastic new voices, and so many readers have been thoughtful enough to let us know how much they’re enjoying the journal. […]
3 Ways to Join the ‘Compose’ Community
May 5, 2013
Our warmest welcome from the editorial team here at Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing! Putting together the Spring 2013 issue has been both rewarding and challenging, and we look forward to sharing it with you in just a few weeks. Our inaugural issue features work by Barbara Abercrombie (A Year of Writing Dangerously), Marion Agnew […]
