What is this?

To Remember is Not Enough: A Post-Hampshire Anthology will be an interdisciplinary multi-medium online publication of works by the Hampshire College community: alumnae, workers, faculty, and anyone else who is or was connected to Hampshire College. It is being organized and edited by alumnae of The Omen, Hampshire College's longest continuously running student publication.

The OMEN?! I don't know about this...

The Omen loves you, even if you didn't love the Omen.

We are taking this project pretty seriously. We're all grown up and have become legit professionals. We aren't going to do weird things to your work like split every paragraph across different pages or juxtapose it against a mocking meme. We might add a content warning, change the font (LEGIBLY), or fix a typo.

We can't promise you'll find everything in the anthology tasteful or agreeable, but it would be an incomplete encapsulation of Hampshire if everything was non-controversial. We aren't harboring personal grudges against you from years ago.

The Omen forgives you; can you forgive the Omen?

Who specifically is running this?

The full editorial/organizing team is listed on our About page.

What are the Deadlines?

There will be two volumes.

Volume 1 will be published for the legacy celebration at the end of 2026.

Volume 2 will be published some time in 2027, so that current students, staff, and faculty have an opportunity to contribute.

Submit your works by August 31st, 2026 to be included in Volume 1.

Submit your works by March 31st, 2027 to be included in Volume 2.

What type of media can I submit?

You can submit any type of media. Text, audio, video, and images are all acceptable and easy for us to publish.

If you send us something more complicated like a video game then you need to assist us in figuring out how to include it.

What genres are you accepting?

All genres! Please differentiate fiction from non-fiction if you submit fiction. Alternatively, write us a paragraph describing how your piece transcends fiction and non-fiction that we can include with your piece.

Is this just a humanities thing?

No! If you want to submit some science to the anthology then we would love your science. Some of our editors were CS and NS students! We want works from all the disciplines that were a part of Hampshire.

Where will it be published?

The anthology will be published for free here on posthampshire.org and rehosted on archive.org for posterity. We may attempt a print run of the parts of the anthology that can go on paper, but TBD on that. If we do a print run, it will be distributed for free or at-cost.

Will contributors be compensated?

We are unable to offer any financial compensation, nor are we profiting off of this project. We are paying out of pocket to fund the costs associated with this project and volunteering our spare time for free. That said, you're welcome to plug anything you'd like under your submission.

Who will hold the copyright?

Contributors will confer upon the editorial team certain non-exclusive publishing rights. You can read the details of this licensing agreement on our guidelines page. Contributors will retain full ownership and publishing rights of their work outside of the context of the anthology.

How can I support the project?

1. Tell your friends! Spread the word to everyone you're still in touch with from Hampshire!
2. Submit to the anthology
3. Email submit@posthampshire.org if you want to help out with the organizing, visuals, promotion, tech stuff, and editing. Omen staff is whoever shows up to help. It 'aint too late to join the Omen.
4. At present, it costs about $84/year to host this website. This cost will likely go up as we begin to host more content and have to upgrade our storage plan. If you want to pitch in for costs, Shelley's venmo is @sxeli just mention it's for Post-Hampshire and she'll tuck it away into the web hosting budget.

Why is this Omen different from all other Omens?

Q: In all other Omens, the staff are current students or alumnae, but with this Omen, it's all alumnae?
A: Pretty soon, we'll all be alumnae baby.

Q: In all other Omens, everything non-anonymous submitted by a Hampshire community member is published, but with this Omen, only some things are being published?
A: It's a very painful moment for all of us, and it would be easy for that pain to overwhelm the anthology and make it kind of miserable to read. We don't want to leave out all the bitter and spice, but some amount of curation and quality control will balance the flavors.

Q: In all other Omens, the Omen staff are both serious and deeply unserious, but with this Omen, the staff are taking it seriously?
A: We care about Hampshire deeply and have come to appreciate it more as we've grown up. It was more than an institution, but also all the bonds we made and the time we spent there. It deserves to be remembered, and the Omen has always been the home of Hampshire's communal memory.

Q: All other Omens were published in-print on Hampshire campus and posted digitally, but this Omen is only digital?
A: Digital allows for better reach, more versatility, more media types, the ability to accept more submissions and organize them more easily, and better archiving. Also, we have no funding for a print run. Doing a print run is possible, and would be cool, but we're not ready to think about what it would entail.

The Four Hampsters

The wise hampster asks: "What are the rules and requirements for submitting to the Omen?"
You shall direct them to the Submission Guidelines & Licensing page.

The wicked hampster asks: "What is this anthology to you?"
She says "to you"—implying that it is not for her. By excluding herself from the community, she denies the essential principle of the Omen: The Omen is a space for everyone in the Hamsphire community to express ourselves and be heard, whether or not you deserve it.

The simple hampster asks: "What is this?"
You shall say to xer: We are commemorating the fact that Hampshire College was a unique and meaningful institution in our lives, with all the complexity and richness of what it meant to us.

And what of the hampster who does not know how to ask?
You shall say to him: It is because of Hampshire College that I know about polyamory.