Check out our RESOURCES section for more information about the Compose Creative Writing Conference, 2025!
Galley Day!
This day is always so exciting! Thank you to this year’s assistant editors–Rae, Silvia, Sarah, Bev, and Mars–for their incredible work and dedication to publishing our beloved CLR. Thank you to Carina, for her beautiful cover artwork. And thank you to the poets and writers–always–for trusting us with your words. We can’t wait to share this new issue with our readers–May 15th!
Away we go!
Volume XXIX of our award-winning Clackamas Literary Review is now open for submissions! As always, we’re accepting prose, poetry, and possibility texts through December 31st. Please visit our submissions page for guidelines. We can’t wait to read your words!
It’s May 15th: Here we go!
We are thrilled to share the 28th volume of our beloved literary magazine. Thanks to the assistant editors for their dedication and enthusiasm, and to our poets and writers for their trust and inspiration. We are so grateful to publish with all of you.
The 2024 issue is open for submissions!
The submission window for volume XXVIII of our award-winning Clackamas Literary Review is now open! As always, we’re accepting prose, poetry, and possibility texts through December 31st. Please visit our submissions page for guidelines. We can’t wait to publish!
Please help us say happy birthday to…
…our 27th volume, 2023!!
So many thanks to the amazing assistant editors who worked to publish this year’s issue. Your enthusiasm was inspiring! Thanks to the CCC English faculty who volunteered their time as associate editors. And thanks to the remarkable poets and writers who trusted us with your words. We publish for you. We publish because of you. Thank you!!
Thanks to the writers and poets…
…who submitted their work for our 2023 issue! Publishing begins this month and we can’t wait to read your words!!
In the meantime, check out our 26th volume–published by an incredible group of assistant editors at Clackamas Community College. We look forward to students working to publish another remarkable volume this year!
Our 2023 issue is open for submissions!
The submission window for volume XXVII of our award-winning Clackamas Literary Review is open! We’re accepting prose, poetry, and possibility texts through December 31st. Check out our submissions page for guidelines.
25 is alive!
Dear friends,
The 25th volume of our Clackamas Literary Review has arrived!
Our thanks to Brook Johnson for gifting us Cloud Nine for this year’s cover!
And thanks to our incredible assistant editors for their tireless work and commitment to publish another issue of our beloved literary journal! Thanks also to the CCC English faculty, staff, and publishing alumni who volunteered their time as associate editors.
Our thanks especially to the writers and poets for sharing your remarkable work with us—this year, especially, your words keep us going. Contributors include:
Ken Autrey, Diane Averill, Devon Balwit, Nathan Bas, Trent Busch, William J. Cobb, Nicole Cortino, Riley Danvers, Hannah Davis, Susanne Davis, Adam Day, Linda Drach, Bernard W. Duffy, Meli Broderick Eaton, Andrew Rader Hanson, William Heath, Madronna Holden, Wynne Hungerford, Marc Jampole, M. Jennings, Jeffrey Kingman, Robert Krut, Jeffrey Letterly, Mary Makofske, Steven Mayer, Melissa McKinstry, Colton Merris, Cecil Morris, Scott F. Parker, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Barry Peters, Daniel Pié, Geoff Polk, Vivienne Popperl, Bruce Pratt, Levi Rogers, Mary Rohrer-Dann, Karen Sandberg, Mark Simpson, Geo. Staley, Jeanine Stevens, Robert Stone, Stephanie Striffler, Anannya Uberoi, Peter Vertacnik, John Walser, Francis Walsh, Alanna Weissman, and Darlene Young.
Finally, and as always, thank you to our readers. The 2021 issue of the Clackamas Literary Review is our gift to you. Enjoy!
2021 Submissions: Oh yes, we’re open!
Our submission window for the XXV volume of the award-winning Clackamas Literary Review is open! We’re accepting prose, poetry, and possibility texts through December 31st. Check out our submissions page for guidelines.
We can’t wait to read your words!
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