OPEN FOR 2017 SUBMISSIONS!

Our reading period for the 2017 volume of the Clackamas Literary Review is now open. This year’s issue marks our magazine’s 20th anniversary! To celebrate, we will feature select authors previously published in the CLR alongside new authors and work we can’t wait to read. Thank you for helping us celebrate 20 years of bringing writers and readers together!

Please visit our submissions page for guidelines.

2016 reading period

Our reading period for the 2016 issue has ended. We want to thank everyone who shared their work with us. Final selections are being made and notifications are coming soon. Our faculty and student editors look forward to publishing another stellar issue of incredible writing. Thank you for making this possible.

2015 issue reading period

We closed our open reading period for the 2015 issue on December 31 and want to thank everyone who shared their work with us. We’re in the process of making the final selections right now and will be sending out notifications shortly. We think we’re building an amazing issue for you with incredible writing and art that we simply can’t wait to show you.