Clackamas Literary Review

01/06/2025

So, yeah, we’re doing this again. And yup, we’re a little early. But next year’s issue is #30. Why wait? Let’s get this party started.

an award-winning anthology dedicated to publishing innovative literary experiences

17/05/2025

The new edition looks right at home!

15/05/2025

Yes, today is our birthday. No, we will not stay 29 forever.

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29/04/2025

Join us at Compose, Saturday, May 17th, with keynote speaker Stephen Graham Jones! Check out our website for registration information.

The Clackamas Community College English Department will host its annual Compose Creative Writing Conference on Saturday, May 17, 2025. For further details, please visit our event page. Admission: $…

03/04/2025

GALLEY DAY!

02/03/2025

Congratulations to CLR contributor E. Laura Golberg and her most recent publication, The Terrible Man on the Plane and Other Poems about My Mother," from Bottlecap Press. Check it out!

Poetry, prose, chapbook, 36 pages, from Bottlecap Features. The Terrible Man on the Plane paints a portrait of my mother, Dr. Bea Klempman. It starts with the story of how she came to study medicine in England during World War II, and her passage, by ship, in late 1943, back to South Africa.This is....

02/01/2025

Thanks to the writers and poets who submitted their work for our next issue! We are excited to publish Volume XXIX!!

01/09/2024

Away we go! Volume XXIX is open for submissions!

an award-winning anthology dedicated to publishing new and innovative literary experiences

28/05/2024

Help us congratulate CLR contributor Jacob Reina on his upcoming publication PURITY OF THE SKY (Atmosphere Press)!

After being separated in different countries for nine long months, Reina reunites with his wife, Negar, against the backdrop of immigration and Iran's "Women, Life, Freedom" movement. With the threat of political violence constantly looming, the city of Istanbul becomes their new "temporary home." D...

15/05/2024

May 15th = Happy Birthday time!

Featuring writers from Dayton, Oregon to East Delhi, India and so many places in between, this year's issue comes to you courtesy of the fiercely determined student assistant editors who worked through ice storms and cyberattacks and just wouldn't stop. Thank you!

20/04/2024

You'll be there, right?

11/04/2024

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