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Clackamas Print
Arts
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007
Culture
CLR seeking student submissions
highlighting professional writ Rook, room 220.
The party will begin at noon
ers and poets.
The Clackamas Print
The current manager of the ' and will include readings from
CLR, English Instructor Andy the 2007 issue.
CLR publication for the next
Mingo, along with instructors
English Department faculty Trevor Dodge, Sue Mach and issue will not only include stu
do not just sit in their offices Ryan Davis, comprise the edit dent submissions, but will be
laid out by students.
and bleed out endless stacks ing staff and judges.
“It’s the WR 246 class,
The contest is designed to
of red pens, critiquing essays;
Editing and Publishing, [that]
they’re out there contribut
will now do the layout,” said
ing to professional literature
Mach.
with the nationally-recognized
“
When
I
came
“When I came in as man-
Clackamas Literary Review, or
in as manag
aging editor, I
CLR.
wanted to open
And even though the next
ing editor, I
up the CLR to the
Hemingway or Poe may not be
wanted
to
open
students,” said
here at Clackamas right now,
Mingo. “Power to
up the CLR to
that sure doesn’t mean students
the people!”
can’t be published.
the students.
According to
Currently, the CLR is con
Power to the
Mingo, who is
ducting the Clackamas Literary
active in both lit-
Review Student Publishing
people!”
erature and film,
Contest. The contest challeng
Andy Mingo,
he will “in fact be
es student writers to submit
English Instructor
stepping down as
poetry, fiction and creative
managing editor
non-fiction essays in hopes of
this year.”
being published in the semi
Mach and Davis
annual magazine.
The deadline for submis include winning student sub are currently plan
ning on taking
sions is Dec. 1, and only regis missions in the next edition.
A release party for the over after Mingo
tered students may participate.
This contest is a first for the current edition is planned leaves the
publication, since during the for Thursday, Nov. 8, in the CLR.
past 10 years it has focused on Literary Arts Center in Roger
Matt Olson
learning year,” said Mach.
“I’m excited and scared.”
Mach’s plans for the devel
opment of the CLR include
further student involvement,
greater visibility and new
mediums included in the maga
zine.
“I would imagine that we’re
going to start talking about
short plays,” said Mach, who,
along with Davis, has a back
ground in play writing.
The issue of visibility for th
CLR, the English Departmen
and the college is one tha
the new editors are considerin
carefully.
“How do we get [the CLR
beyond the academic circl
and develop a wider audienc
of writers?” Mach asked.
Student submissions an<
layout, new mediums ant
new editors for the CLR spel
change” for the publication.
The cover of the 2006, volume X, Clackamas Literary Review, an annual
publication at the college which is currently running a contest.
10/19 - Gone Baby Gone, rated R, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan
and Morgan Freeman.
10/19 - Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour, rated PG, starring Rissa
Walters, Brian Comrie and Dan Comrie.
10/19 - Weirdsville, rated R, starring Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley and Taryn
Manning.