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Rain Magazine reading, reception held in Cannon Beach
CANNON BEACH — Come celebrate
the 2017 edition of Rain Magazine,
Clatsop Community’s College’s an-
nual literary and arts publication, with
a free public reading and reception
3 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at
Tolovana Hall (3779 S. Hemlock St.)
in Cannon Beach.
Some of the magazine’s contribu-
tors will be on hand to read excerpts,
and original artwork will be dis-
played. Copies of this limited edition
publication will be available for a
suggested $10 donation.
This year’s edition includes new
writing from Robert Michael Pyle,
Karin Temple, Wayne Downing, Flor-
ence Sage, Jim Dott, John Ciminello,
Melissa Lahti, Kathy Hightower,
Autumn Buckridge, Cameron Pierce,
Gail Henrikson, Alyssa Graybeal and
others.
It also showcases new artwork by
Terry Shumaker, Bill Dodge, Roger
Hayes, Kim Rose-Adams, Vicki
Lawson, Logan Tausch, Lisa Acker-
man and Martha Clarkson.
This year’s cover features a paint-
ing by Clatsop art student and Rain
staff member Kelsi Leer.
Submit!
Rain Magazine will also welcome
submissions Sunday, Oct. 15, through
Thursday, Feb. 1, for the 2018
edition. Rain welcomes submissions
from the public as well as Clatsop
Community College students and
area high school students.
General submissions of art, fiction,
poetry and non-fiction will be consid-
ered, as well as submissions centered
around the theme of “survival.”
Potential contributors should feel free
to interpret this theme as they see fit.
Submit no more than three items
total, including poems, photographs,
high-quality (at least 300 dpi) digital
images of original artwork, and prose
less than 5,000 words in length.
Please make sure to label your work
by its appropriate genre (poetry,
fiction, non-fiction) in a cover letter
or on the manuscript.
The ability to print color is limit-
ed, so artists submitting color images
should indicate if the image may
appear in black and white. Include
name, address, phone number, email,
title, medium, and a two-to-three-
line biography with all entries. Note
whether you intend one or all of your
submissions to be considered for the
2016 theme section.
Email submissions are greatly
preferred. RTF is the preferred format
for written work. TIFF or JPG files
(at least 300 dpi) are preferred for
artwork. Email to rainmagazine@
clatsopcc.edu. Include your full name
along with genres and titles of sub-
missions in the subject line of your
email message. Submissions without
proper contact information will not be
considered.
You can also mail submissions to
Rain Magazine, Clatsop Community
College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Asto-
ria, OR, 97103.
Sign up!
Current students and interested
community members can join the
staff of Rain Magazine. Register for
WR 270 Literary Publications. Regis-
tration opens Tuesday, Nov. 7.
In this class, students participate
in all phases of producing a literary
magazine (manuscript selection,
graphic design, editing, fundraising,
correspondence and distribution).
The course includes instruction in the
industry standard publishing software
Adobe InDesign.
Instructor Ryan Hume will lead
the 2018 Rain Magazine project. For
more information, contact Hume at
rhume@clatsopcc.edu, or call 503-
338-2517.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The cover of Rain Magazine 2017
‘Bigfoot’ is back! Author reads in Skamokawa
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SKAMOKAWA — The Friends of
Skamokawa presents a reading and book
signing with Robert Michael Pyle, author
of “Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the
Dark Divide,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14,
at the Skamokawa Resort Conference
Center (1391 Washington State Route 4)
behind the Skamokawa General Store.
A reissue of “Where Bigfoot Walks”
was published by Counterpoint Press in
August. This handsome new edition is
updated with fresh experiences, research
and findings.
Pyle is the author of eighteen books,
including “Wintergreen,” “Rambles in a
Ravaged Land,” “Chasing Monarchs,”
“The Thunder Tree: Lessons from an
Urban Wildland,” “Sky Time in Gray’s
River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten
Place,” and the recent poetry collection
“Evolution of the Genus Iris.” A Yale-
trained ecologist and a Guggenheim
fellow, he is a full-time writer living in
southwestern Washington.
“The newly reissued Where Big-
foot Walks by Robert Michael Pyle is a
spectacular, moving, and witty narrative
exploration of not only the phenomenon
of Bigfoot, but also the human need
to believe that something is out there
beyond the campfire, and that wildness
remains as well,” Counterpoint Press said
in a release.
Lawrence Millman, author of “Our
Like Will Not Be There Again: Notes
from the West of Ireland,” wrote: “Splen-
didly lyrical and just as splendidly crusty,
‘Where Bigfoot Walks’ is the sort of book
Thoreau might have written if he had dis-
covered giant footprints of an unknown
origin in the vicinity of Walden Pond.”
The event supports the Friends of
Skamokawa Foundation.
Call 360-795-3007 or email fos1894@
gmail.com for more information.
PHOTO BY DAVID LEE MEYERS
Author Robert Michael Pyle