Clatsop Community College
1653 Jerome, Astoria OR 97103
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Contact: Nancy Cook (503) 338-2335

RAIN Magazine Awarded Oregon Literary Fellowship; Deadline for 2007 Submissions is January 10th

RAIN Magazine, Clatsop Community College’s literary publication, has been awarded a $500 grant from Oregon Literary Fellowships. RAIN Magazine joins the ranks of Calyx Journal and Poetry Northwest as was one of six Oregon publishers to be awarded the fellowship, which received over 300 applicants.

Oregon Literary Fellowships is a program of Literary Arts, a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to “promoting the importance of language as a means to express, explore and experience the world in which we live.” Other Literary Arts programs include the Oregon Book Awards and Portland’s Poetry in Motion project which posters city busses with diverse examples of the contemporary poems.

"RAIN is such a wonderful tradition here in the community. It’s great to be acknowledged and supported for our efforts,” says Nancy Cook, Faculty Advisor for the magazine.

This is the second major grant the 30-year-old RAIN Magazine has received this year. In May of 2006, the magazine received a $500 Spirit of Service award from the Qwest Foundation. “It’s fun to start the quarter with a positive cash flow,” says Cook, “but our student staff will still be out there fundraising for the best publication we can deliver.”

RAIN Magazine is produced by a student staff but relies on the donation of private and business sponsors to help pay for printing, binding and collation costs. The RAIN staff is looking forward to utilizing the grant money to improve the quality of graphics and print more copies of this year’s edition. The grants will also help RAIN accomplish several of other goals, including the publication of a special section commemorating this year’s tenth anniversary of the Astoria Fisher Poet’s Gathering.

The deadline for 2007 submissions is quickly approaching. The magazine welcomes submissions from the general public as well as CCC students, and particularly seeks selections which capture the region s unique sense of place. Submit 10 pages of prose, three poems, three photos or reproducible artwork no later than WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2007.

This year’s publication will include a special section celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Astoria's now famous Fisher Poets Gathering. Writers and musicians who have presented at Fisher Poets Gathering are encouraged to submit text of their performance pieces.

RAIN also welcomes photos and artwork of the Gathering, the Fisher Poets, and/or commercial fishing in action. Include name, address, phone number and email address on all entries. Include a SASE for return of manuscripts. Otherwise, they will be recycled. Online submissions are welcome if submitted as a WORD or JPEG attachment.

Original artwork can be delivered to Fertig 3 on CCC s Jerome Avenue campus.
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