Spring Reading!

 

We hope to see you there!

Shakespeare’s Birthday/National Poetry Month Reading!

Valentine’s Day & Oregon’s Birthday: A Student & Staff Reading

Please plan to attend and/or participate in ….

Valentine’s Day & Oregon’s Birthday: A Student & Staff Reading

Join the English Department on Thursday, February 14^th at noon in Roger Rook 220 (the Literary Arts Center) to read your creative work and/or be an audience for others.

Bring one of your (or a favorite author’s) short stories or poems (or an excerpt from a longer piece) that relates to the themes of Valentine’s Day or Oregon’s Birthday.

All current CCC students and staff are welcome to attend and participate.

For questions, contact Ryan Davis at ryand@clackamas.edu.

See you there!

Halloween Reading

Join us for a Halloween Reading…

if you dare!

The English Department invites one and all to share a macabre, spooky, or eerie tale.

Write your own or bring your favorite!

Tuesday, October 30th at 1:00 P.M. in Rook 220

Questions? Contact Ryan Davis, 503-594-3258, ryand@clackamas.edu

Apply for the Clackamas Community College Student Writer Laureate Internship

The Clackamas Community College English Department would like to recognize one enthusiastic, dedicated student as the CCC Writer Laureate to write creatively and help promote English and Creative Writing opportunities on campus.

Position Description

The Writer Laureate will be chosen fall term 2012, and will be in office winter and spring terms 2013.

The Writer Laureate’s duties will be to:

• write creatively for on-campus readings, Clackamas County events, Clackamas Literary Review, andgraduation
• present/read his or her creative writing at English Department, campus, Board of Education, and other meetings
• assist with coordination and execution of on-campus readings, such as the Gratitude, William Stafford, Valentine’s Day/Oregon’s Birthday, and May Day readings
• assist with and be a member of the Writers Club
• assist with Clackamas Literary Review
• assist with the Compose Writing Conference spring term
• assist with promotion of English and Creative Writing courses, events, and opportunities, in person, on paper, and electronically

Overall, the Writer Laureate will be a representative of not only the English Department and CCC, but of the literary arts—the creative power of words and the positive impact they have.

Position Benefits

The Writer Laureate will receive:

• up to an 8-credit per term tuition waiver for winter and spring terms 2013
• access to creative office space
• references from English faculty
• professional writing and public relations experience
• recognition for his or her creative writing practice

Application Process

The position is open to all current CCC students, and interested applicants do not have to currently be enrolled in Creative Writing or English classes.  Interested students must be in good academic standing, be responsible and enthusiastic, and be willing to retain the position for both winter and spring terms 2013.

To apply, interested students must submit:

• full name, phone number, email address, and student ID number
• one letter of recommendation from any CCC instructor they have taken a course from
• a one-page, single-spaced letter describing their interest in creative writing and literature, how they envision carrying out the internship, and their own creative ideas they wish to pursue as Writer Laureate
• 10+ pages of creative writing—poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction (or any combination thereof)

The application deadline is November 30, 2012, at noon.

Please email complete applications to Ryan Davis (ryand@clackamas.edu); include all application materials in one document as a Microsoft Word, Open Office, or PDF attachment; and include the words “Writer Laureate Application” in the subject line of your email.

Good luck!

April Creative Writing Challenge

Please join the English Department in a creative writing challenge as part of our May Day Reading.

As part of a living literary experiment, we want to see how different authors approach a specific writing prompt!

Guidelines:

• Write a short short story or essay, a brief piece of creative nonfiction, a poem, or a song
• Include the words:  showers / cruel / crimson
• Include the objects/concepts:  path / skateboard / cloud / free thinking / Ella Fitzgerald
• Center the writing around May Day or springtime
• Alter number, tense, and/or grammatical function for any/all words and objects as you please

Bring your writing to share at the May Day Reading or email it to Ryan Davis at ryand@clackamas.edu for the chance to win a prize!

May Day Reading

Tuesday, May 1, 2012  |  12 P.M.  |  Literary Arts Center (Rook 220)

For more information, please contact Ryan Davis at ryand@clackamas.edu or 503-594-3258

May Day Reading

Please join the English Department for a May Day Reading!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012  |  12 P.M.  |  Literary Arts Center (Rook 220)

Readings can be your own creation or something you find. Bring May Day or springtime-themed poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, songs, etc.

or…

participate in the April Creative Writing Challenge (see previous post)!  Those who accept the writing challenge have the chance to win a prize!

For more information, please contact Ryan Davis at ryand@clackamas.edu or 503-594-3258