Rain Magazine, Clatsop Community College’s long-running literary arts publication, welcomes art, photography, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction submissions now through Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 for the 2025 edition.
Rain welcomes submissions from the public as well as all Clatsop County college and high school students, however all non-student submissions will be charged a $10 fee to assist with growing costs of the magazine’s publication. This payment can be made to the college’s business office over the phone and/or by mailing a check to Clatsop Community College, with “Rain Magazine” in the memo line.
This year’s theme section challenges us to think about our “Dreams”. This could include daydreams, chasing goals, what we dream about when no one is looking, what we’d pursue if there were no challenges, and more—however the writer or artist interprets the concept.
All general submissions of art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction not adhering to the theme will also be considered for the first half of the magazine. Submit no more than two items total, but understand that aside from poetry (of which the author can submit three pieces to count as one submission), the $10 submission fee will apply to each submission. This includes poems, photographs, high-quality (at least 300 dpi) digital images of original artwork, and prose less than 1500 words in length. The ability to print color is limited, so artists submitting color images should indicate if the image may appear in black and white.
Label your work by its appropriate genre (poetry, fiction, nonfiction) on the manuscript. Please include name, address, phone number, email, title of the work(s), medium, and a 200-word max. artist/author biography with all entries.
Email submissions to rainmagazine@clatsopcc.edu. Include your full name along with “2025 Submission” as the subject line of your email message. You may also mail submissions to Rain Magazine, Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, OR, 97103, though email is preferred.
For more information, contact Kama O’Connor at koconnor@clatsopcc.edu
