Willamette Award in Fiction and Poetry
2002
Judges: Tim Schell & Jeff Knorr
Fiction:
Mary Carroll-Hackett
"Life Line"
Poetry
Judith Barrington
"Ineradicable"
2001
Judges: Clint McCown & Beckian Fritz Goldberg
Fiction:
Nicole Louise Reid
"So There"
Poetry Co-Winners:
Dawn McGuire
"The Catch"
Beth Ellen Anstandig
"The List of Grave Disappointments Lengthens"
2000
Judges: Craig Lesley & Alberto Rios
Fiction:
Jim Nichols
"The Slow Monkeys"
Poetry:
Gaylord Brewer
"Ode to Leonard Cohen and Yogi Berra"
1999
Judges: Walt McDonald & Stephen DobynsFiction:
James Manuel
"Sally Draw Horn"
Poetry:
Thea S. Kuticka
"The Seamstress"
1998
Judges: Valerie Miner & Vern Rutsala
Fiction (Fall):
Lionel de Maine
"The Leopard Skin"
Poetry (Fall):
Vivian Shipley
"Driving with My Father in Winter Park, Florida"
Fiction Co-Winners (Spring):
Elaine Winer
"Summer's End"
Andrea Masters
"The Dancer"
Poetry (Spring):
Judith Barrington
"Horses and the Human Soul"
1997
Judges: Ron Carlson & Naomi Shihab NyeFiction:
H. Lee Barnes
"A Lovely Day in the A Shau Valley"
Poetry:
Verlena Orr
"Break in the Cloud Cover"
Peter and Jean de Maine Award
2002
Marian Szczepanski
"Moon Rite"
2001
Nicole Louise Reid
"So There"
2000
Daniel Chac—n
"Godoy Lives"
CLR Writing Contests
*All CLR Writing Contests are currently closed.*
Willamette Award in Fiction and Poetry
The prize in each category is $500 and is awarded to the authors of the winning story and poem. The winning entries will appear in the Fall/Winter 2004 issue of CLR and on this website.
To enter the contest send no more than three poems or one story up to 7,000 words to CLR postmarked by June 1, 2003. Make sure to enclose an SASE and a check or money order to the Clackamas Literary Review for $10. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Follow our general submission guidelines for submitting work. All work submitted to the contest will also be considered for inclusion in the journal.
Judges for the 2003 Willamette Award will be Arthur Winfield Knight in fiction and Marilyn Chin in poetry.
Peter and Jean de Maine Award for an Emerging Writer in Fiction
This annual award goes to an emerging fiction writer with no more than one published book and whose work appears in either the Spring or Fall issues of CLR each year. The writer of the winning story receives a $1,000 honorarium.Only those stories accepted for publication in CLR are eligible for this award; there is no additional contest period.
