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The Phoenix
Phoenix is funded by the Associated Students at Clark College (ASCC) to encourage the creative efforts of Clark College students, including:
- Flat artwork
- Photography
- 3-D art
- Novel Chapters
- Creative Nonfiction
- Poems
Submission Guidlines
Every student at Clark is eligible to submit artwork for consideration. The requirements for submission involve writing a contributor statement, filling out a submission form, and submitting your work to the Art office by the appropriate deadline. Further information about each category (Literary and Visual Art) can be found below.
Contributors Statement
Every contributor published in the Phoenix must provide a brief statement (75 words or less, subject to editing) addressing one of the following questions for each piece the contributor submits:
- What do you like best about this piece?
- Why is this piece important to you?
Poetry, Fiction & Nonfiction
For each submission using a WORD.doc file, send your work double-spaced with your name, title of your piece, address, phone number and e-mail address in a submission form attachment. The piece itself should only include the title.
Send submissions to: phoenix@clark.edu.
Any Clark student may submit as many entries as desired, but make sure each follows the contribution instructions and guidelines above.
Download the printable Phoenix: Literary submission form.
A literary panel, comprised of current Clark students, will recommend the selections
for inclusion in the Phoenix. The literary editor and the literary advisor will determine
the final selections from the literary panel's recommendations.
Note: Your work may be edited, or you may be asked for a rewrite if your entry is selected.
The Phoenix literary staff will respond to you via email.
Visual Art
Submit your original artwork and/or photographs of your work to the art office,
room 101, Frost Art Center. To request that a staff member of Phoenix take free
photographs of your work, contact the art department at (360) 992-2370 or at
phoenix@clark.edu well before the entry deadline.
Attach a submission form with your name, address, phone number and e-mail securely to
each entry. Do not write on the work itself. Entry forms are available in the art office.
a href="phoenix_submission_visual_art.doc">Download the printable Phoenix: Visual Art submission form
Unselected artwork will be available for return in the art office on February 13th, 2008. Selected artwork will be needed until the first day of classes Spring quarter.
Phoenix Honors
The 2006 and 2007 Phoenix received a first place with special merit award in the annual magazine competition of the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA). The 2004 edition of Phoenix also received first place with special merit honors in the ASPA competition.
In addition, the 2006 Phoenix earned second place honors in the Pacific-Western Division of the national Community College Humanities Association's Literary Magazine Competition. The Community College Humanities Association is the only national organization that exclusively serves to strengthen the humanities in the nation's community colleges.
Phoenix has earned awards from the Washington Community and Technical Colleges Humanities Association and the American Scholastic Press Association, winning first place in 2001, 2004 and 2006.
All Phoenix downloads below are large PDF files. Download time will vary according to your connection speed.
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