Camas Magazine

How I Transformed Myself Into a Chill Ocean Girl I wanted to be a waterwoman. So I signed up for white bro ocean culture and erased a part of myself.

Camas is now open to submissions for our Spring '23 issue, Unnatural. We're so excited to read your poetry/prose, and check out your art/photography. Deadline is March 17th. Submit at www.camasmagazine.org/submit

Submissions are open! Send us your best stuff!
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SAN JUAN RIVER WORKSHOP | WITH SHERWIN BITSUI |
20 - 26 JULY

In this unique exploration of the Upper San Juan River, you'll consider Indigenous perspectives on the story of land and water; seek patterns in landscapes that inform your creative work; discover stories told in rocks; and identify elements of storytelling in the landscape itself. Navajo poet and teacher Sherwin Bitsui leads this remarkable workshop, which is offered in partnership with Fort Lewis College.

Learn more @ https://freeflowinstitute.com/san-juan-river-workshop-2022/

SAN JUAN RIVER WORKSHOP • FREEFLOW INSTITUTE SAN JUAN RIVER WORKSHOP Toh’nlįbizaad: the River’s Story hosted by Sherwin Bitsui, celebrated Diné poet and winner of the American Book Award 20 – 26 JULY 2022  |  SAN JUAN RIVER  |  UTAH A creative confluence of river-writing, poetry, ecology, and history – a unique journey through Na...

BLACKFOOT RIVER WORKSHOP | WITH CHRIS LA TRAY |
19 - 22 JUNE

One full-tuition scholarship available!

Join beloved poet and author Chris La Tray on a four-day float down Montana's storied Blackfoot River, and explore the concept of place in our writing. Are you a freelancer trying to get people to care about climate change? Are you a novelist building your own world? Or maybe you are a poet exploring land and rivers and want to make your images glow. This workshop will be a study of place. Places important to you, places of cultural significance, the history of places, even your imagined places.

Learn more @ https://freeflowinstitute.com/blackfoot-river-workshop-2/

BLACKFOOT RIVER WORKSHOP • FREEFLOW INSTITUTE 2022 BLACKFOOT RIVER WORKSHOP hosted by Chris La Tray, author of One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays From the World At Large (2018, Riverfeet Press); Descended from a Travel-worn Satchel (2021, FootHills Publishing), and the upcoming Becoming Little Shell (2023, Milkweed Editions) 19 – 22...

Are you seeking inspiration? A supportive artistic community? An opportunity to strengthen your writing craft? We invite you to join SHIFT, an upcoming course hosted by Freeflow Institute. SHIFT will bring you and eleven others into the shared endeavor of finding voice during this period of social and ecological revolution. Through generative readings, discussions, individualized writing workshops, interactive craft, and riveting talks from established authors, you will be invited to grow as a storyteller. Each week will center on a different theme, and each theme will be addressed by an author. The lineup speaks for itself — you will meet Pam Houston, Fransisco Cantú, Ana Maria Spagna, Sherwin Bitsui, and Craig Childs. With wisdom from these voices, Freeflow’s leadership, and the generative richness of SHIFT’s themes, you will leave this course with a new sense of direction for your craft, whatever form it finds. SHIFT is open to anyone committed to the work of writing, thinking, and opening to possibility. We can’t wait to meet you! UM credit and scholarship funds available. Save your space here!
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Camas: The Nature of the West

When former editor Katharine Hyzy first introduced this tagline in the fall of 2003, she wrote, “What makes the West what it is has more to do with what it inspires than the physical, tangible features of its terrain.” Our place, our politics, and our social fabric have changed a lot since she wrote those words. After 30 years of making Camas Magazine, we ask contributors to revisit, redefine, and reimagine what it is that the West inspires. Take it away! Spread the word!

It's here! The winter edition of Camas landed in our office just in time to carry us through the darkest days of the year. Locals can pick up a copy at Fact and Fiction Books or Shakespeare & Co. in Missoula, or head on over to camasmagazine.org/shop to order. Thank you so much for your continued support of this little student-run magazine!

Submissions are now open!
Our theme for this issue is Flight —

To fly. Synonym: to flit, flutter, soar, swoop, glide. To take off, to migrate, to see the world from a new angle. Flight path, flight risk, fight or flight, flight of fancy. In this issue of Camas, we open our wings to all things aerial. Take us to the skies.

camasmagazine.org/submit

Poster design: Small Fox Press

Our newest issue is out! We would like to thank all of our contributors, board members, and supporters for helping make "Ramble" possible. A pdf version of this issue will be available on the website soon. Please consider ordering a (beautiful) hard copy from our website to support this student-run environmental magazine. Happy rambling!