Clamor is open to submissions for the 2026 issue until February 17th, 2026. 

Clamor is the University of Washington Bothell’s annual Literary and Arts Journal, representing the best creative practices in literary, visual, and media formats from across our campus and the surrounding community. It is open to UW and Cascadia students and teachers (present and former), and anyone within the UW and Cascadia community.  

Our goal is to support and promote captivating, inspiring, and lively art in the forms of visual, literary, and media work.

In keeping with the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences’ core learning objectives, we advocate for art across all disciplines.

We provide artists and authors with publication opportunities through our print edition and our website. We foster community by reaching beyond the bounds of UW Bothell for creative works and by offering quality reading, viewing, and listening experiences to audiences outside the campus.

Please note: Clamor does not accept work that has been previously published. We accept pieces published on social media. We accept up to 3 submissions per category. Each submission should contain one individual work. 

Please DO NOT submit simultaneous or multiple pieces within the same submission and document.  

Please submit any written pieces in Times New Roman, single-spaced, 12-point font. Submit written works in WORD DOCS only. Please withdraw your work if it has been accepted elsewhere. Your work is not guaranteed to be accepted in the print or web journal. For clarification, email clamor@uw.edu. 

As is standard with creative works, all rights revert to authors and artists after publication. Submitted works may be featured in future Clamor promotional campaigns without alterations unless given written/verbal consent from the artist.

Clamor publishes artistic content in all forms, including visual art, creative writing, foreign language works (with translations by the artist), media, video, and audio. We also accept recordings of original performance art and dance. Our print journal includes: poetry, prose, creative nonfiction, word art, personal essays, photography, painting, drawing, digital art, and visual images of sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and graphic art. Our web edition includes all this and media content: video, music, audio art, and experimental media, as well as documentation of performance work. Examples can be found on our website. Clamor’s Web Journal is home not only to mixed media pieces, but also a plethora of works to celebrate our creativity in the past and present for future years. NOTE: Please bear in mind that if your work is accepted, it will be published in either our print or online version, based on its format, length, and journal cohesion.  

When signing up for a Submittable account to submit your work to Clamor, we recommend you use an email that will remain active until the Summer of the current year. Academic emails, including UWB emails, are often deactivated after graduation or when final courses are completed. Feel free to reach out with questions!

The Clamor editorial board acknowledges that we are on ancestral lands stolen from Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. UWB campus sits on the original territory belonging to the Sts’ahp-absh (Willow people), and we recognize the Indigenous peoples and nations of this stolen land as its original stewards and caretakers. We value and encourage submissions from Indigenous voices.