The cover and inside pages from the third edition of Otolith, published by Columbia Gorge Community College creative writing students.Lexus Williams photos
THE GORGE — Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) announced the publication of their third literary magazine on Jan. 8, with a public reading by some of the students, staff, faculty, and alumni who contributed to this body of work.
This literary magazine has nonfiction, fiction, poetry, short stories, and artwork from the community. A couple dozen people attended the reading, which lasted roughly an hour. It was a safe space for self expression.
In a joint statement, students who edited the magazine said, “Otolith celebrates the wealth of creativity at CGCC by holding space for artists and writers to share and connect.” Inclusion, diversity, and having a safe outlet for individuality are all incredibly important aspects for the community to have access to, they added.
tina ontiveros (who prefers her name all lowercase) is faculty advisor for Otolith and was excited to talk to me about her experience with the students. ontiveros is a local author and teacher at both CGCC campuses, and the reason we have Otolith today.
“Unforgettable” is how ontiveros describes the process. “This year’s edition has more visual art than past editions”, ontiveros said. She organized and volunteered her time to this project.
However, she wants the public to know that this journal is student led. It takes six months to a year for this project to be complete. This literary journal was started in the class at CGCC called Editing and Publishing, which students can take to receive the Creative Writing Concentration award on their diploma. The class typically doesn’t get to finish the journal within one term, so the creative writing club takes over and finishes the work from there.
“The creative writing community at CGCC does the bulk of the work that goes into publishing the journal,” ontiveros said.
The first edition was published in 2020 and is a biennial project.
To be considered in the magazine, the club does a blind scoring process for choosing which original works of art and writings get to be featured. The public can get a copy of Otolith at both The Dalles college campus library and the Hood River campus library. Approximately 150 copies were published.
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Lexus Williams is in her first term at CGCC. See her introductory profile, this page.
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