Clarion West is pleased to announce the instructors for the 2017 Summer Workshop, June 18 through July 28, 2017.
Week 1: Daryl Gregory
Week 2: Kij Johnson
Week 3: John Chu
Week 4: Connie Willis
Week 5: Daniel José Older
Week 6: Pat Cadigan
For more information on these instructors, please see the workshop instructors page. Applications for the 2017 workshop will open in December 2016.
A graduate of the 2012 Clarion West Six-Week Summer Workshop, Indrapramit Das has made waves in the literary ocean with his rigorous yet humanist short fiction appearing in Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com, and his Lambda Award-winning debut novel The Devourers. In the interview below he answers questions from Nisi Shawl (CW ’92). 7W:…
Dear Clarion West family and friends, I am so pleased to share the Clarion West 2020-2021 Combined Annual Report, a testament to our collective community power. There’s been a lot to do and think about over the past two years, but I’m forever grateful to everyone who has stepped forward to focus on the speculative…
Every year, Clarion West brings the Write-a-thon to our global community. As we host our usual summer six-week events online for the second year in a row, the global community has once again shown up, signed up, and turned out for what will certainly be our biggest Write-a-thon ever! Thanks for a fantastic first week! Here’s…
Clarion West is holding three One-Day Workshops this fall. These intensive single day workshops contain many of the elements of our Six-Week Workshop, such as instructor-facilitated group critique, and discussions about technique or professional concerns. They are available to anyone aged 18 or older for a $130 fee. Voice and Voices Sunday, October 5 Nisi…
Writing the Other and Clarion West, two Seattle-based writing organizations, announce the beginning of a new partnership. Clarion West will serve as the fiscal sponsor for Writing the Other, as the organizations explore partnership opportunities and shared resource development. Fiscal sponsorship will enable the two mission-aligned organizations to share resources, which keeps administrative expenses down….
Clarion West is pleased to present a series of conversations featuring today’s Black publishers and editors of anthologies and magazines, aimed at expanding our understanding of the ways in which editorial roles impact the worlds of speculative fiction. This series is presented in partnership with the Seattle Public Library and is supported by The Seattle…