Clarion West is pleased to announce the instructors for the 2018 Summer Workshop. Week 1 – Daniel Abraham Week 2 – Ken MacLeod Week 3 – Yoon Ha Lee Week 4 – Karen Lord Week 5 – Karen Joy Fowler Week 6 – Ellen Datlow Read more about the instructors on the Summer Workshop page….
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award to Clarion West in support of the Summer Workshop and Summer Reading Series….
Clarion West is honored to present the Clarion West Summer Workshop Class of 2017, who hail from Singapore, Cyprus, Mexico, England, and the United States: Andrea M. Pawley Mark Galarrita Izzy Wasserstein A. T. Greenblatt Gordon White Stephanie Malia Morris Robert Minto E.L. Bangs Andrea Chapela Patrick Lofgren Joanne Lim-Pousard Vina Jie-Min Prasad Shweta Adhyam…
Clarion West is seeking an Executive Director to oversee operations and fundraising for the organization. For details, please see Work for Clarion West.
Applications are now open for the Clarion West 2017 Summer Workshop. This intensive six-week course focuses on short speculative fiction, and is taught by six distinguished writers and editors. To learn about the workshop, the application process, and deadlines, please visit the Summer Workshop page.
Clarion West is pleased to announce six new One-Day Workshops this winter and spring: January 22, 2017 with instructor Curtis C. Chen Synopses and Queries: How Do They Work? February 19, 2017 with instructors Ted Kosmatka and Jack Skillingstead Scene One: The Rocketry of Fiction March 5 with instructor Kat Richardson A Matter of Character:…
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…
It is with great regret that we announce that Geoff Ryman will not be teaching Week Six, due to unexpected difficulties with the United Kingdom’s passport system. Stepping in for Ryman is Michael Swanwick, who has received the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards for his work. His books include In the Drift,…
Clarion West has announced an exciting lineup of One-Day Workshops for this fall: Susan Palwick (CW ’85), September 18: When Worldviews Collide: Character as Conflict Nisi Shawl (CW ’92), October 9: Voice and Diversity Cat Rambo (CW ’05), November 20: Rewriting and Revisioning David Levine (CW ’00), December 4: Integrating Character, Plot, and Worldbuilding Visit…
Clarion West is honored to present the Summer Workshop Class of 2016: Taimur Ahmad, from New York City/Princeton, New Jersey Betsy Aoki, from Seattle, Washington Elizabeth Bartmess, from San Francisco, California Octavia Cade, from New Zealand Paul DesCombaz, from Saint Paul, Minnesota Lora Gray, from Kent, Ohio C.A. Hawksmoor, from North Wales Jon Lasser, from…