I prefer honorary titles like "Oh great and mighty gatekeepers of the Clarion in the West" or "Hi folks."
Deborah Fisher, being the chair, would be my educated guess. Or just to Clarion West as if the workshop were actually a person (since I hear it has a mind of its own).
No actual knowledge in this answer, just good guesses and warped humor. Welcome to my world.
"Dear workshop administrators" is probably closest. Leslie Howle and I (we are the workshop administrators) are the two who see the applications come in, and I respond to them (and log them in and send them to the readers).
The readers don't see any cover message you may send. Only the two of us do.
And really all I'm looking for is your contact info and to make certain the files came through okay.
Sadly, for those of you who spent time thinking about this, I probably didn't notice the salutation.
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Submitted by Oso on January 18, 2010 - 4:30pm.
I prefer honorary titles like "Oh great and mighty gatekeepers of the Clarion in the West" or "Hi folks."
Deborah Fisher, being the chair, would be my educated guess. Or just to Clarion West as if the workshop were actually a person (since I hear it has a mind of its own).
No actual knowledge in this answer, just good guesses and warped humor. Welcome to my world.
-Oso
(http://osomuerte.wordpress.com)
Submitted by Corinne on January 19, 2010 - 3:31pm.
I quite fancy that first suggestion ;)
Thanks for the thoughts!
Submitted by icemaker on January 20, 2010 - 10:30pm.
I addressed it as
Dear organizers.
julia, CW2009
Submitted by Corinne on January 21, 2010 - 4:05am.
Excellent. I was thinking of going with something along those lines =)
Submitted by neile on February 2, 2010 - 6:52pm.
Anything is fine, really. We're not particular.
"Dear workshop administrators" is probably closest. Leslie Howle and I (we are the workshop administrators) are the two who see the applications come in, and I respond to them (and log them in and send them to the readers).
The readers don't see any cover message you may send. Only the two of us do.
And really all I'm looking for is your contact info and to make certain the files came through okay.
Sadly, for those of you who spent time thinking about this, I probably didn't notice the salutation.
--Neile
writer; workshop administrator
http:www.sff.net/people/neile
Submitted by Corinne on February 3, 2010 - 7:13am.
It's probably just residual perfection from sending out queries and short stories, where salutations often do matter *g*
Good to know it's not an issue, and thanks for the answer!