Call for Summer 2023 Poster Artist
February 9, 2023
Clarion West is searching for an artist to create artwork for our 2023 summer programming! Please share this call with the artists you know that
Workshops for people who are serious about writing
Clarion West is a nonprofit literary organization that runs an acclaimed six-week residential workshop every summer, online classes and workshops, one-day and weekend workshops, a reading series every summer, and other events throughout the year.
Our Mission
We support emerging and underrepresented voices by providing writers with world-class instruction to empower their creation of wild and amazing worlds. Through conversation and public engagement, we bring those voices to an ever-expanding community.
You can support Clarion West’s mission to forge new voices in speculative fiction in many different ways. Find out more!
Latest News
Join Clarion West at Local Cons!
February 2, 2023
We’ll be making a few in-person appearances this spring — below you can see where we’ll be when and how you can join in the
In Memory of Greg Bear
December 28, 2022
It’s one thing to have a relationship with individuals. A friendship. A long-term admiration. A fan’s enthusiastic following. It’s another to have a relationship with
Recommended Reading for Native American Heritage Month
November 30, 2022
Today, on the final day of Native American Heritage Month, we want to take a moment to acknowledge some of the Indigenous speculative authors that
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