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.
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!
Essay Writing for Professional Liars Instructor: Elsa SjunnesonDate & Time: May 15 from 12pm-4pm Pacific TimeLocation: Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle Clarion West is
“[A less privileged writer] leaves a disempowering workshop and faces the same disempowerment on a larger scale: though they should be in charge of their
“I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem
Let us introduce you to Rashida Stephanie Jae Amy María Evan Stefani Erik Elly Suzanne Marnee You’ve heard that Clarion West pivoted sharply in 2020
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