Remembering Jane E. Hawkins
January 11, 2022
Introduction by Greg Bear, with obituary by Ian K. Hagemann, originally published to Facebook on January 8, 2022 Here’s to the passing of Jane E.
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
New Scholarships to Encourage Black, Indigenous, and Writers of Color to Attend
December 29, 2021
Applications are open for the 2022 Clarion West Workshop for speculative fiction writers. Offered every summer in Seattle, Clarion West has over 600 graduates, including
Native American Heritage Month: Recommended Reading
November 30, 2021
We wrap up November and the United States’ Native American Heritage Month with the following list of recommended speculative fiction reading by Indigenous writers of
Writing Trauma, part 2
November 8, 2021
During our 2021 Write-a-thon, we spoke with three writers who are also a chaplain, an ICU nurse, and a doctor of psychiatry, to hear their
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