Writing Trauma, part 1 of 3
September 28, 2021
Imposter syndrome. Doomscrolling. Adult attention deficit disorder. These are just a few of the mental and emotional experiences that make our stories feel like failures
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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
Announcing the Instructors for Clarion West’s 2022 In-Person Summer Workshop
July 30, 2021
Clarion West is thrilled to announce our plan to return to an in-person workshop for 2022! With excitement, we announce the instructors for our 2022
Week 5 Write-a-thon Partner: Two Hour Transport!
July 21, 2021
We hope you’re enjoying Week 5 of our annual Write-a-thon. Sheree Renée Thomas, a Clarion West alumna herself, is teaching the six-week workshop participants. We
Announcing our Week 4 Write-a-thon partner, FIYAHCON
July 14, 2021
It’s Week 4 of the Clarion West Write-a-thon, and we’re proud to partner with FIYAHCON! On Monday, workshop administrator Rashida J. Smith moderated the live
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