On Tuesday, July 30, Workshop Director Leslie Howle announced the instructor line-up for Clarion West’s 2014 Six-Week Writers Workshop: Paul Park, Kij Johnson, Ian McDonald, Hiromi Goto, Charlie Jane Anders, and John Crowley. John Crowley will be our 2014 Susan C. Petrey Fellow.
We’ll have more information for you on our 2014 instructors on this website in November 2013, as well as current application instructions. Please check back then.
After another overwhelming response to our call for applications, we have selected a class of fifteen students for Clarion West’s 2023 Six-Week Virtual Workshop. The selected class includes students in Ghana, the U.K. by way of Pakistan, Brazil, the Bahamas, Mexico, and the United States. We can’t wait to get to know them better and…
Clarion West is seeking an Executive Director to oversee operations and fundraising for the organization. For details, please see Work for Clarion West.
Clarion West graduate and instructor Kathleen Alcalá (CW ’87) remembers Bruce Taylor, a fixture in the Clarion West community since the first workshop, held in Seattle in 1971. Bruce Taylor, who liked to be known as “Mr. Magic Realism,” was born May 28, 1947 in Seattle, Washington and passed away on August 31, 2022 at…
It is with great excitement that we present the Clarion West class of 2022. After an unprecedented two years without an in-person workshop, we are delighted to welcome the incoming students to Seattle this summer. The incoming class represents the most international cohort of students Clarion West has ever hosted. We are thrilled for voices…
Focus on Indigenous Futures This March, don’t miss two classes with a focus on writing Indigenous Futures. Speculative fiction gives us the opportunity to reflect on past, present, and future through writing and creating. Participants will imagine their way through Futurisms by interweaving their own cultures and life experiences into science fiction and game writing….
by Marnee Chua, Executive Director As we approach the end of this year, I am pleased to share that several individuals have joined the Clarion West Board of Directors in 2020. Their addition to the board will help us better position the organization to grow, build capacity, and achieve our plans to make our workshops more…