Job opportunity: Clarion West seeks new Executive Director
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 is seeking an Executive Director to oversee operations and fundraising for the organization. For details, please see Work for Clarion West.
One of our favorite traditions here at Clarion West is working with a new artist each year to create both our Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy reading series poster and Write-a-thon art. This year, we are thrilled to feature the work of Charis Loke, a phenomenal illustrator whose art you may have seen gracing…
M.T. Khan is the recipient of the $1,000 Salam Award Scholarship for a student of Pakistani origin attending Clarion West’s Six-Week Workshop. The award is sponsored by the Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction, which promotes science fiction and related genres of writing in Pakistan and supports writers of the Pakistani diaspora. Khan will join the…
Allow us to introduce the Clarion West Class of 2019. Hailing from Canada, Mexico, Slovenia, the UK, India, Greece, Sweden, and the USA, these 18 writers will study with Elizabeth Hand, Stephen Graham Jones, Amal El-Mohtar, Ibi Zoboi, Jack Dann, Jonathan Strahan, and Ann Leckie this summer. Congratulations, class! EDIT: Class list updated 5/22/19 Celeste…
And it’s here! The last week of our 2022 summer Write-a-thon to cheer on our Six-Week Workshop students and generate new writing and connections in our broader community. Thank you for all your hard work this summer and your fundraising efforts. Make sure to pat yourselves on the back, no matter how much you accomplished!…
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 make up the genre. The voices of these authors, and of so many others that we may not have listed, are vital to our community. We encourage you to read…
I’m so pleased to announce the following well-deserved staff promotions. Everything we do at Clarion West is supported by an amazing and collaborative team of writers who care deeply about our programs, the field of speculative fiction, and creating a supportive and caring community. Rashida J. Smith (CW ’05) will be taking on the role…