Mary Rosenblum (1952-2018)


Clarion West is holding three One-Day Workshops this fall. These intensive single day workshops contain many of the elements of our Six-Week Workshop, such as instructor-facilitated group critique, and discussions about technique or professional concerns. They are available to anyone aged 18 or older for a $130 fee. Voice and Voices Sunday, October 5 Nisi…
We are delighted to welcome ten writers to this year’s 2026 Novel Writing Workshop. These writers will be working to complete a novel draft under the guidance of novelist and teacher Dr. Karen Lord (CW instructor ‘18 & ‘23) The Novel Writing Workshop Class of 2026 Heather Aruffo (Fairbanks, AK, USA) Deanna Johnston (Massachusetts, USA)…
Clarion West is honored to present the Summer Workshop Class of 2015: Dinesh Pulandram, from Melbourne, Australia Garret Johnston, from Sherwood Park, Alberta Rebecca Campbell, from Windsor, Ontario Monidipa “Mimi” Mondal, from Calcutta*, India Thersa Matsuura, from Yaizu, Japan Samuel Kolawole, from Ibadan, Nigeria Michael Sebastian, from Los Angeles, CA Jake Stone, from Bloomington, IN…
Now your Write-a-thon sponsorship can go even further! An anonymous donor has offered to match donations from now to the end of the Write-a-thon, up to a total of $1000. Your $10 sponsorship will become $20, and your $50 sponsorship will become $100. This fantastic opportunity will make every dollar you give go twice as…
We are delighted to welcome a new group of writers to the Clarion West family! Clarion West will be running virtually this summer, and we’ll be managing time travel over at least eight time zones for a group of 15 joining us from Sri Lanka, Germany, Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia (by way of Pakistan),…
This Spring, we were one of 817 nonprofit organizations to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant. Our $10,000 Art Works grant is helping CW to continue to present our world-renowned Six-Week and One-Day writing workshops. We’re grateful to have received such a powerful validation of what we do, and of the work you…