ALL IN FOR SPECULATIVE FICTION

Support Excellent Storytelling in the Clarion West Crowdfunding Campaign

Would you like to join an RPG session with award-winning science fiction writer, Annalee Newitz? Join a virtual consultation with award-winning writer Kij Johnson? Or have a manuscript critique with Justin C. Key? Keep an eye out for these and other packages from Clarion West’s upcoming crowdfunding campaign!

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.

So far this year, Clarion West has served programs for 1,730 participants across all programs, including online sliding scale community classes and 56 scholarships for online and in-person participants. 

And our amazing alumni have published over 50 stories and novels, received 9 prestigious industry awards, and published or been published in 5 anthologies and collections in 2024. These stories make a difference and help to inspire and engage a whole new generation of readers.

Clarion West strives to keep all of these programs financially affordable, ADA accessible, and culturally equitable, actively interrogating our own methods year-to-year so that we may continue to reduce obstacles to serving our target populations. You can support this work by backing the campaign at any level — every donation helps. 

The crowdfunding campaign begins November 11 and runs through December 4. Together, we’re empowering new voices — and helping emerging writers connect to an ever-expanding community!