It is with incalculable joy that we present the Clarion West Six-Week Summer Workshop Class of 2021. This summer, fifteen writers will study with Andy Duncan, Eileen Gunn, Tina Connolly, Caroline Yoachim, Nalo Hopkinson, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Ted Chiang. Following the postponement of the 2020 workshop due to Covid-19, we are delighted to once…
by the Clarion West Workshop Team 2020 challenged all of us in ways we never expected. At Clarion West, this meant trying different approaches and making new connections. In April, One-Day Workshop administrator Tegan Moore (CW ’15) pivoted on a dime to pull together 43 free online classes. We followed this in May with another…
Dear Alumni and Friends, A heartfelt THANK YOU for all of our GiveBIG donors this year! Your support overwhelmed us and will go a long way to paying for our spring and summer free classes and workshops that we have been offering in support of writers during these very trying times. By the time that…
Dear friends, What a month! Since our previous alumni e-newsletter, we launched our new series of free online workshops and sprints. Response was so huge that it overwhelmed our server! We followed up with more online offerings with pay options as well as a lottery for free/scholarship spots. This went much more smoothly. To reiterate…
Dear friends, We hope you are staying safe and healthy, and we expect that, no matter where you are on this planet, you may have some extra time to read and write. We can find solace and strength in both of these activities, and thankfully, our community continues to deliver amazing publications. Keep reading below…
Dear friends, Welcome to the new year! We hope you’re staying warm wherever you are, and having a peaceful post-holiday season. Applications for Clarion West’s Six-Week Summer Workshop are still open, so if you or someone you know are thinking of applying, visit our summer workshop page. Applications will remain open through March 1, 2020….
Welcome to the December Alumni News! As we round out the year, we’d just like to wish everyone a wonderful December and a happy holiday season. As you prepare for the coming weeks, may your days be full of joy, laughter, and imagination. Applications for Clarion West’s Six-Week Summer Workshop are now open. If you or someone…
Dear friends, It’s November! November is Native American Heritage Month and National Novel Writing Month… which means it’s the perfect time to slow down, reflect, and give thanks — and maybe pull up that novel project you’ve been mulling over all year. For those of you interested (or if you know someone who might be interested) in Clarion West 2020,…
Dear friends, Welcome to October! Here in Seattle, we’re enjoying the cooler weather and keeping busy as we enter the closing months of the year (and the decade!). Last month was an exciting one: We held our inaugural Sci-Fi Trivia Night at Lagunitas Brewing Company. Thank you to everyone who participated, and especially to our trivia team captains, the…
Dear friends, Summer hasn’t quite ended, but fall hasn’t quite begun. Is this summfall? We hope you’re all enjoying the sunshine and digging into that summer reading list. We’ve got a full slate of activities lined up for the next few months. Read on for a cornucopia of workshops, a trivia night, an open mic night,…