We are now accepting applications to attend Clarion West’s intensive Six-Week Summer Workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in speculative fiction. Held annually in Seattle since 1984, the Clarion West Summer Workshop has produced some of the most exciting and influential writers and editors in the field, including Gordon Van Gelder, Vina Jie-Min Prasad,…
Clarion West is excited to announce the instructors for our 2019 Six-Week Summer Workshop: Week 1 – Elizabeth Hand Week 2 – Stephen Graham Jones Week 3 – Amal El-Mohtar Week 4 – Ibi Zoboi Week 5 – Jack Dann and Jonathan Strahan Week 6 – Ann Leckie The Clarion West 2019 Six-Week Summer Workshop…
We’d like to announce a special, never-before-seen Clarion West call for submissions. We’re looking for speculative fiction flash fiction written by alumni for use in our publicity efforts, and we’re paying pro rates. What we’re looking for: We are open to speculative fiction (SF/F, horror, slipstream, etc) of no more than 500 words written by…
Seattle, WA – The winners for the 2018 Locus Awards were announced on Saturday, June 23. We are delighted to announce that Clarion West is the recipient of the inaugural Special Award for Community Building and Inclusivity. Accepting the award on Saturday were James Tiptree Jr. Award winner and Clarion West board member Nisi Shawl…
We are grieved to report that writer, editor, and four-time Clarion West instructor Gardner Dozois has passed away due to complications from a systemic infection. The loss to our community is immeasurable, and we mourn his passing. Gardner served as the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine from 1984–2004, winning 15 Hugos and 35 Locus Awards for…
A graduate of the 2012 Clarion West Six-Week Summer Workshop, Indrapramit Das has made waves in the literary ocean with his rigorous yet humanist short fiction appearing in Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com, and his Lambda Award-winning debut novel The Devourers. In the interview below he answers questions from Nisi Shawl (CW ’92). 7W:…
Astrid and Greg Bear have just announced the Poul and Karen Anderson Memorial International Travel Fund, a ten-year commitment to provide an annual $1,000 for one international student traveling from outside of North America to attend the Clarion West Six Week Summer Workshop. The 2018 fund has been awarded to Ted Mahsun from Ipoh, Malaysia. The…
We are honored and excited to present the Clarion West Six-Week Summer Workshop Class of 2018. Hailing from nine countries across five continents, these 18 writers will study with Daniel Abraham, Ken MacLeod, Yoon Ha Lee, Karen Lord, Karen Joy Fowler, and Ellen Datlow this summer. Congratulations, class! EDIT: Class list updated 5/22/18. Rafeeat Aliyu…
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mary Rosenblum, a wonderful writer and friend of Clarion West. Mary passed away on March 11, 2018, in an accidental plane crash in Clark County, WA. She was 65 years old. Mary attended Clarion West in 1988, and taught at CW in 2008 and 2012. Throughout…
We are thrilled to announce that science fiction luminary Ellen Klages is sponsoring a 2018 instructorship for Clarion West’s Six-Week Summer Workshop. The Sally Klages Memorial Instructorship, named in honor of Klages’s sister Sally, will cover travel, living arrangements, and remuneration for the resident instructor in Week Four of our six-week workshop. Sally Klages, who…