Clarion West is searching for an artist to create artwork for our 2023 summer programming! Please share this call with the artists you know that might be a great fit, and see below for details. What we’re looking for We want to commission a piece of art that inspires us and our writers to create…
We’ll be making a few in-person appearances this spring — below you can see where we’ll be when and how you can join in the fun! 1) Emerald City Comic Con (March 2-5, 2023) We’ll be hosting two writing workshops during ECCC. We’re also looking for volunteers to staff our table in the Writers Block…
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…
As we reach the end of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to take the opportunity to lift up authors from our community of Hispanic and/or Latinx/e descent across the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and beyond. Our Recommended Reading is a good place to start, but by no means a comprehensive list! We…
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!…
We’re already down to our second-to-last week of Write-a-thon, but we’re still going strong! Even if you haven’t joined in yet, you can always sign up for the fun here. This week we’re partnering with Take This, an innovative nonprofit organization supporting mental health within gaming communities. Here’s an interview with Executive Director Eve Crevoshay…
We’re halfway through the summer’s Write-a-thon activities, and we are thrilled and grateful to hear from participants who have been inspired and motivated by our classes, sprints, and Discord community. It’s never too late to join — sign up here. This week, we’ve got an excellent new line-up of activities put together by our Week…
[Edit 7/7/22: Check out this great panel – Horror & Hope: Mental Health & Writing, with Angela Yuriko Smith, Lee Murray, and Dave Jeffery for HWA’s Mental Health Initiative!] It’s already Week 3 of Write-a-thon 2022 – we can’t believe how fast it’s flying by! We hope the words have been flowing, and that the…
At the close of Pride Month, we want to take a moment to call forth just a few names from our community of openly LGBTQIA+ science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors, as a way of recognizing their contributions and encouraging readers to seek out their work. There’s a strong lineage of LGBTQIA+ authors within speculative…
We’re thrilled to share the summer poster art for our Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy reading series! We hold deep gratitude to poster artist Odera Igbokwe, and layout designer Vicki Saunders for their beautiful work. You can learn more about Odera Igbokwe from their website, as well as their bio here: Odera Igbokwe (They/Them…