The cherry trees are in full bloom and the days are getting longer and warmer in Seattle, where Clarion West is busy getting ready for summer. The Clarion West class of 2016 has been announced and our workshop staff and volunteers are preparing for the workshop, the Summer Reading Series, and the Write-a-thon. We have…
Here at Clarion West, the action is ramping up as we prepare for the Six-Week Workshop, the Summer Reading Series, and some great spring One-Day Workshops. We have exciting news about the Nebula Awards in this edition of the Alumni News, as well as new work from our alumni. There’s still space available in these…
Clarion West is honored to present the Summer Workshop Class of 2016: Taimur Ahmad, from New York City/Princeton, New Jersey Betsy Aoki, from Seattle, Washington Elizabeth Bartmess, from San Francisco, California Octavia Cade, from New Zealand Paul DesCombaz, from Saint Paul, Minnesota Lora Gray, from Kent, Ohio C.A. Hawksmoor, from North Wales Jon Lasser, from…
There’s some great reading for cold February evenings in this month’s Alumni News! Clarion West’s staff and volunteers are busy with applications and preparing for this summer’s workshop and readings. We’ve just announced four new One-Day Workshops for spring 2016: Writing in Scenes, taught by Jack Skillingstead and Nancy Kress on March 20 Blistering Action Scenes…
Welcome to the new year! Everyone here at Clarion West is excited about what the new year holds: the Summer Workshop, One-Day Workshops, the Summer Reading Series, the Write-a-thon, and more. Applications are still open for the Clarion West Summer Workshop, and the application fee is discounted to $30 before February 10. If you or a…
Clarion West is proud to announce their sponsorship of the Seattle Public Library’s flash fiction contest, Door to a Pink Universe. This contest is in honor of Octavia Butler, who taught several times for Clarion West and who heralded libraries for their contribution to her development as a writer. One of the prizes for this…
The weather’s gotten chilly in Seattle, but at Clarion West our hearts are warm and full of gratitude this holiday season. Many, many thanks to our volunteers and supporters who put their time and funds into making this one of the best workshops in the known universe! If you’re thinking about your year-end giving, now’s…
Clarion West is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2016 Summer Six-Week Workshop. This is one of the premier workshops of its type for speculative fiction, and workshop alumni have gone on to do amazing things. Apply before February 10, 2016, and get $20 off the application fee. For more information…
Here at Clarion West, we’re getting ready to open applications for the summer workshop in December—our dedicated staff and volunteers are making sure we’re all organized and ready to go. We also have several One-Day workshops now open for registration: If It’s Real, Show Me taught by Hiromi Goto on November 15 Collaboration: Twice the Work,…
It’s the time of year when people in the Seattle area are apparently collectively obsessed with squash and the weather has begun to cool off after a record-breaking summer. Here at Clarion West we’re hard at work behind the scenes, getting ready to open applications for the 2016 Six-Week Workshop as well as announce some…