Instructorship Fund
What makes the Clarion West experience so powerful? One secret is our amazing instructors, whom we select both for the strength of their writing and for their ability to teach and guide a class. Each year, we recruit the most talented writers from around the world: past instructors include Neil Gaiman, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Samuel Delany, N. K. Jemisin, and so many more. The right instructor at Clarion West can change lives, inspire dreams, and make careers.
Unfortunately, tuition and student scholarships do not cover costs for our instructors, which include round-trip transportation from just about anywhere in the world, as well as the costs of food, lodging, and the instructor honorarium.
You can donate any amount today to the Clarion West General Instructorship fund, helping to ensure that we have the resources we need to recruit the very best instructors — no matter where in the world they hail from. Your donations have a critical impact on our ability to bring these talented writers, editors, and teachers to our workshops.
Name an Instructorship
If you are interested in naming a one-week instructorship, please contact us at .
A Sincere Thank You to our 2024 Named Instructorship Donors:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Team Eclipse Instructorship, supported by the Class of 2017, Week Three
- Greg Bear Memorial Instructorship, supported by Jeffrey Lemkin, Astrid Bear, Albert Folsom, Frank and Dee Dee Catalano, Karen G. Anderson, Kristi Austin, Janet Freeman-Daily, Joe and Gay Haldeman, Benjamin Rosenbaum, and Emma Törzs, Week Four
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
2023 Named Instructorships:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
2022 Named Instructorships:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Debbie J. Rose Memorial Instructorship, supported by Dustin Kyle Rose, Week Two
- Sally Klages Memorial Instructorship, supported by Ellen Klages, Week Three
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
2021 Named Instructorships:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
2019 Named Instructorships:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Sally Klages Memorial Instructorship, supported by Ellen Klages, Week Three
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
2018 Named Instructorships:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Sally Klages Memorial Instructorship, supported by Ellen Klages, Week Three
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
2017 Named Instructorships:
- Leslie Howle Instructorship, supported by an Anonymous Donor, Week One
- Susan C. Petrey Memorial Instructorship, Week Six, sponsored by OryCon, the Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention