Six-Week Workshop Wish List
Each year our community donates to support student needs, ranging from coffee and snacks to pens and graduation parties — and everything in between!
During virtual years, we send each student a care package with their student graduation certificates, their very own baby Verisimilitoads, notebooks with the years’ featured art, and other resources to help them get through six weeks of intensive workshopping.
Clarion West also hosts local events for the speculative fiction community throughout the summer, including our annual partnership open mic night with Two Hour Transport, readings and conversations with the workshop instructors, writing meetups, and more. Clarion West also hosts a graduation party on the last day of the workshop.
Want to help support the Class of 2026? Donate to support any one of the items below!
Care Package Shipping ($55/package):
Fund a care package for a student. This donation covers the cost of shipping and packaging for the student care packages. The average shipping cost per student is $55. 15 available.
Mystery Muse and Other Visitors ($150/guest speaker):
Each year, students and our workshop team invite special guest speakers to visit the class. Guest speakers spend at least an hour with the students talking about craft and living as a writer. From mystery muses to visiting alumni, Clarion West offers to pay our regular instructor rate to every guest lecturer. You can help cover this expense! 10 available.
Baby Verisimilitoad ($10.80/item):
Send a baby Verisimilitoad! Post COVID, the Verisimilitoad hasn’t received the same kind of appreciation as it used to. Unable to hug a student through Zoom, and perhaps slightly less hygienic during a pandemic, the Verisimilitoad graciously invited all its many children to help spread love and support to our students. Each student since 2021 has received their very own baby Verisimilitoad, you can help cover the cost! 15 available.
Notebook ($6/notebook):
We order a new batch of notebooks each year with the incredible featured art for the year. You can see this year’s featured art and learn about the artist here.
Non-financial donations
If you have extra travel points, hotel points, or miles to offer Clarion West for a guest visitor, please contact Marnee at to see if any of these can be applied to reduce our programming travel costs.