Job opportunity: Clarion West seeks new Executive Director
Clarion West is seeking an Executive Director to oversee operations and fundraising for the organization. For details, please see Work for Clarion West.
New Week Six instructor: Michael Swanwick
It is with great regret that we announce that Geoff Ryman will not be teaching Week Six, due to unexpected difficulties with the United Kingdom’s passport system. Stepping in for Ryman is Michael Swanwick, who has received the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards for his work. His books include In the Drift,…
Clarion West announces Fall 2016 One-Day Workshops
Clarion West has announced an exciting lineup of One-Day Workshops for this fall: Susan Palwick (CW ’85), September 18: When Worldviews Collide: Character as Conflict Nisi Shawl (CW ’92), October 9: Voice and Diversity Cat Rambo (CW ’05), November 20: Rewriting and Revisioning David Levine (CW ’00), December 4: Integrating Character, Plot, and Worldbuilding Visit…
Introducing the Clarion West Class of 2016
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…
Clarion West co-sponsors the Door to a Pink Universe contest
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…
Applications are now open for the 2016 Clarion West Summer Workshop
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…
Announcing Clarion West’s Winter One-Day Workshops
We are pleased to announce new One-Day Workshops for winter: The Three Ps: Plotting, Planning, and Progress January 17, 2016 – Mark Teppo How to Read As a Writer February 21, 2016 – L. Timmel Duchamp
Clarion West announces instructors for 2016
Clarion West is pleased to announce the instructors for the 2016 Summer Six-Week Workshop: Paul Park (Clarion West’s 2016 Leslie Howle Fellow) Stephen Graham Jones Elizabeth Bear N.K. Jemisin Sheila Williams Geoff Ryman (Clarion West’s 2016 Susan C. Petrey Fellow) More information about these distinguished instructors will be posted on the Clarion West website soon….
New Week Four instructor: Susan Palwick
Clarion West is sorry to have to announce a change in this year’s instructor lineup. Connie Willis is temporarily unable to travel for health reasons, and will not be able to teach Week Four this year. Stepping in for her is Susan Palwick, the award-winning author of Mending the Moon and The Fate of Mice….
Clarion West to Receive National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Through its grant-making to thousands of nonprofits each year, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) promotes opportunities for people in communities across America to experience the arts and exercise their creativity. In the second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2015, the NEA will make an award to Clarion West in support of the…