Clarion West announces its Summer Reading Series

Clarion West is once again running its well-known Summer Reading Series, featuring prominent writers of science fiction and fantasy who are teaching its prestigious Six-Week Workshop. Authors will read from new works and answer questions about writing, teaching, editing, and other topics. Readings take place at the University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE in Seattle,…

Clarion West Write-a-thon is now open for registration

The Clarion West Write-a-thon registration is now open! Every year, hundreds of people commit to a summer tradition: to spend six weeks working on their writing goals while supporting Clarion West. Looking for a challenge to keep yourself writing during the long days of summer? You’ve found one! Go to the Write-a-thon page for more…

Introducing the Clarion West Class of 2014

Clarion West is honored to present the Summer Workshop Class of 2014: Adanze Asante, from Brooklyn, New York Alexander Berman, from Los Angeles, California Christopher Nickolas Carlson, from Beijing, China Curtis C. Chen, from Vancouver, Washington Shannon Fay, from Halifax, Nova Scotia Folly Blaine, from Seattle, Washington Rich Larson, from Edmonton, Alberta Michael Matheson, from…

One-Day Workshops for Spring 2014

Registration is open for the Spring 2014 Clarion West One-Day Workshops, taught by Rachel Swirsky, Nicola Griffith, Lisa Gold, and Louise Marley. These six-hour intensives focus on skills useful to all speculative fiction writers. All sessions take place on Sundays in Seattle’s University District. For more information, visit the One-Day Workshop page.

Our New Executive Director

We’re excited to announce that Clarion West has a new Executive Director: Caroline Bobanick. Caroline’s previous experience includes working as Executive Director for the Environmental Science Center in south King County; as Development Director at Seattle’s Gage Academy of Art; and as Special Events Manager at Pilchuck Glass School, also in Seattle. Caroline has already…

2014 Summer Workshop Instructors

On Tuesday, July 30, Workshop Director Leslie Howle announced the instructor line-up for Clarion West’s 2014 Six-Week Writers Workshop: Paul Park, Kij Johnson, Ian McDonald, Hiromi Goto, Charlie Jane Anders, and John Crowley. John Crowley will be our 2014 Susan C. Petrey Fellow. We’ll have more information for you on our 2014 instructors on this…

Clarion West Wins NEA Grant

This Spring, we were one of 817 nonprofit organizations to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant. Our $10,000 Art Works grant is helping CW to continue to present our world-renowned Six-Week and One-Day writing workshops. We’re grateful to have received such a powerful validation of what we do, and of the work you…