Play The Story Oracle

Introducing Clarion West’s Story Oracle, a text game written by friends and alumni of Clarion West!

The original campaign ran from June 21 – August 1 2026. A donation transported readers to a narrative labyrinth where they were invited to make a series of fantastic (or romantic, mysterious, terrifying…) choices. Their decisions generated a personalized recommended reading list curated by some of our favorite Clarion West authors including Stephen Graham Jones, Martha Wells, Fonda Lee, Cory Doctorow, and more!

This event replaced the Write-a-thon as the summer fundraising activity.

Thanks to everyone who donated during our summer fundraising campaign!

Clarion West was able to achieve the 2026 summer fundraising goal, but that doesn’t mean the fun is over. You look ahead and see three paths to select… and this time, if you’d like, you can choose all three:

This fundraiser is done, but you still want to support Clarion West.

You know Clarion West has cool upcoming events. Mosey over to the calendar to see what’s next.

You decide to hop on Clarion West’s newsletter to stay in the loop.

Thank you to our sponsors for The Story Oracle!

Clarion West’s mission is to support emerging and underrepresented writers and therefore seeks to prioritize community and spotlighting the work of writers of color and LGBTQIA+ writers.

This game could not have been made without the contributions of our amazing The Story Oracle team. Credits.