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Online Classes & Workshops


Closed Captioning available in all classes. Not sure if a class is for you? Email us at helpdesk@clarionwest.org—we’ll answer your questions and help you find the best match.

A limited number of scholarships available in each class for Black and Indigenous writers and writers from other marginalized backgrounds on a first come, first served basis. Please email us at workshop@clarionwest.org with a one-paragraph statement about your scholarship interest and need. Please include the name of the class to which you would like to apply the scholarship.

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


December 10, 2020, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


January 6, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

You Built Your World—Now What?

Bogi Takács


January 12, 2021, 4:00 pm
5:30 pm, 90 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


January 13, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


January 14, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

A Novel Idea: Transforming Short Stories into Novels

Georgina Kamsika


January 16, 2021, 11:00 am
12:30 pm, 90 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


January 20, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

Keep It Short: Writing Microfiction

Shannon Fay


January 20, 2021, 3:00 pm
4:30 pm, 90 minutes

FREE: Taxes for Writers

Curtis C. Chen


January 21, 2021, 5:00 pm
6:00 pm, 60 minutes

Create Characters Using Point of View & the Unconscious

Karin Lowachee


January 23, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30 pm, 90 minutes

Reading and Making Diverse Comics

Rachelle Cruz


January 25, 2021, 4:30 pm
6:30 pm, 120 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


January 27, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


January 28, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

How to Write Science Fiction in a Post-Colonial World

Fabio Fernandes


January 29, 2021, 10:00 am
12:00 pm / 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Brasilia, 120 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


February 3, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

Unreal YA Worlds // Real YA Voices

H.D. Hunter


February 8, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30 pm, 90 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


February 10, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


February 11, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

How Romance Beats and Tropes Can Enhance Your Genre Fiction

Casey Lucas


February 12, 2021, 4:30 pm
6:00 pm PST / February 13, 2021 1:30 - 3:00 pm NZDT, 90 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


February 17, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

Turning the Mundane into the Uncanny

Yvette Lisa Ndlovu


February 19, 2021, 4:00 pm
6:00 pm, 120 minutes

FREE: What Should I Put in My Newsletter?

Kara Lockharte


February 20, 2021, 1:00 pm
2:00 pm, 60 minutes

Gossip as Alternative History

Shingai Kagunda


February 23, 2021, 2:00 pm
4:00 pm, 120 minutes

The Weekly Kiki: A Queer Writer Brunch

Evan J. Peterson


February 24, 2021, 12:00 pm
1:30pm, 90 minutes

How To Read Like a Reviewer

Charles Payseur


February 25, 2021, 5:00 pm
6:00 pm, 60 minutes

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


February 25, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

Novel Writing Speed Run

Valerie Valdes


March 2, 2021, 4:00 pm
5:30 pm, 90 minutes

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


March 4, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

Be Water: Writing Humor the Role Playing Game Way

Shiv Ramdas


March 6, 2021, 10:00 am
12:00 pm, 120 minutes

FREE: When and How To Quit Your Day Job

Courtney Milan


March 9, 2021, 4:00 pm
5:00 pm, 60 minutes

Writing Freeform vs Outlining

Kiini Ibura Salaam


March 12, 2021, 2:00 pm
4:00 pm, 120 minutes

Solve Your Story Problems

Huw Evans and Bryan Camp


March 18, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm, 120 minutes

Imagining Futurisms in Games

Elizabeth LaPensée


March 18, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm and March 19, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, 240 minutes

Write the Fight Right

Alan Baxter


March 23, 2021, 4:00 pm
6:00 pm, 120 minutes

Native Futures: Crafting Indigenous Science Fiction

Brian K. Hudson


March 29, 2021, 4:00 pm
7:00 pm, 180 minutes

Shifting Perspective: Retellings and Adaptations

Vida Cruz


April 5, 2021, 7:00 pm
8:30 pm, 90 minutes

Culinary Systems for Speculative Fiction Writers

Alaya Dawn Johnson


April 8, 2021, 12:00 pm
2:00 pm, 120 minutes

The Craft of Using and Developing Voice

Arkady Martine


April 14, 2021 - April 16, 2021

Writing About Trauma

Meg Elison


April 19, 2021, 7:00 pm
8:30 pm, 90 minutes

FREE: Self-Marketing—How to Promote Your Work and Advocate for Your Own Success

Jessica Fischoff


April 22, 2021, 4:00 pm
5:30 pm, 90 minutes

Worldbuilding Using Material Culture and Social Space

Kate Elliott


April 25, 2021, 6:00 pm
7:30 pm, 90 minutes

Poetry Techniques for Fiction Writers

R.B. Lemberg


April 27, 2021, 4:00 pm
6:00 pm, 120 minutes

The Rule of Three: Planning and Writing A Trilogy

Fonda Lee


May 2, 2021, 10:00 am
11:30 am, 90 minutes

FREE: Creating Media Tie-In Fiction: Just Add Writer

Tim Waggoner


May 4, 2021, 3:00 pm
4:30 pm, 90 minutes

Modern Southern Gothic

Eden Royce


May 8, 2021, 9:30 am
11:30 am, 120 minutes

Crafting a Weird Western with History

Nicole Givens Kurtz


May 10, 2021, 11:00 am
12:30pm and May 13, 2021, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, 180 minutes

Writing Sci-Fi Like A Scientist

Premee Mohamed


May 11, 2021, 4:30 pm
6:00 pm, 90 minutes

How to Write Rebels

Margaret Killjoy


May 15, 2021, 5:00 pm
6:30 pm, 90 minutes

Creating an Immersive Audiobook

Zelda Knight


May 22, 2021, 10:00 am
11:30 am, 90 minutes

Writing Speculative Poetry

Dominik Parisien


May 25, 2021, 4:00 pm
5:30 pm, 90 minutes

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