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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.

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

Imagining Futurisms in Games

Elizabeth LaPensée


April 8, 2021, 5:00 pm
7:00 pm and April 9, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, 240 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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