Sponsor A Writer

Find a writer! Scroll or use the search bar below to find and donate to our Write-a-thon-ers campaigns.

Donate to multiple participants: If you’d like to donate to multiple participants at once, please click on the “Donate” button and complete the donation form. The form will prompt you to list the writers you wish to sponsor with a breakdown of how to split up the donation for each writer. Your participants will see the donation add to their total by the end of the week. 


ALEXANDRA MANGLIS | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Alex’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


ADITYA IYER | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Aditya’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


ANITA HARRIS SATKUNANANTHAN | GOAL $100

I am finishing up the novella and 3 unpublished short stories for my Tower of the Rosewater Goblet collection of (mostly published) short stories, novelettes and the novella. The collection will be published in late 2025.


ARCHITA MITTRA | GOAL $100

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Archita’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


A. T. GREENBLATT | GOAL $100

Stories are the things that help get us through our day and the times we find ourselves in.


AUZIN AHMADI | GOAL $150

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Auzin’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


BETH TANNER | GOAL $100

Even though I can’t go to Clarion West, it’s been a terrific experience for many I know, and I want to see it continue and flourish. I appreciate the community CW has built!


BETH WILSON | GOAL $75

I’m planning on writing my novel this summer and this write-a-thon is a wonderful way to give me the external motivation I need as well as helping a worthy cause. Attending Clarion is the dream of every science fiction and fantasy writer and I’m happy to help make those dreams a reality for someone.


BRIAN MCNETT | GOAL $500

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Brian’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


CANDACE SAUNDERS | GOAL $200

I want young people to have access to writing workshops that encourage them to dream of better worlds!


CARRIE DEVALL | GOAL $400

Clarion West is a unique experience. It helped me become a much stronger writer and editor, though I use those skills outside SFF. I want others to continue to have this opportunity to hone their skills and explore the possible paths together.


CHRIS HALL | GOAL $400

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Chris’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


CORY SKERRY | GOAL $100

Clarion West changed my life sounds so cliché… Let’s go with “Clarion West saved me from a group of marauding vampire clowns who were a motorcycle gang who were also running a necromancy-based heroin empire.”


E. ANDERSON | GOAL $100

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on E.’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


ELLY BANGS | GOAL $150

Clarion West changed the course of my writing career and honestly my life, in marvelous ways. I want that for every writer. I hope you’ll join me in supporting this organization to push that dream one inch closer to reality.


EM ERATA-BERKEL | GOAL $100

I love the work Clarion West does and appreciate the extra motivation!


F. E. CHOE | GOAL $500

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on F. E.’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


FREYA L. | GOAL $75

Revealing others who deal with comparable realities to some political horror science and fiction. We defend everyone else at any costs.


GEORGINA KAMSIKA | GOAL $100

I attended Clarion West in 2012, and have joined the Write-a-thon every year since then. 

I believe in Clarion West’s mission to support emerging and underrepresented voices in speculative fiction. Please join me in raising funds to help!


My goal is to write chapter 9 and perhaps start 10 of my interactive fiction game I’m creating for Choice of Games. 


IRLANDA VARGAS | GOAL $100

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Irlanda’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


IZZY WASSERSTEIN | GOAL $75

In 2017, I attended the Clarion West six-week workshop, and it changed my life in many wonderful ways: it gave me time and space to write, read, and engage with other writers; connected me to the community; and, most importantly, connected me to many people who are now my dear friends. I find it hard to express just how much Clarion West has meant to me, which is why I’m honored to raise funds for the important work Clarion West continues to do.


JESSICA DUBEY | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Jessica’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


JOHNNY CAPUTO | GOAL $100

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Johnny’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


JOULE ZELMAN | GOAL $100

Clarion West changed my life! I still meet every month with some brilliant writers from my year to share and critique work, and I’ve met so many incredibly talented people in the community.


KATE TANQUARY | GOAL $250

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Kate’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


KATRINA OSTRANDER | GOAL $25

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Katrina’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


KENDRA PETERSON | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Kendra’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


K.G. ANDERSON | GOAL $200

I’m in awe of the transformations that occur during the Clarion West workshop, and delight in the short stories, poems, and novels of Clarion West graduates. I’d like to make the six-week-program, and the one-day workshops, available to as many new writers as possible.


KRIS MILLERING | GOAL $200

I attended Clarion West in 2009 and remain an ardent supporter of the organization and its mission!


LEILA B. | GOAL $100

Clarion West creates opportunities and community for speculative fiction writers and deserves the help. And the write a thon will help me achieve certain writing goals.


MALLIKA KAMAT | GOAL $100

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Mallika’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


MARIA PICONE | GOAL $200

Fundraising to support my writing and word count this summer at Tin House and beyond!


MARK BERGQUIST | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Mark’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


MARNEE CHUA | GOAL $900

This is my 9th Write-a-thon! To celebrate, I am setting a writing goal of 2 short stories and 7 postcards to each of my representatives asking them to stand up for democracy and to continue to support arts programs!

I’ll add a postcard for every $9 donation on my page! 


MARTA MUSSI | GOAL $500

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Marta’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


MIMI MONDAL | GOAL $100

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Mimi’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


PRITESH PATIL | GOAL $1000

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Pritesh’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


RASHIDA SMITH | GOAL $150

I attended the six week workshop back in 2005 and am now the program director. I’ve seen a lot of changes over the years, but at the core, Clarion West remains committed to providing world class writing education focused on speculative fiction writers — in person or online. I’m thrilled to be raising money to help support an organization I’m proud to be part of — while completing my novella, The Last Siren, this summer. 


RAVEN OAK | GOAL $200

Clarion does great work to help writers succeed. Considering I really need to finish this book, participating in the write-a-thon and fundraising at the same time is a win-win! Find out more about me at ravenoak.net


REBECCA DEMAREST | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Rebecca’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


REMY NAKAMURA | GOAL $1000

I believe in Clarion West’s mission to support emerging writers, especially for those from underrepresented communities. In our current political climate, we need your support more than ever!


SAGE LILLAHEART | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Sage’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


SAYAN SOSELISA | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Sayan’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


STEFAN SLATER | GOAL $250

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Stefan’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


STEPHEN SMITH | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Stephen’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


STEWART BAKER | GOAL $100

For this year’s Write-a-thon, I’m writing a piece of interactive fiction called Journey to the Haunted Tor. This will be a tie-in to my upcoming Choice of Games title, Spire, Surge, and Sea, and will be freely released as part of this year’s IFComp in September.


TAYLOR MUNSELL | GOAL $75

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Taylor’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.


VICTORIA STONER | GOAL $500

I want to support other writers and I’m proud to donate any funds I raise to Clarion West because of the engaging, supportive and instructive writing community this organization fosters. It doesn’t hurt to have external motivation to work my own writing muscles too! I feel the most like myself when I can vividly express an idea in a way other people can engage with and this write-a-thon is going to be very personally rewarding for me, regardless of how much funds I raise.


VIJAYENDRA MOHANTY | GOAL $100

I am a comic book writer (Ravanayan) from India, looking to finish my first SFF novel this year. I am working on a story (not sure if it is a novella or a novel at this point) featuring gods, time travel, and reality-wrangling.


VIVEK MITTAL | GOAL $500

Every participant in the Write-a-thon is helping to support Clarion West’s programs for emerging and underrepresented writers year-round! You can make a donation on Vivek’s page and add a positive message. Keep checking back for updates to each writer’s fundraising page for more information about their current projects and progress toward their writing goals.