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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…

We had a wonderful time meeting and talking with people at our table at Emerald City Comicon, March 28th-30th 2014! Many thanks to our volunteers, our alumni who donated materials, and especially to Tod McCoy who organized the table.

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…

Clarion West is going to be at Emerald City Comicon, March 28-30, and we need your help! We want to showcase the many and varied talents of Clarion West graduates at our table. If you are an alumnus, we would love to feature promotional materials for your books, podcasts, or stories at the Clarion West…

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.

Clarion West is pleased to announce that Kris Millering has joined the staff as our Communications Specialist. Kris attended the Six-Week Workshop in 2009, and has nearly two decades of experience working on marketing and site production for tech companies in the greater Seattle area. Among many other things, she will be working on the…

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…

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…

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…