Writers, it’s time to sharpen your pencils, refill your fountain pens, or warm up those keyboards. Join with fellow writers around the world for our fifth annual write-a-thon, now open for registration. What is a write-a-thon? It’s like a walk-a-thon, except for writing! Participants can be pledged by the word, chapter, or story. Finish that…… Continue reading The 5th Annual Clarion Write-a-thon
Author: Adam Israel
Adam Israel was born with one foot on the road and a book in his back pocket. Having lived in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, he’s expatriated to Ontario, Canada with his wife, three dogs and three cats. With his nomadic lifestyle a thing of the past, he spends his days working as a software developer and writing.
The Best Broken Heart You’ll Ever Have
Sam J. Miller is a writer and a community organizer. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Electric Velocipede, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Nightmare, The Minnesota Review, The Rumpus, and many more. He is a graduate of the Clarion UCSD class of 2012, and the co-editor of Horror After 9/11, a…… Continue reading The Best Broken Heart You’ll Ever Have
Announcing the 2014 Calendar Celebrating Clarion Workshop’s Founders and Alumni
PRESS RELEASE Dateline: October 29, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jim Shea, Chief of Development, calendar@theclarionfoundation.org The Clarion Foundation Announces 2014 Calendar Celebrating Clarion Workshop’s Founders and Alumni The Clarion Foundation announced today the launch of its 2014 calendar, a first for the organization, highlighting some of the ways in which depictions of gender, and…… Continue reading Announcing the 2014 Calendar Celebrating Clarion Workshop’s Founders and Alumni
Instructors for the 2014 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop at UCSD
We are happy to announce the instructor lineup for the 2014 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Gregory Frost Geoff Ryman Catherynne M. Valente Nora Jemisin Ann VanderMeer Jeff VanderMeer Applications will open in December. For more information, please visit http://literature.ucsd.edu/affiliated-programs/clarion/index.html
Guest Post: Place Settings by Gregory Frost
So…a few years back I was teaching a general “boot-camp” style writing class for the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, and at PWC teaching a workshop means that I have to read and critique some manuscripts as well. Frankly, the reading and critiquing stories or partials takes me ten times as long as any prep for standing…… Continue reading Guest Post: Place Settings by Gregory Frost
Clarion Blog 