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Since 1968, the Clarion Workshop has fostered community and helped aspiring writers of SF&F develop their craft. Feed maintained by the Clarion bulletin team.
Earlier, we teased an exciting upcoming summer prize, and we can now reveal a rare opportunity for a Tuckerization by the renowned Karen Joy Fowler! Bidding on naming rights starts at $1,000, and the auction runs from now until August 24!

Learn more at www.clarionwriteathon.com/prizes/auction.php
August 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.

It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Over $5000 has been raised! Thank you for supporting Clarion!

We’re pushing to reach our $15,000 goal, and have great prizes, including having your name immortalized in the work of Kim Stanley Robinson!

Join the Write-a-thon, donate or sponsor a participant 🚀✨

clarionwriteathon.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thank you to our wonderful donors! We have surpassed $4000!

There’s still plenty of time to sign up for the Write-a-thon, donate or sponsor a participant. We also have great prizes for our participants and donors!

Spread the word! Support the Clarion Workshop 🚀✨

clarionwriteathon.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We’ve reached over $2000!

We’re pushing for our $15,000 goal, and have a very special Write-a-thon incentive to offer.

Donate $750 or more (which can be spread across multiple writers) to have your name, or a name of your choosing, immortalized in text by the renowned Kim Stanley Robinson!
July 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Masterclass is returning soon! Join us in San Diego for a day of learning with esteemed faculty, alumni and panelists.

Find out more and sign up through the link in the comment below!
July 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Clarion Write-a-Thon is up and running! Do you have any writing goals in mind? Sign up and join our list of amazing participants to help us reach our $15,000 goal! 🚀

Find more about signing up and donating at:
clarionwriteathon.org/writerstips/
July 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We are so excited to announce our talented cohort of writers for the 2025 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Congratulations to these incredible writers! We cannot wait to meet you all in San Diego!
April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We are so excited to have GennaRose Nethercott as a 2025 Clarion instructor. She is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, a short fiction collection, Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack’s Dove—a winner of the National Poetry Series. Apply through the link below!
February 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are thrilled to have Jedediah Berry as a 2025 Clarion instructor! @jedediahberry.com is the author of The Naming Song. His first novel, The Manual of Detection, won the Crawford Award and the Hammett Prize, and was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4. Apply through the link below!
February 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We are honored to have Annalee Newitz as a 2025 Clarion instructor. They are the author of The Terraformers, The Future of Another Timeline, and Autonomous, which won the Lambda Literary Award. They have published in The Washington Post and The New Yorker, among many others. Application link below!
February 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We are delighted to have Cadwell Turnbull as a 2025 Clarion instructor. @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social is the award-winning author of The Lesson and No Gods, No Monsters and We Are the Crisis. His short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed, Nightmare, and Asimov’s Science Fiction. Apply at link below!
February 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We are excited to have Premee Mohamed as a 2025 Clarion instructor. @premeemohamed.com is a Nebula, World Fantasy and Aurora award-winning speculative fiction author. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Ignyte, Locus, British Fantasy and Crawford awards. Applications are open in link below!
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We are thrilled to have Elizabeth Bear as a 2025 Clarion instructor. She is the Hugo, Sturgeon, Locus, and Astounding Award winning author of over 30 novels and more than a hundred short stories. Applications are still open! Follow the link below:
January 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We are so excited for our fantastic lineup of 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop instructors! Applications to the Workshop are now open! Follow the link here:

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December 9, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Today is Giving Tuesday! Since 1968, the Clarion Writers’ Workshop has taught aspiring writers of science fiction and fantasy. Donations support the workshop and make the opportunity accessible to a wide range of writers. Consider donating and spread the word! #GivingTuesday

Link in comment below!
December 3, 2024 at 7:04 PM
We are *beyond* thrilled to announce the roster of incredibly talented writers who will be joining us this summer for the 2024 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop!! Congratulations to you all, and we can't wait to see you here in San Diego!
April 17, 2024 at 6:17 PM