Who do we address our e-mail applications to?

"To Whom It May Concern" seems terribly impersonal.

Anyone have a clue?

I prefer honorary titles

I prefer honorary titles like "Oh great and mighty gatekeepers of the Clarion in the West" or "Hi folks."

Deborah Fisher, being the chair, would be my educated guess.  Or just to Clarion West as if the workshop were actually a person (since I hear it has a mind of its own).  

No actual knowledge in this answer, just good guesses and warped humor.  Welcome to my world.

-Oso 

(http://osomuerte.wordpress.com)

I quite fancy that first

I quite fancy that first suggestion ;)

 

 Thanks for the thoughts!

I addressed it as Dear

I addressed it as

Dear organizers.

 

julia, CW2009

Excellent. I was thinking of

Excellent. I was thinking of going with something along those lines =)

Anything is fine, really.

Anything is fine, really. We're not particular.

"Dear workshop administrators" is probably closest. Leslie Howle and I (we are the workshop administrators) are the two who see the applications come in, and I respond to them (and log them in and send them to the readers).

The readers don't see any cover message you may send. Only the two of us do.

And really all I'm looking for is your contact info and to make certain the files came through okay.

Sadly, for those of you who spent time thinking about this, I probably didn't notice the salutation.

--Neile

writer; workshop administrator
http:www.sff.net/people/neile

It's probably just residual

It's probably just residual perfection from sending out queries and short stories, where salutations often do matter *g* 

 

Good to know it's not an issue, and thanks for the answer!