There’s some great reading for cold February evenings in this month’s Alumni News! Clarion West’s staff and volunteers are busy with applications and preparing for this summer’s workshop and readings. We’ve just announced four new One-Day Workshops for spring 2016: Writing in Scenes, taught by Jack Skillingstead and Nancy Kress on March 20 Blistering Action Scenes…
Welcome to the new year! Everyone here at Clarion West is excited about what the new year holds: the Summer Workshop, One-Day Workshops, the Summer Reading Series, the Write-a-thon, and more. Applications are still open for the Clarion West Summer Workshop, and the application fee is discounted to $30 before February 10. If you or a…
The weather’s gotten chilly in Seattle, but at Clarion West our hearts are warm and full of gratitude this holiday season. Many, many thanks to our volunteers and supporters who put their time and funds into making this one of the best workshops in the known universe! If you’re thinking about your year-end giving, now’s…
Here at Clarion West, we’re getting ready to open applications for the summer workshop in December—our dedicated staff and volunteers are making sure we’re all organized and ready to go. We also have several One-Day workshops now open for registration: If It’s Real, Show Me taught by Hiromi Goto on November 15 Collaboration: Twice the Work,…
It’s the time of year when people in the Seattle area are apparently collectively obsessed with squash and the weather has begun to cool off after a record-breaking summer. Here at Clarion West we’re hard at work behind the scenes, getting ready to open applications for the 2016 Six-Week Workshop as well as announce some…
As summer begins to give way to fall, Clarion West is busy preparing for Six-Week Workshop application season as well as our One-Day Workshops. As of this writing there are still spaces left in these workshops: Immersion Strategies taught by Kij Johnson on October 11 Technology and Magic as Characters taught by Hannu Rajaniemi on October 18…
The workshop is over, our newly-minted alumni have returned home, and our dedicated workshop staff are getting some much-needed sleep. It was a fantastic summer, and I’d like to thank everyone who supported the workshop and the Write-a-thon, attended the readings, and provided needed items for the students. The instructors for 2016 have been announced, and applications…
It’s the busiest time of year for Clarion West—the Six-Week Workshop, the Summer Reading Series, and the Write-a-thon are in high gear! The Six-Week Workshop students arrived in Seattle this year at the beginning of a historic heat wave, but they’re soldiering through and getting some excellent work done. If you’re in the Seattle area,…
It’s June, and that means it’s the most wonderful time of the year at Clarion West—Six-Week Workshop season! Writers are signing up for the Write-a-thon, and our amazing workshop staff members are taking care of all of the last little details before the students start arriving. Speaking of the Write-a-thon, if you’re a writer who wants…
Spring has arrived in full force in Seattle, and at Clarion West we’re getting ready for the Six-Week Workshop, the Summer Reading Series, and the Write-a-thon. We have a busy and wonderful season ahead! If you’re local to Seattle, please join us for the Summer Reading Series on Tuesday evenings during the Workshop. The last reading, by our Petrey…