The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop begins June 23. The intensive six-week summer program at UC San Diego focuses on fundamentals particular to the writing of science fiction and fantasy short stories.
Clarion Faculty Reading Series: While the workshop itself is behind closed doors, the Clarion Faculty Reading Series hosted by San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, is open to the public.
- Carmen Maria Machado, Wednesday, June 26, 7:00 PM
- Karen Lord, Wednesday, July 3, 7:00 PM
- Maurice Broaddus, Wednesday, July 10, 7:00 PM
- Andy Duncan, Tuesday, July 16, 7:00 PM
- Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Wednesday, July 24, 7:00 PM
Click on the above for more information about each of the faculty via the Mysterious Galaxy event pages.
Clarion
Write-a-Thon: Every
year, the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop holds a
six-week Write-a-thon to coincide with the workshop. Like
a walk-a-thon, participants write to raise money for scholarships to support
future students.
This year, the Write-a-thon
will begin June 23, the same day that the workshop begins. Participants commit
to achieving their writing goals for the summer, whether that’s a daily word
count, number of chapters, stories or submissions, or just butt-in-chair
writing time.
You can either sign up to do the Write-a-thon yourself, donate to individual participants, or just make a
general donation to the workshop. Everything helps achieve Clarion’s goal of
$15,000 to support the workshop and future students. The majority of the Thon
funds goes to scholarships for incoming students. Check it out and sign-up
or back a writer today!
[Based on a press release.]