Clarion West 2007 begins
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kate_schaeferClarion West, the speculative fiction writers workshop for which I volunteer practically all my spare time and much of the spare time of my friends and relations, starts tomorrow (that's today by now, for most of you) and runs for six weeks. The students will all write until they're exhausted, and some of them far past exhaustion. If you're in the Seattle area, you can go to the easy, fun, free part of the workshop, the Tuesday evening readings, at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
All readings start at 7:30 p.m. and take place in the JBL Theater in the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame at 325 Fifth Avenue North, near Seattle Center.
During the workshop, a number* of Clarion West alumni, past instructors**, and friends have signed up to set and meet their own writing goals and raise money for Clarion West through the fourth annual Write-a-thon. If you'd like to sponsor a writer, go to the Write-a-thon page and follow the appropriate link to the writer who interests you. Each writer has a totally cool personal web page*** with a writing sample and goals for the Write-a-thon.
And thanks!
*Last I checked, thirty-six, but the number could be higher by now: Charlie Allery, Lyn Aspey, K. Tempest Bradford, Sarah Brandel, Mark Bukovec, Ben Burgis, Stephanie Burgis, Tristan Davenport, Krista Dietrich, Kelley Eskridge, C.A. Gardner, Rebecca Gold, Neile Graham, Eileen Gunn, James Wallace Harris, Vylar Kaftan, Heather Lindsley, Louise Marley, Maura McHugh, Edo Mor, E.C. Myers, Ruth Nestvold, Paul Park, Cat Rambo, Gord Sellar, Doug Sharp, David Simons, Marsha Sisolak, Debbie Smith, Jeff Spock, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, Deb Taber, Tinatsu Wallace, Greer Woodward, Caroline Yoachim
**And one current instructor, Kelley Eskridge, who is an absolute loon of an overachiever. We love her.
***Set up by this year's hard-working and visionary Write-a-thon administrator, Kira Franz
Clarion West is a qualified 501(c)3 organization, and all donations to it are tax-deductible. Clarion West's federal tax I.D. number is 91-1352168.
All readings start at 7:30 p.m. and take place in the JBL Theater in the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame at 325 Fifth Avenue North, near Seattle Center.
During the workshop, a number* of Clarion West alumni, past instructors**, and friends have signed up to set and meet their own writing goals and raise money for Clarion West through the fourth annual Write-a-thon. If you'd like to sponsor a writer, go to the Write-a-thon page and follow the appropriate link to the writer who interests you. Each writer has a totally cool personal web page*** with a writing sample and goals for the Write-a-thon.
And thanks!
*Last I checked, thirty-six, but the number could be higher by now: Charlie Allery, Lyn Aspey, K. Tempest Bradford, Sarah Brandel, Mark Bukovec, Ben Burgis, Stephanie Burgis, Tristan Davenport, Krista Dietrich, Kelley Eskridge, C.A. Gardner, Rebecca Gold, Neile Graham, Eileen Gunn, James Wallace Harris, Vylar Kaftan, Heather Lindsley, Louise Marley, Maura McHugh, Edo Mor, E.C. Myers, Ruth Nestvold, Paul Park, Cat Rambo, Gord Sellar, Doug Sharp, David Simons, Marsha Sisolak, Debbie Smith, Jeff Spock, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, Deb Taber, Tinatsu Wallace, Greer Woodward, Caroline Yoachim
**And one current instructor, Kelley Eskridge, who is an absolute loon of an overachiever. We love her.
***Set up by this year's hard-working and visionary Write-a-thon administrator, Kira Franz
Clarion West is a qualified 501(c)3 organization, and all donations to it are tax-deductible. Clarion West's federal tax I.D. number is 91-1352168.
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free readings?
Date: 2007-06-17 07:08 am (UTC)Re: free readings?
Date: 2007-06-17 07:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-17 07:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-17 04:30 pm (UTC)Leslie Howle has been putting on a series of all-day one-day workshops with excellent SF writers at Richard Hugo House, sponsored by NW Media Arts and RIchard Hugo House. The one-day workshops start up again in the fall, and the lead-time for getting into them isn't as large as the six-week Clarion West workshop. The one-day workshops aren't associated with Clarion West, but Leslie carries over her knowledge from running the Clarion West workshops.
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Date: 2007-06-17 07:32 pm (UTC)We're really looking forward to seeing everyone again. About six more weeks.
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Date: 2007-06-18 03:54 am (UTC)