Clarion Workshop Explained

Clarion is an American six-week workshop for aspiring science-fiction and fantasy writers. Originally an outgrowth of Damon Knight's and Kate Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, United States, it was founded in 1968 by Robin Scott Wilson[1] at Clarion State College in Pennsylvania. Knight and Wilhelm were among the first teachers at the workshop.[2]

In 1972, the workshop moved to Michigan State University. It moved again, in 2006, to the University of California, San Diego.[3]

In 2015, the Clarion Foundation received an anonymous gift of $100,000 to found an endowment funding the workshop.[4]

The Clarion workshops for 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the students selected for 2020 slated to attend in 2022.[5]

Other Clarion Workshops

Independently operated workshops which share the Clarion name and follow its founding principles include:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wright. Anders. Project Triton: New Sci-Fi Colony . UCSD Alumni . UCSanDiego . 6 September 2015. May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002085407/http://ucsdmag.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol5no2/features/projecttriton.htm . 2 October 2016 . dead.
  2. [Kate Wilhelm|Wilhelm, Kate]
  3. Barry Jagoda, "Top Science Fiction Writers' Program Comes to UC San Diego", This Week at UCSD, December 18, 2006
  4. Web site: Exciting News for The Clarion Foundation!. September 2015. Tor.com.
  5. Web site: Clarion Workshop Postponed to 2022. May 2021 . File770.com. Glyer. Mike.
  6. Web site: Workshop Update. March 2011. Clarion South. https://web.archive.org/web/20130328142743/http://www.clarionsouth.org/. March 28, 2013. dead.