List of Clarion West Writers Workshop instructors explained

This is a list of instructors in the Clarion West Writers Workshop, a six-week workshop for writers of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative literature, held annually in Seattle, Washington.

Alphabetical

• Daniel Abraham (2018)
• Kathleen Alcalá (2002^[1])
• Charlie Jane Anders (2014^[2])
• Peter S. Beagle (1973, 1988)
• Greg Bear (1988, 1993,^[3] 1999)
• Elizabeth Bear (2009,^[4] 2016)
• Michael Bishop (1997, 2010^[5])
• Terry Bisson (1996)
• Ed Bryant (1986, 1987)
• Tobias Buckell (2015)
• Emma Bull (1991)
• F. M. Busby
• Octavia E. Butler (1985, 1987, 1999, 2001,^[6] 2005^[7])
• Pat Cadigan (1992, 1996, 2002, 2017)
• Orson Scott Card (1988, 1989)
• Terry Carr (1972, 1973, 1984)
• Suzy McKee Charnas (1984, 1986, 1997)
• John Chu (2017)
• Arthur Byron Cover (1984, 1985)
• John Crowley (1992, 1993, 1995, 2000,^[8] 2002, 2014)
• Ellen Datlow (1991, 1996, 2001, 2006,^[9] 2010, 2013,^[10] 2018)
• Avram Davidson (1972)
• Charles de Lint (2004^[11])
• Samuel R. Delany (1971, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2003,^[12] 2007,^[13] 2013)
• Bradley Denton (2001)
• Cory Doctorow (2008,^[14] 2015)
• Candas Jane Dorsey (2000)
• Gardner Dozois (1988, 1992, 1995, 1998,^[15] 2002)
• L. Timmel Duchamp (2005, 2011^[16])
• Andy Duncan (2005, 2015)
• Katherine Dunn (1995)
• George Alec Effinger (1991)
• Harlan Ellison (1971, 1972, 1973)
• Carol Emshwiller (1998, 2000)
• Kelley Eskridge (2007)
• Minister Faust (2011)
• Karen Joy Fowler (1989, 1990, 2009, 2018)
• Neil Gaiman (2013)
• Lisa Goldstein (1994)
• Kathleen Ann Goonan (2003)
• Hiromi Goto (2014)
• Gavin Grant (2012^[17])
• Daryl Gregory (2017)
• Nicola Griffith (1997)
• Eileen Gunn (2015)
• Joe and Gay Haldeman (2002)
• Elizabeth Hand (1994, 2003, 2013)
• David G. Hartwell (1984, 1986, 1990, 2000, 2009)
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden (2003, 2007)
• Frank Herbert (1972)
• Joe Hill (2013)
• Nalo Hopkinson (2001, 2006, 2009, 2015)
• N. K. Jemisin (2016)
• George Clayton Johnson (1971)
• Kij Johnson (2014, 2017)
• Gwyneth Jones (1999)
• Stephen Graham Jones (2012, 2016)
• Graham Joyce (2007, 2010)
• James Patrick Kelly (2004, 2014)
• John Kessel (2004, 2009)
• Tappan Wright King (1987, 1994, 1997)
• Nancy Kress (1992, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)
• Larissa Lai (2004, 2007)
• Margo Lanagan (2011, 2013)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1971, 1972, 1973, 1987)
• Yoon Ha Lee (2018)
• Kelly Link (2004, 2012)
• Karen Lord (2018)
• Elizabeth A. Lynn (1988)
• Ian MacLeod (2006)
• Ken MacLeod (2018)
• George R. R. Martin (1998, 2012)
• Ian McDonald (2010, 2014)
• Maureen F. McHugh (2006, 2010)
• Vonda N. McIntyre (1984, 1990)
• Patricia A. McKillip (1986)
• Beth Meacham (1994, 1997)
• China Miéville (2003)
• Pat Murphy (1990, 1993, 2000, 2004)
• Nnedi Okorafor (2010)
• Daniel José Older (2017)
• Chuck Palahniuk (2008, 2012)
• Paul Park (1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011,^[16] 2014, 2016)
• Rachel Pollack (1996)
• Marta Randall (1985)
• Mary Rosenblum (2008, 2012)
• Rudy Rucker (2009)
• Joanna Russ (1971, 1973)
• Geoff Ryman (1993, 1996, 2000, 2004,)
• James Sallis (1973)
• Lucius Shepard (1989, 1991, 1993, 1997)
• Will Shetterly (1991)
• Lewis Shiner (1990)
• John Shirley (1992)
• Robert Silverberg (1972)
• Norman Spinrad (1984, 1985, 1986)
• Amy Stout (1989)
• Charles Stross (2011)
• Lucy Sussex (1998)
• Michael Swanwick (1994, 1995, 2005, 2016)
• Sheree Thomas (2008)
• Alice K. Turner (1993)
• Lisa Tuttle (1991)
• Gordon Van Gelder (1999, 2005)
• Joan D. Vinge (1986, 1988, 1994)
• Vernor Vinge (2006)
• Howard Waldrop (1992, 1995, 1999)
• Sheila Williams (2016)
• Connie Willis (1987, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017)
• Gene Wolfe (1990)
• Jack Womack (1996, 2001)
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1985)
• Roger Zelazny (1989)

Chronological

1984

• Norman Spinrad

1986

• Arthur Byron Cover
• Norman Spinrad

1987

• Ed Bryant
• Octavia E. Butler
• Samuel R. Delany
• Tappan Wright King
• Ursula K. Le Guin
• Connie Willis

1990

• Pat Murphy
• Lewis Shiner
• Karen Joy Fowler
• Gene Wolfe
• David Hartwell
• Vonda N. McIntyre

1991

• Emma Bull and Will Shetterly (joint instructors)
• George Alec Effinger
• Lisa Tuttle
• Lucius Shepard
• Ellen Datlow
• Samuel R. Delany

1992

• Pat Cadigan
• John Crowley
• Gardner Dozois
• Nancy Kress
• John Shirley
• Howard Waldrop

1993

• Pat Murphy (Week 1)
• Geoff Ryman (Week 2)
• Connie Willis (Week 3)
• Lucius Shepard (Week 4)
• Alice K. Turner (Week 5)
• Greg Bear (Week 6)

1995

• John Crowley
• Michael Swanwick

1996

• Terry Bisson
• Pat Cadigan
• Ellen Datlow
• Rachel Pollack
• Geoff Ryman
• Jack Womack

June 22–August 1, 1997

• Michael Bishop
• Suzy McKee Charnas
• Samuel R. Delany
• Nicola Griffith
• Tappan Wright King
• Beth Meacham
• Lucius Shepard

1998

• Gardner Dozois
• Carol Emshwiller
• George R. R. Martin
• Paul Park
• Lucy Sussex
• Connie Willis

1999

• Greg Bear
• Octavia E. Butler
• Gwyneth Jones
• Nancy Kress
• Gordon Van Gelder
• Howard Waldrop

June 18–July 28, 2000

• John Crowley
• Candas Jane Dorsey
• Carol Emshwiller
• David G. Hartwell
• Pat Murphy
• Paul Park
• Geoff Ryman

June 17–July 27, 2001

• Octavia E. Butler
• Ellen Datlow
• Bradley Denton
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Connie Willis
• Jack Womack

June 23–August 2, 2002

• Kathleen Alcalá
• Pat Cadigan
• John Crowley
• Gardner Dozois
• Joe and Gay Haldeman
• Paul Park

June 22–August 1, 2003

• Samuel R. Delany
• Kathleen Ann Goonan
• Elizabeth Hand
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Nancy Kress
• China Miéville

June 20–July 30, 2004

• Charles de Lint
• James Patrick Kelly
• John Kessel
• Larissa Lai
• Kelly Link
• Pat Murphy
• Geoff Ryman

June 19–July 29, 2005^[7]

• Octavia E. Butler
• L. Timmel Duchamp
• Andy Duncan
• Michael Swanwick (Susan C. Petrey Fellow^[18])
• Gordon Van Gelder
• Connie Willis

June 18–July 28, 2006^[9]

• Ellen Datlow
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Ian MacLeod
• Maureen F. McHugh
• Paul Park
• Vernor Vinge (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)

June 17–July 27, 2007

• Samuel R. Delany (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)
• Kelley Eskridge
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Graham Joyce
• Nancy Kress
• Larissa Lai

June 22–August 1, 2008

• Cory Doctorow
• Chuck Palahniuk (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)
• Paul Park
• Mary Rosenblum
• Sheree Thomas
• Connie Willis

June 21–July 31, 2009^[4]

• Elizabeth Bear
• Karen Joy Fowler
• David Hartwell
• Nalo Hopkinson
• John Kessel
• Rudy Rucker (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)

June 20–July 30, 2010^[5]

• Michael Bishop
• Ellen Datlow
• Graham Joyce
• Ian McDonald (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)
• Maureen F. McHugh
• Nnedi Okorafor

June 19–July 28, 2011

• Paul Park
• Nancy Kress
• Margo Lanagan
• Minister Faust
• L. Timmel Duchamp
• Charles Stross

June 17–July 27, 2012

• Mary Rosenblum
• Stephen Graham Jones^[19]
• George R.R. Martin
• Connie Willis
• Kelly Link & Gavin Grant
• Chuck Palahniuk

June 23–August 2, 2013

• Elizabeth Hand
• Neil Gaiman
• Joe Hill
• Margo Lanagan^[20]
• Samuel R. Delany
• Ellen Datlow

June 22–August 1, 2014

• James Patrick Kelly^[21]
• Kij Johnson
• Ian McDonald
• Hiromi Goto
• Charlie Jane Anders
• John Crowley

June 21–July 31, 2015

• Andy Duncan
• Eileen Gunn
• Tobias Buckell
• Susan Palwick
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Cory Doctorow

June 19–July 29, 2016

• Paul Park
• Stephen Graham Jones
• Elizabeth Bear
• N. K. Jemisin
• Sheila Williams
• Michael Swanwick (replacing scheduled instructor Geoff Ryman) ^[22]

June 18–July 28, 2017

• Daryl Gregory
• Kij Johnson
• John Chu
• Connie Willis
• Daniel José Older
• Pat Cadigan

June 17–July 27, 2018

• Daniel Abraham
• Ken MacLeod
• Yoon Ha Lee
• Karen Lord
• Karen Joy Fowler
• Ellen Datlow

See also

• List of Clarion West Writers Workshop alumni
• Clarion Workshop
• Clarion West Writers Workshop

External links

• Clarion West Instructors on the Web

Notes and References

1. Winter 2002/2003. A Milestone Approaches. Howle. Leslie. The Seventh Week. Clarion West. 1–2. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120312215625/http://www.communicadence.com/portfolio/NewsletterWinter.pdf. March 12, 2012. mdy-all.
2. Web site: 2014 Summer Workshop Instructors. August 1, 2013. August 2013 .
3. News: Sci-Fi Workshop. October 4, 2011. Seattle Times. February 14, 1993.
4. Web site: Clarion West Write-a-thon Begins!. September 13, 2010. Fantasy Magazine. June 19, 2009 .
5. Web site: 2010 Instructor Bios. September 13, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100919074137/http://clarionwest.org/workshop/instructor_bios. September 19, 2010. mdy-all.
6. Web site: People and Publishing. Locus Online. September 13, 2010.
7. Howle . Leslie . 2005 . Clarion West 2005 . Locus . Locus Publications . 55 . 4 . 13, 74.
8. Web site: Corflatch Progress Report 3. September 13, 2010.
9. Web site: Writers Workshop Announcements. Locus Online. September 13, 2010.
10. Web site: 2013 Instructor Bios. March 3, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100919074137/http://clarionwest.org/workshop/instructor_bios. September 19, 2010. mdy-all.
11. Web site: Clarion West 2004. September 13, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723032308/http://brianconn.net/cw2004/cw2004.html. July 23, 2011. mdy-all.
12. Winter 2002/2003. Instructors for Clarion West 2003. The Seventh Week. Clarion West. 8. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120312215625/http://www.communicadence.com/portfolio/NewsletterWinter.pdf. March 12, 2012. mdy-all.
13. Web site: Clarion West Application Deadline Approaching. SFScope. Strock. Ian Randal. September 13, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220212052/http://sfscope.com/2007/02/clarion-west-application-deadl.html. December 20, 2010. mdy-all.
14. Web site: New Application Deadlines. September 13, 2010.
15. Web site: Sussex Teaches at Clarion. September 13, 2010. Eidolon: SF Online News.
16. Web site: Clarion West . March 3, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110619092814/http://clarionwest.org/workshop/instructor_bios . June 19, 2011 .
17. Web site: 2012 Instructor Bios . March 3, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120716212211/http://clarionwest.org/workshop/instructor_bios . July 16, 2012 .
18. Web site: Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund. September 13, 2010.
19. Web site: Instructor change. March 3, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120414192115/http://clarionwest.org/node/1507. April 14, 2012. mdy-all.
20. Web site: New Instructor Line-Up for Six-Week Workshop. March 3, 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130414115519/http://www.clarionwest.org/node/1903. April 14, 2013. mdy-all.
21. Web site: New Week One instructor, James Patrick Kelly. June 19, 2014 . June 19, 2014.
22. Web site: New Week Six instructor: Michael Swanwick . July 21, 2016 .