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Clarion is a residential workshop, limited to a small group of students. Each of the six weeks is taught by a different professional writer or editor. It is primarily focused on short fiction. However, there are discussions about novel-writing as most of the instructors are successful novelists.

Originally an outgrowth of Knight and Wilhelm's Milford Writers' Conference, held at their home in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA, the workshop was later held every summer at Michigan State University. After the creation of other workshops bearing the Clarion name, such as Clarion West, the workshop held at Michigan State University was sometimes referred to as "Clarion East". Influential East Coast science fiction writers workshop founded by Damon Knight. ... There are several Milford Townships in Pennsylvania Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Michigan State University (MSU) is a co-educational public research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act. ...

Clarion moved - effective 2007 - to the University of California, San Diego. The Clarion Foundation is responsible for the move, which has proved very successful. The La Jolla location is within walking distance of the coast and has pleasant summer weather.

The first session concluded on August 3, 2007. Over 80 students applied for the 19 available positions. The instructors for this "Clarion Revival" session were Gregory Frost, Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer, Karen Joy Fowler, Cory Doctorow, Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman. Clarionites also had discussions with Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Holder, David Brin and Vernor Vinge. Students came from all over the US and Canada, and one participant was from England. The nine women and ten men ranged in age from 16 to 53, writing everything from hard science fiction through high fantasy, slipstream, and magical realism. Several have had short stories published; others are currently writing novels; and one already has a book contract. Greg Frost (photograph by Keyan Bowes) Gregory Frost is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a Fiction Writing Workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. ... Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (July 7, 1968—) is an American writer, although he has pursued careers in editing and publishing. ... Ann VanderMeer(photograph by Keyan Bowes) Ann VanderMeer has been a publisher and editor for over twenty years. ... Karen Joy Fowler (born February 7, 1950) is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and increasingly literary fiction. ... Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. ... Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels. ... Delia Sherman (born Tokyo, Japan) is an award-winning fantasy writer and editor. ... For the late American actress, see Kim Stanley. ... // Introduction Author of many Buffyverse books. ... Glen David Brin, Ph. ... Vernor Steffen Vinge (IPA: ) (born February 10, 1944) is a mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author who is best known for his Hugo award-winning novels A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky, as well as for his 1993 essay The Technological Singularity, in which... Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. ... High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction that is set in invented or parallel worlds. ... Slipstream is a kind of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries and doesnt sit comfortably within the confines of either science fiction/fantasy or mainstream literary fiction. ... Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ...

Offshoots

• Clarion West is held annually in Seattle. It began in 1984 and is generally held at a college in Seattle. Attendance is limited to eighteen students. Clarion West is a non-profit literary organization.

• Clarion South is held in Australia. The first was held January 5 to February 14, 2004 in Brisbane.

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Some Clarion instructors

• Steven Barnes
• Terry Bisson
• Algis Budrys
• Octavia Butler
• Orson Scott Card
• Suzy McKee Charnas
• Samuel R. Delany
• Gordon Dickson
• Thomas Disch
• Cory Doctorow
• Gardner Dozois
• Tananarive Due
• Harlan Ellison
• Karen Joy Fowler
• Gregory Frost
• Joe Haldeman
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Harry Harrison
• Damon Knight
• Nancy Kress
• Ellen Kushner
• Fritz Leiber
• Kelly Link
• Maureen McHugh
• Tim Powers
• Spider and Jeanne Robinson
• Joanna Russ
• Geoff Ryman
• Delia Sherman
• Sean Stewart
• Jeff VanderMeer
• Kate Wilhelm
• Patricia Wrede

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Some Clarion West instructors

• Kathleen Alcalá
• Greg Bear
• Octavia Butler
• Pat Cadigan
• John Crowley
• Ellen Datlow
• Samuel R. Delany
• Gardner Dozois
• Nicola Griffith
• Joe Haldeman
• David Hartwell
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Nancy Kress
• John Shirley
• Dan Simmons
• Ian R. MacLeod
• Maureen F. McHugh
• Paul Park
• Gordon Van Gelder
• Vernor Vinge
• Howard Waldrop
• Connie Willis

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Clarion graduates

• Daniel Abraham (Clarion West 1998)
• Nike Bourke (Clarion South 2005)
• Tobias S. Buckell (Clarion 1999)
• Nathan Burrage (Clarion South 2005)
• Octavia Butler (Clarion 1970)
• Sanford "Sandy" Clark (Clarion West 1999)
• Greg Cox (Clarion West 1984)
• Robert Crais (Clarion)
• Kathryn Cramer (Clarion West 1984)
• Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Clarion South 2005)
• Gary Dauphin (Clarion West 2007)
• Rjurik Davidson (Clarion South 2005)
• Alyx Dellamonica (Clarion West 1995)
• Robert Devereaux (Clarion West 1990)
• Cory Doctorow (Clarion 1992)
• Brendan Duffy (Clarion South 2004)
• Andy Duncan (Clarion West 1994)
• Cynthia Felice (Clarion 1976)
• Gregory Frost (Clarion 1975)
• Richard Garfinkle (Clarion West 1992)
• Kathleen Ann Goonan (Clarion West 1988)
• Eileen Gunn (Clarion 1976)
• Paul Haines (Clarion South 2004)
• Nalo Hopkinson (Clarion 1995)
• Ron Horsley (Clarion 2002)
• Vylar Kaftan (Clarion West 2004)
• Fiona Kelleghan (Clarion West 1995)
• James Patrick Kelly (Clarion 1974 and 1976)
• Peg Kerr (Clarion 1988)
• David Barr Kirtley (Clarion 1999)
• Ellen Klages (Clarion South 2005)
• David Levine (Clarion West 2000)
• Kelly Link (Clarion 1995)
• Sonia Orin Lyris (Clarion West 1992)
• Louise Marley (Clarion West 1993)
• Vonda N. McIntyre (Clarion 1970)
• Tim Pratt (Clarion 1999)
• Kim Stanley Robinson (Clarion 1975)
• Mary Rosenblum (Clarion West 1988)
• Sara Ryan (Clarion 1991)
• Deirdre Saoirse Moen (Clarion 2002)
• Al Sarrantonio (Clarion 1974)
• Lawrence Schimel (Clarion West 1991)
• Lucius Shepard (Clarion 1980)
• Lucy A. Snyder (Clarion 1995)
• Catriona Sparks (Clarion South 2004)
• Martha Soukup (Clarion 1985)
• Bruce Sterling (Clarion 1974)
• Patrick Swenson (Clarion West 1986)
• Bruce Taylor (Clarion West 1972)
• Amy Thomson (Clarion West 1984)
• Jeff Vandermeer (Clarion 1992)
• Karen Traviss (Clarion 2000)
• Mary A. Turzillo (Clarion 1985)
• Lisa Tuttle (Clarion 1971)
• Gordon Van Gelder (Clarion West 1987)
• Leslie What (Clarion 1976)
• David Wise (Clarion 1971)

Daniel Abraham is a science fiction / fantasy author who lives in Albuquerque, NM. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. ... Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979) is a science fiction author who was born in Grenada in the Caribbean. ... Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 — February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. ... Greg Cox is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous Star Trek novels, including The Eugenics Wars, (Volume One and Two), The Q Continuum, Assignment: Eternity, and The Black Shore. ... Robert Crais (born 1953) is a contemporary American author of detective fiction. ... Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer (April 16, 1962) is a science fiction author, editor, and literary critic. ... Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born April 24, 1974) is an award-winning Australian horror short story writer, editor, literary critic, and journalist. ... Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. ... Andy Duncan (born July 31, 1962) is the chief executive of Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom. ... Greg Frost (photograph by Keyan Bowes) Gregory Frost is an American author of science fiction and fantasy, and directs a Fiction Writing Workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. ... Richard Garfinkle (fl. ... Kathleen Ann Goonan is a science fiction writer. ... Eileen Gunn, born June 23, 1945 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is a science fiction author and editor based in Seattle who began publishing in 1978. ... This article is about the Australian fiction writer. ... Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaica writer and editor living in Canada. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Vylar Kaftan [1] is a science fiction and fantasy writer and Clarion West Workshop graduate who lives on the West Coast. ... Fiona Kelleghan (born West Palm Beach, Florida, 21 April 1965)[1] is an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy; she is also the metadata librarian at the University of Miamis Otto G. Richter Library. ... Front cover of Burn (2005). ... Peg Kerr is a Minnesota-based author of two fantasy novels and a number of short stories. ... David Barr Kirtley (1977- ) is an American short story writer. ... Ellen Klages is a science fiction writer from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. ... self portrait David Levine (born December 20, 1926) is an American caricaturist noted for his caricatures in the The New York Review of Books. ... Kelly Link is an American author of short stories born in 1969 (judging by this 2001 article). ... Sonia Orin Lyris lives in the state of Oregon in the United States, and is the author of a number of Science Fiction and Fantasy stories published in various professional magazines and anthologies. ... Louise Marley is an author of fantasy fiction and an opera singer. ... Vonda Neel McIntyre (born Louisville, Kentucky in 1948) is a science fiction author. ... Tim Pratt is a science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. ... For the late American actress, see Kim Stanley. ... Mary Rosenblum (born 1952 in Levittown, New York) is a science fiction and mystery author. ... Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Oregon. ... Al Sarrantonios Hallows Eve Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952, in New York City, New York) is an American horror and science fiction author who has published, over the past twenty-five years, more than forty books and sixty short stories. ... Lawrence Schimel (October 16, 1971) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, and anthologist whose work frequently deals with gay and lesbian themes, and with Jewish themes. ... Lucius Shepard (born August 1947, Lynchburg, Virginia, though stories and articles published under his name from 1952-1955 in Collins Magazine indicate that he may be several years older than is officially claimed) is an American writer whose work transcends easy categorization. ... Lucy A. Snyder is an American science fiction, fantasy, humor, and nonfiction writer. ... Catriona Sparks (also Cat Sparks) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. ... Martha Soukup is a Nebula award-winning and Hugo award-nominated science fiction author, and playwright for the Monday Night PlayGround emerging playwrights group. ... Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre. ... Bruce Taylor (born 1960) is a Canadian poet. ... Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (July 7, 1968—) is an American writer, although he has pursued careers in editing and publishing. ... Karen Traviss is a science fiction author and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. ... Mary A. Turzillo is a science fiction writer noted primarily for short stories. ... Lisa Tuttle (born in Houston, Texas 1952) is a science fiction, fantasy, and on occasion horror author. ... Gordon van Gelder (born 1966) is an American science fiction editor. ... Leslie What (born Leslie Nelson, 1955) is a writer of fantasy and literary fiction and nonfiction. ... David Wise is an Emmy-award winning television and animation writer, tutored by writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Frank Herbert, Harlan Ellison and Theodore Sturgeon whilst attending the Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop. ...

Further reading

• Wilhelm, Kate (2005). Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop. Small Beer Press. ISBN 1-931520-16-X. 

Kate Wilhelm (born 1928) is a writer who has written material including science fiction, mysteries, and fantasy. ...

External links

• Clarion official website
• Clarion West official website
• Clarion South official website
• A really good guide to Clarion with links to blogs and journals
• The Clarion Foundation nonprofit formed to promote and sustain the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop