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Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting It was founded by Robin Scott Wilson at Clarion State College in Pennsylvania. Robin Scott Wilson (born September 19, 1928 in Columbus Ohio, USA is an American Science fiction author and editor and former President of Clarion University of Pennsylvania is an Accredited University located on a campus in Clarion, Pennsylvania, and one of fourteen universities The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm were among the first teachers at the workshop. Damon Francis Knight ( September 19, 1922 &ndash April 15, 2002) was an American Science fiction Author, Kate Wilhelm (neé Katie Gertrude Meredith born June 8, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, is a writer whose works include Science fiction, The first was held in 1968. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 until a 2007 move to University of California, San Diego. The Milford Writer's Workshop is an influential East Coast Science fiction writer's workshop founded by Damon Knight. Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Michigan State University ( MSU) is a co-educational public Research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA.

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.

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Clarion at San Diego

Clarionites at Play (photograph by Keyan Bowes)
Clarionites at Play (photograph by Keyan Bowes)

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 San Diego 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. Gregory Frost (born 1951 is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (born July 7 1968 is an American writer editor and publisher Ann VanderMeer (nee Kennedy is an American publisher and editor Karen Joy Fowler (b February 7 1950, Bloomington Indiana) is an American author of Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian Blogger Journalist and Science fiction author who serves as co-editor Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels, and the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Delia Sherman (born Tokyo, Japan) is an award-winning Fantasy writer and editor. Clarionites also had discussions with Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Holder, David Brin and Vernor Vinge. Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23 1952) is an American Science fiction Writer, probably best known for his award-winning Nancy Holder is an American Writer and the author of several novels including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Glen David Brin, PhD (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and award-winning author of Science fiction. Vernor Steffen Vinge (ˈvɪndʒi (born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha Wisconsin, U 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. 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, or epic 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 between Science fiction / Fantasy or mainstream Literary fiction Magic realism, or magical realism, is an artistic Genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even "normal" Students came from all over the US and Canada, and one participant was from England. Several have had short stories published; others are currently writing novels; and one already had a book contract.

The 2008 session (29th June - Aug 9, 2008) had an application deadline of of 1 March 2008. The instructors are Kelly Link, James Patrick Kelly, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman. Kelly Link is an American author of Short stories born in 1969. James Patrick Kelly (born 1951 in Mineola New York) is a Hugo - and Nebula -award winning American Science fiction author Mary Anne Amirthi Mohanraj (born July 26 1971 is an American writer editor and academic Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaican born writer and editor who lives in Canada. Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951 is a writer of Science fiction, Fantasy and surrealistic or " slipstream " fiction

Offshoots

Some Clarion instructors

Some Clarion West instructors

Clarion graduates

Further reading

External links

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