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Photograph of the eighteen Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates with their instructors, Jedediah Berry and GennaRose Nethercott.
Meet our 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop graduates! They’re pictured with their instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, who led the final two weeks.
It has been an unforgettable summer, and we’re so proud to call this class Clarion alumni!
It’s the final day of the Write-a-thon, and your support means so much to us!
We’re close to surpassing $10,000 raised! So we’re cheering on our participants as they finish up on their goals!
Spread the word, and consider donating today to support the Clarion Workshop. 🚀✨
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We’re in the final week of the Write-a-thon and reaching for our $15,000 goal!
Currently, we are very close to reaching the $8000 mark! So as part of our final week push, we'll soon be announcing an exciting incentive with the acclaimed Karen Joy Fowler! Stay tuned! ✨
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Thank you to all of our participants and donors! We are so close to surpassing $7000 raised!
It’s the final week of the Write-a-thon, and we’re pushing to reach our $15,000 goal. You can help Clarion by spreading the word, donating or sponsoring a participant! 🚀✨
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Our Write-a-thon participants are doing a fantastic job working toward their goals! There's still time to sign up, donate or sponsor a participant. So spread the word!
Support the Clarion Workshop in reaching the $15,000 goal 🚀✨
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Headshot photograph of Kim Stanley Robinson. Text reads: Presenting a special Write-a-Thon incentive with Kim Stanley Robinson. Donate $750 or more to have a name of your choosing immortalized in the work of science fiction luminary, Kim Stanley Robinson. Clarion. 2025 Write-A-Thon, June 28 - August 9.
Over $5000 has been raised! Thank you for supporting Clarion!
We’re pushing to reach our $15,000 goal, and have great prizes, including having your name immortalized in the work of Kim Stanley Robinson!
Join the Write-a-thon, donate or sponsor a participant 🚀✨
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A big thank you to our Write-a-thon participants working toward their goals! For our participants, we have some great swag to offer and a story critique from the best-selling author, Karen Joy Fowler!
There’s still plenty of time to join, donate or sponsor a participant! 🚀✨
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Such a brilliant group we’re getting to work with here at Clarion. (We usually keep them stowed behind this door.)
29.07.2025 20:55 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Our fantastic instructors, @jedediahberry.com and GennaRose Nethercott, are leading weeks 5 & 6 of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop!
You can also meet them in-store at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social for their readings tomorrow at 7:00 PM PT! If you’re in San Diego, come by and say hi! ✨
A graphic that reads: Help us reach our $15,000 goal. Prizes for our top donors include: Your name, or the name of a loved one, immortalized in a fictional piece by science fiction luminary, Kim Stanley Robinson. A signed copy of Clarion instructor Elizabeth Bear's The Folded Sky. A special signed UK edition of Clarion alum Carmen Maria Machado's In the Dream House. A signed book from the incomparable George R. R. Martin. Clarion. 2025 Write-A-Thon. June 28 - August 9.
Thank you to our wonderful donors! We have surpassed $4000!
There’s still plenty of time to sign up for the Write-a-thon, donate or sponsor a participant. We also have great prizes for our participants and donors!
Spread the word! Support the Clarion Workshop 🚀✨
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Over $3000 has been raised! A huge thank you to all our donors!
We still have a way to go to reach our $15,000 goal. Consider signing up for the Write-a-thon, donating or sponsoring one of our brilliant participants.
Spread the word, and support the Clarion Workshop!🚀✨
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This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, so if eligible, notify secretary@theclarionfoundation.org to claim it!
Spread the word, and help Clarion. Donate or sponsor one of our Write-a-thon participants. 🚀
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Alt Text: Headshot photograph of Kim Stanley Robinson. Text reads: Presenting a special Write-a-Thon incentive with Kim Stanley Robinson. Donate $750 or more to have a name of your choosing immortalized in the work of science fiction luminary, Kim Stanley Robinson. Clarion. 2025 Write-A-Thon, June 28 - August 9.
We’ve reached over $2000!
We’re pushing for our $15,000 goal, and have a very special Write-a-thon incentive to offer.
Donate $750 or more (which can be spread across multiple writers) to have your name, or a name of your choosing, immortalized in text by the renowned Kim Stanley Robinson!
Donate or sponsor one of our amazing Write-a-thon participants.
clarionwriteathon.com/members/brow...
Thank you to all our wonderful Write-a-thon participants and donors! We still have a way to go to reach our $15,000 goal.
We’ve got special prizes lined up, including signed titles from George R. R. Martin, Carmen Maria Machado and Elizabeth Bear!
Spread the word! Support the Clarion Workshop 🚀
It’s week 4 of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and @annaleen.bsky.social is our fantastic instructor! We’re so glad to have them! Happy workshopping! ✨
22.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We’ve reached over $1000 in donations! We’re so grateful to all our donors.
We still have some way to go to reach our target. So, consider supporting the workshop by donating or sponsoring one of our amazing Write-a-thon writers! Spread the word 🚀
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It’s the third week of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop, and we are so honored to have @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social as our wonderful instructor! He will also be reading tomorrow at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social, so come by and say hi!
15.07.2025 20:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0There's still plenty of time to sign up at clarionwriteathon.org 🖊️🖊️
14.07.2025 20:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We have some awesome Write-a-Thon prizes for both our donors and participants!
This year, the top 3 fundraisers will be eligible for a story critique from some of the most seasoned and best-selling authors, including Clarion Foundation President and award-winning author, Karen Joy Fowler!
A graphic of the Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego. The text reads, Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Masterclass, July 22, 2025, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, a day of exploring the fundamentals of speculative fiction.
The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Masterclass is returning soon! Join us in San Diego for a day of learning with esteemed faculty, alumni and panelists.
Find out more and sign up through the link in the comment below!
We’re cheering on our dedicated writers working towards their Write-a-Thon goals! Check out their pages and show them support via the link below! 🖊️✨
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Our week 2 instructor at the workshop is the amazing @premeemohamed.com! Have a fantastic rest of the week! 🌟
08.07.2025 18:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1It’s great to see the list of Write-a-thon participants building up! There is still plenty of time to sign up. Join our community of fundraisers and get those writing goals met! 🚀
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Elizabeth Bear, a white woman in a magenta dress, standing in front of the Doors of Durin under a sign that reads Mysterious Galaxy, holding a copy of The Folded Sky. The doors are flanked by other Elizabeth Bear books.
Signed copies of a lot of books available at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social !!!
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A photograph of a person's arms on a desk, writing in a notebook. The text reads, join the Clarion Write-a-Thon! Meet your writing goals, build community and support Clarion.
The Clarion Write-a-Thon is up and running! Do you have any writing goals in mind? Sign up and join our list of amazing participants to help us reach our $15,000 goal! 🚀
Find more about signing up and donating at:
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The 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop is underway, and we are so thrilled to have @matociquala.bsky.social as our fantastic Week 1 instructor! Mark your calendar for Elizabeth Bear’s reading this Wednesday! 🚀🚀
01.07.2025 13:58 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The Clarion Write-a-Thon will be starting up again in just a few days! Get on top of your writing goals by joining us from June 29 to August 9 to raise money for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Sign up through the link below! 🖊️🖊️🖊️
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We are so excited for our incoming cohort, who will soon be attending the 2025 Clarion Writers’ Workshop!
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