The application period for the 2009 workshop is January 2 вЂ“ March 1.

Instructors and students reside together in campus apartments throughout the intensive six-week program. Students are expected to write several new short stories during the six-week workshop, and to give and receive constructive criticism. Instructors are among the most respected writers and editors. Many graduates have become well-known writers, and a large number have won major awards. The Clarion Workshop is widely recognized as the premier training ground for aspiring writers of fantasy and science fiction short stories. Each year 18-20 students, ranging in age from late teens to those in mid-career, are selected from applicants who have the potential for highly successful writing careers. 2009 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy WritersвЂ™ Workshop UC San Diego. Since its inception in 1968, Clarion has been known as the вЂњboot campвЂќ for writers of speculative fiction. The six-week workshop is held on the beautiful beachside campus of the University of California at San Diego. The 2009 writers in residence are Holly Black, Larissa Lai, Robert Crais, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Hand, and Paul Park. Instructors are among the most respected writers and editors working in the field today. It was one of the most powerful experiences of my life.Дў009 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy WritersвЂ™ UC San Diego I networked with folks who could potentially help my career in ways i can't even imagine. I met people i'll be friends with for the rest of my life.

We never are, but i feel i keep hitting these plateaus in my writing, and each one is harder than the last, and Clarion got me to the next one. It took me three months to process everything i learned.ДЄm i finished learning as a writer? Not even close. It took everything i thought i knew about writing and turned it on it's ear. Yes, it effected my writing in crazy and wonderful ways. I cannot say strongly enough how much the Clarion workshop has changed my life.

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