On November 3, 2008, Nisi Shawl's Filter House was chosen one of the Best Books of 2008 by Publisher's Weekly. The judges' comment: "Shawl's exquisitely rendered debut collection weaves threads of folklore, religion, family and the search for a cohesive self through a panorama of race, magic and the body." Filter House was published in June 2009 by Aqueduct Press.

David A. Simons ('06) has a story titled "The Fort in Vermont" in InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 10.  The story was originally written at the Clarion West Writers Workshop.

I amy be overthinking things, but what belongs in the 7-800 word "description of your background and reasons for attending"?  I guess I'm thrown by it being "used to introduce you to the workshop's instructors".   Read more »

In celebration of our 25th consecutive workshop, Amazon is donating one dollar to Clarion West for every dollar we receive from individuals, corporations, government offices, charitable foundations, and special events—up to $25,000. We have until October 31, 2009 to raise $25,000; Amazon’s grant can double that to $50,000.

If you'd like to make a donation to Clarion West for Amazon to match, visit our Donate page.  Read more »

Hello,

I'll take the dive and introduce myself.  My name is Sandra Odell.  I am a mother of two wonderful, often frustrating boys, an avid reader, a chocoholic, and a willing captive of words.

I'm looking forward to chatting with other applicants.  I don't want to think I'm the only one who's this nervous.  Did anyone else have as much trouble as I did deciding which pieces to send?

Sandra

Here's my somewhat belated report on what I accomplished in terms of writing during my first Write-a-thon:

Though I wrote about 500 words for a story to be created with Eileen, I wound up not collaborating with her as planned, but with a new friend, Brian Charles Clark.  I also wrote a first draft of another story on my own; it's called "Indeed."  Read more »

Ian McHugh (CW '06) has been selected as the grand prize winner of the Writers of the Future contest for his story "Bitter Dreams." The story was originally written at the Clarion West workshop.

Forgive me (and delete me from the face of the universe!) if this post is too non-CW, but I figured CW alumni and the other writerly types that hang out here might be interested....

As you may have heard, Apex Digest unleashed phase 3 of the Global Domination Plan upon the world recently, making the move to digital and upping pay rates to 5 cents/word. Overnight, our submissions doubled.  Read more »

An Autumn War, a novel by Daniel Abraham (CW '98), has just been released by Tor.  This novel is the third book in Daniel's Long Price Quartet. Daniel was also interviewed in the June 2008 issue of Locus.