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Since [livejournal.com profile] deliasherman has taken it upon herself to post about our delightful last day in Santa Cruz (sniff!)(oh, and I mean that: I've caught a cold, but it's mostly just sniffles, so far. I will delight everyone on the cross-country flight tom'w, I'm sure), it falls to me to fulfill the family duty, as once (and future?) Clarion instructors, to remind you that there is still a week left to send in your Clarion application for Summer 2009. And that this year's instructors - Holly Black, Larissa Lai, Robert Crais, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Hand, and Paul Park - include some of the most extraordinarily good and articulate teachers I know. It goes without saying that Clarion always invites good writers, but Black, Robinson, Hand & Park (I don't know the other 2) also have miles of teaching experience under their belts, which is worth even more than being able to put together a good paragraph. Here's the official notice:

Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop
June 28 to August 8 @ UC San Diego

Deadline to Apply: March 1

Since its inception in 1968, Clarion has been known as the boot camp for writers of speculative fiction. Each year 18 adults are selected from applicants who have the potential for highly successful writing careers. Many graduates have become well-known writers. A large number have won major awards, and some have returned to teach at Clarion. The workshop has been hosted by the UCSD Department of Literature since 2007.

Clarion is widely recognized as the premier training ground for aspiring writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Instructors are among the most respected writers and editors working in the field today. Instructors and students reside together in campus apartments throughout the six-week program.

Clarion is a short story workshop. Applicants must submit two stories with their online application. Scholarships are available. Learn more at http://clarion.ucsd.edu.


I know it's a lot of time and a lot of money, and that you're dying to do it but this year you can't. Believe me, I know. But just in case.

Date: 2009-02-21 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] regicidaldwarf.livejournal.com
It kind of drives me crazy that it's going to be at my school and I might even be around when it's going to be held, but I still can't go. xP

Date: 2009-02-21 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com
Ellen, Ellen, I'm in an absolute STATE--I just got my first F/SF of this year's subscription I signed up for for Richardstory, and There's No Richardstory!!! And the "coming attractions" had no mention of it, either!! Has there been any word that it was postponed or sommat...? I'm completely devastated!!

Date: 2009-02-21 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com
Don't worry; you probably signed up in Jan. so your first issue is the one *preceding* it. Does it say MARCH?
http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/current.htm

Date: 2009-02-21 04:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xorphus.livejournal.com
Should you and Kelly Link ever happen to teach at the same Clarion, no force yet measured would be sufficient to prevent me from attending.

Date: 2009-02-21 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com
Yes, it does, that's the issue--so--is it, *supposed* to be in there? Because it isn't...?

*ded*

Date: 2009-02-21 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com
No, it's in the next one. But enjoy this issue! There's good stuff in there.

Date: 2009-02-21 04:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com
**EPIC WHEW**

Thanks!

*nose pressed wistfully against glass*

Date: 2009-02-21 05:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninstorage.livejournal.com
*sigh*

And I missed Clarion South, too.

Date: 2009-02-21 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] treebreeze.livejournal.com
Hope you feel better soon! I have been a reader of your lj for a spell, as I love your writing, but never got around to commenting before. ;)

Ps. I LOVE Santa Cruz.......sigh....especially during a midwest winter.

Date: 2009-02-21 05:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com
Gosh! I adore Kelly; we're in a sorta writers' group together, and she is an amazing reader, critic, writer, and person. Maybe it'll happen some day.

Date: 2009-02-21 05:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellen-kushner.livejournal.com
Hiya! And welcome.

Outside our window, people are already playing volleyball on the beach. I hear it might be snowing when we land tonight in NYC......

Scribbling Away

Date: 2009-02-21 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathmuse.livejournal.com
I already know I won't get in, but I am scribbling away in an effort to polish #2. What I really need is a good critique group...grumph!

Re: Scribbling Away

Date: 2009-02-21 11:04 pm (UTC)

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