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{{Short description|Worksop for science-fiction and fantasy writing}}
The '''Clarion Workshop''' is an American six-week workshop for aspiring [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] writers. Originally an outgrowth of [[Damon Knight]]'s and [[Kate Wilhelm]]'s [[Milford Writer's Workshop|Milford Writer's Conference]], held at their home in [[Milford, Pennsylvania]], it was founded in 1968 by [[Robin Wilson (author)|Robin Scott Wilson]] at [[Clarion University of Pennsylvania|Clarion State College]] in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Anders|title=Project Triton: New Sci-Fi Colony |url=http://ucsdmag.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol5no2/features/projecttriton.htm |website=UCSD Alumni |publisher=UCSanDiego |access-date=6 September 2015|date=May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002085407/http://ucsdmag.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol5no2/features/projecttriton.htm |archive-date=2 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Knight and Wilhelm were among the first teachers at the workshop.<ref name=Wilhelm>[[Kate Wilhelm|Wilhelm, Kate]], ''Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop'', [[Small Beer Press]], 2005 {{ISBN|978-1-931520-16-4}}</ref>

In 1972, the workshop moved to [[Michigan State University]]. It moved again, in 2006, to the [[University of California, San Diego]].<ref name=Jagoda>Barry Jagoda, [http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2006/dec/12_18_clarion.asp "Top Science Fiction Writers' Program Comes to UC San Diego"], ''This Week at UCSD'', December 18, 2006</ref>

In 2015, the [http://www.theclarionfoundation.org Clarion Foundation] received an anonymous gift of $100,000 to found an endowment funding the workshop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tor.com/2015/09/21/clarion-foundation-workshop-endowment-news/ |title=Exciting News for The Clarion Foundation!|date=September 2015|website=Tor.com}}</ref>

The Clarion Workshop events for 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with the students selected for 2020 slated to attend in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://file770.com/tag/clarion-writers-workshop/ |date=May 2021 |title = Clarion Workshop Postponed to 2022|website=File770.com|last1=Glyer|first1=Mike}}</ref>
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== Other Clarion Workshops ==
Independently operated workshops which share the Clarion name and follow its founding principles include:
* [[Clarion West Writers Workshop]], founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971 by [[Vonda N. McIntyre]]. It has been held annually since 1984.
* Clarion South Writers Workshop was held at [[Griffith University]] in [[Brisbane|Brisbane, Australia]]. It was founded in 2004 and ran biennially to 2011. In 2009, Clarion South lost its venue, although the workshop was held that year. In March 2011, Clarion South organizers announced that future workshops were "on hold indefinitely".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.clarionsouth.org/|title = Workshop Update|date = March 2011|website = Clarion South|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130328142743/http://www.clarionsouth.org/|archive-date = March 28, 2013|url-status = dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors]]
* [[List of Clarion Writers Workshop alumni]]
* [[List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

*{{cite journal
  | last1=Knight
  | first1=Damon
  | author-link=Damon Knight
  | title=I Remember Clarion
  | journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
  | date=March 1990
  | volume=14
  | issue=3
  | pages=20–28 }}

==External links==
* [http://clarion.ucsd.edu Clarion official website]
*[http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/mss0681.html Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop: Archive of Stories by Participants] MSS 681. [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/ Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library.
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