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Clarion Workshop
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. Knight and Wilhelm were among the first teachers at the workshop.Kate Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Kate, ''Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop'', Small Beer Press, 2005 In 1972, the workshop moved to Michigan State University. It moved again, in 2006, to the University of California, San Diego.Barry Jagoda"Top Science Fiction Writers' Program Comes to UC San Diego" ''This Week at UCSD'', December 18, 2006 In 2015, thClarion Foundationreceived an anonymous gift of $100,000 to found an endowment funding the workshop. The Clarion Workshop ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarion West Writers Workshop
Clarion West is a non-profit organization best known for their intensive six-week workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in speculative fiction. The Six-Week Workshop is a space for writing short stories and learning how to workshop them under the guidance of staff and luminaries of the speculative fiction field. The workshop runs annually from late June through the end of July. Each of the six weeks is instructed by a different professional writer or editor. The roster of guest instructors changes yearly. Founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971, the workshop has been held continuously since 1984. Clarion West, has added through the years a variety of online classes, events, and two to four day workshops, as well as a library of on-demand classes accessible to members anytime. 2025 will see the first nine-month online workshop geared toward writers interested in working on their novels. The Clarion West board of directors includes Shweta Adhyam, Izzy Wasserstein, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Organizations
Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which study the physical world, and the social sciences, which study individuals and societies. While referred to as the formal sciences, the study of logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science are typically regarded as separate because they rely on deductive reasoning instead of the scientific method as their main methodology. Meanwhile, applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as engineering and medicine. The history of science spans the majority of the historical record, with the earliest identifiable predecessors to modern science dating to the Bronze Age in Egypt and Mesopotamia (). Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped the Greek natural philo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Writers' Organizations
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors
{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2025 This is a list of instructors in the Clarion South Writers Workshop, an annual writers' workshop for science fiction, fantasy, and speculative literature writers. * Lee Battersby (2007) * Simon Brown (2007) * Jack Dann (2009, 2004) * Ellen Datlow (2005) * Terry Dowling (2004) * Gardner Dozois (2007) * David G. Hartwell (2004) * Rob Hood (2007) * Nalo Hopkinson (2004) * Ian Irvine (2005) * Trent Jamieson (2009) * Margo Lanagan (2009, 2007, 2005) * Kelly Link (2007) * Lucy Sussex (2004) * Michael Swanwick (2005) * Jeff VanderMeer (2009) * Scott Westerfeld (2005) * Kim Wilkins (2004) * Sean Williams (2009, 2005) See also * List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Alumni * Clarion Workshop * List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors * List of Clarion Writers Workshop Alumni * Clarion West Writers Workshop Clarion West is a non-profit organization best known for their intensive six-week workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Clarion Writers Workshop Alumni
This is a partial list of alumni of the Clarion Workshop, an annual writers' workshop for science fiction, fantasy, and speculative literature writers. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Name !! Year !! Notes , - , 'Pemi Aguda , , 2019 , , , - , Mishell Baker , , 2009 , , , - , Christopher Barzak , , 1998 , , Also instructor , - , Adam Bellow , , 1976 , , , - , Judith Berman , , 1994 , , , - , Michael A. Burstein , , 1994 , , , - , Ed Bryant , , 1968 , , Also instructor , - , Tobias S. Buckell , , 1999 , , , - , Octavia Butler , , 1970 , , Also instructor , - , Monica Byrne , , 2008 , , , - , Amy Sterling Casil , , 1984 , , , - , Ted Chiang , , 1989 , , Also instructor , - , John Chu , , 2010 , , , - , Robert Crais , , 1975 , , Also instructor , - , Glen Cook , , 1970 , , , - , Cory Doctorow , , 1992 , , Also instructor , - , Lara Elena Donnelly , , 2012 , , , - , George Alec Effinger , , 1970 , , , - , Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors
{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2025 This is a list of past instructors in the Clarion Workshop, an annual writers' workshop for science fiction, fantasy, and speculative literature writers. Instructors marked with an asterisk are also graduates of the Clarion or Clarion West workshops. * Saladin Ahmed * Eleanor Arnason * Steven Barnes * Christopher Barzak* * Elizabeth Bear * Michael Bishop * Terry Bisson * Holly Black * Ben Bova * Edward Bryant* * Algis Budrys * Octavia Butler* * Orson Scott Card * Suzy McKee Charnas * Ted Chiang* * Cassandra Clare * Robert Crais* * Ellen Datlow * Samuel R. Delany * Gordon Dickson * Thomas Disch * Cory Doctorow* * Gardner Dozois * Tananarive Due * Andy Duncan* * David Anthony Durham * Scott Edelman * Phyllis Eisenstein * Harlan Ellison * Carol Emshwiller * Charles Coleman Finlay * Jeffrey Ford * Karen Joy Fowler * James Frenkel * Gregory Frost* * Neil Gaiman * Lisa Goldstein * Martin Greenberg * Joe Haldeman * Elizabeth Hand * Harry Harrison * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, an urban agglomeration with a population of over 4 million. The Brisbane central business district, central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Brisbane's metropolitan area sprawls over the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Moreton Bay penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, Queensland, Redcliff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith University is credited with introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian studies. The university has five campuses, at Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Nathan, Queensland, Nathan, Logan City, Logan, South Bank, Queensland, South Bank, and Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Mount Gravatt. A sixth campus, to be located at the Treasury Building, Brisbane, Treasury Building in the Brisbane central business district, Brisbane CBD, will open in 2027. The university was named after Samuel Griffith, Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, who was twice Premier of Queensland and the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Sir Samuel Griffith played a major role in the Federation of Australia and was the principal author of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vonda N
Vonda is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Vonda Kay Van Dyke, crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964 *Vonda N. McIntyre Vonda Neel McIntyre () was an American science fiction writer and biologist. Early life and education Vonda N. McIntyre was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of H. Neel and Vonda B. Keith McIntyre, who were born in Poland, Ohio. She s ... (1948–2019), American science fiction author * Vonda Phelps, American child stage actress and dancer in the 1920s * Vonda Shepard (born 1963), American pop/rock singer * Vonda Ward (born 1973), American female boxer and NCAA basketball player See also * Vonda, Saskatchewan, located on Highway 27, a half-hour drive north east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
