Clarion West Call For Poster Artist

Clarion West announced a call for “an artist to create artwork for our 2023 summer programming!” The submission deadline is February 24, 2023 and compensation starts at $750, with the potential for increased payment “depending on experience.”

We want to commission a piece of art that inspires us and our writers to create and explore with bravery and freedom. The art needs to represent the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror in some way, while also supporting our core values of diversity, inclusion, and supporting emerging writers. (You can see the work of our 2022 poster artist, Odera Igbokwe, here as just one example.)

In addition to serving as our poster image, the artwork (or elements of it) will appear in much of Clarion West’s summer programming materials and promotions, which will likely include the Write-a-thon website, social media banners and posts, YouTube banner and slides, the cover of student notebooks, thank-you cards, etc. Clarion West is also interested in pursuing summer merchandising of the artwork, with royalty percentage to be negotiated with the artist. The artwork will not be used beyond our 2023 summer programming needs, unless agreed upon between the artist and Clarion West.

For more information, see the official announcement.

Clarion West is also currently accepting applications for their six-week summer program, which runs from June 25 – August 5, 2023. The application fee increases from $35 to $60 on February 15. More information about the workshop can be found on the Clarion West site.

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