Summer Workshops

September 25, 2023September 20, 2023 locusmag 0 Comments

Clarion

The Clarion workshop ran from June 25-August 5, 2023 in San Diego CA. Their 2023 faculty included Andy Duncan, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Tochi Onyebuchi, Anjali Sachdeva, Rae Carson, C.C. Finlay, and Jac Jamc (faculty director).

Back row: Rae Carson (instructor), Cassius Kilroy, Holden Lee, Anneke
Schwob, Nicholas Schorn, Sunwoo Jeong, Lei Wang, David Marino, Joseph Aguilar, Kathrin Rohrmeier, Amy Haejung, Devi Snively, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, C.C. Finlay (instructor); front row: Zez Wyatt, Francis Van Ganson, Fiona Jones, Eirill Falck, Maya Beck

Alpha Workshop for Young Writers

The 2023 Alpha Workshop for Young Writers workshop ran from July 19-July 30. Their guest authors were Ayana Gray, Cassandra Khaw, Sarah Gailey, and Tamora Pierce.

Top to bottom, l to r: AJ Lucy, Andrew Keahey, John Kim, Josiah Anderson, Jackson Eflin, Chris Kammerud, August Bracher, Jade Seib, Jordan James, Peyton Pitts, James Parker-Youngdahl, Katie McRury, Rebekah White,
Jillian Younger, Ethan Stein, Betsy Okrent, Cole Kukk, Calli Cho, Lara Elena Donnelly, Sydney Wu, Scarlett Muller, Brooke McCraley, Maya King, Kaitlin Rose Jencks, Mishaal Hussain, Tamora Pierce, Taylor Koning, Max Berman, Mira Kaufman

Clarion West

Clarion West’s six-week summer workshop took place online from June 25-August 5, with instructors Mary Anne Mohanraj & Benjamin Rosenbaum, Cat Rambo, Samit Basu, Karen Lord, Arley Sorg, and N.K. Jemisin.

Top to bottom, l to r: Allison Thai, Jae Steinbacher (workshop coordinator), Amy Hirayama (workshop administrator), Dante Luiz, Lowry Poletti, D.K. Lawhorn, Kiran Kaur Saini, F.E. Choe, Jo Telle, Ivana Akotowaa Ofori, Jason A. Bartles, Mae Juniper Stokes, Alexia Tolas, Fatima Taqvi, N.K. Jemisin (instructor), Liza Wemakor, Tania Chen, María Alejandra Barrios (workshop facilitator), A.M. Barrie

Taos Toolbox

Back row: Neil Flinchbaugh, Thea Boodhoo, Russ Nickel, Walter Jon Williams, Phil Marshal; center row: Elijah Rain Smith, Elizabeth Hawxhurst, Donald McCarthy, Misha Bazarov, Nancy Kress, Erik Johnson, Chris Balliet, Vivek Arrowmark; front row: Sophia Tao, Santiago Marquez Ramos, Jason Hendricks, Sarah Stegall, Murphy Davis, Wendy Wheeler, Mike Glacken

Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop

Three sessions of Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop were held online over the past year, allowing students to choose the amount of time they had to complete the program.

Top row: graduates of winter 2023 (24-week) session: Ai Jiang,
Jason Fernandes, Leah Ning, Tania Fordwalker
Middle row: graduates of fall 2022 (12-week) session: Nicole
Magoon, Jill Tew, Isabel Cañas, Iris Hwang
Bottom row: graduates of summer 2023 (6-week) session: Sam W. Pisciotta, Sarah E. Stevens, Anselma Widha Prihandita, Director Jeanne Cavelos

This report and more like it in the September 2023 issue of Locus.

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