Clarion West 2025

The Clarion West Summer Workshop has announced its 2025 instructors: Maurice Broaddus, Malka Older, Diana Pho, and Martha Wells.

The six-week summer workshop will be held virtually from June 22- August 2, 2025 (they alternate virtual and in-person years).

The workshop is moving forward “with a new format designed to give students more time to write, additional lecture time with instructors, and more experimentation with workshopping models.” Their “sneak peek” at the new model says:

• Led by our workshop staff, Week 1 will focus on workshop models practiced during the rest of the workshop. Students will also have opportunities to brainstorm and prepare stories for the following weeks.
• In Weeks 2 and 3, students will put these writing and workshop techniques into practice by submitting a story each week and spending Monday through Friday critiquing, guided by Maurice Broaddus and Malka Older.
• Week 4 will give the class a brief respite from workshopping; instead, it will involve daily lectures and exercises for the class to learn more from each of the instructors.
• In Weeks 5 and 6, the summer will conclude with two final weeks of writing and workshopping led by Diana Pho and Martha Wells.

Applications open December 1, 2024.

For more information, see the Clarion West website.