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Our Fifth Clarion West Write-a-thon
Our fifth Clarion West Write-a-thon ended in August of 2008, along with our twenty-fifth consecutive workshop. Several participants posted about their agony and ecstasy in the Clarion West Forums, where L. Timmel Duchamp, Eileen Gunn, Marilyn J. Holt, Ruth Nestvold, Gord Sellar, and Michael Swanwick collaborated in public on a round-robin short story tentatively titled "Trouble Ensues; or, Castle Dementia," which you can still read. A Swanwick/Gunn 2007 Write-a-thon collaboration ("Shed That Guilt! Double Your Productivity Overnight!") appears in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction's September 2008 issue.
We're very grateful to all Write-a-thon sponsors for adding monetary support for writers' education on top of the friendship and emotional support you give the writers in your lives. Over $6,000 has been raised already, and we hope to break last year's record of $10,000 once all the sponsors send in their pledges.
We're also deeply grateful to all 58 Write-a-thon participants who fearlessly sought out financial support for the Clarion West Writers Workshop while toiling away on their own individual writing goals: Amy Thomson, Ada Milenkovic Brown, Adrian Khactu, Amy Lau, Ben Burgis, Cat Rambo, Charlie Allery, Chris Furst, Christopher Caldwell, Claudius Reich, Clayton Kroh, D. Lynn Smith, David Simons, David Zasloff, Deb Taber, Doug Sharp, E.C. Myers, Eileen Gunn, Elizabeth McDowell, Erin Cashier, Gary Dauphin, Gord Sellar, Greer Woodward, Jocelyn Paige Kelly, Jon Christian Allison, Julie McGalliard, K. Tempest Bradford, Karen M. Roberts, Kristine Dikeman, L. Timmel Duchamp, Leah Cutter, Lisa Tuttle, Louise Marley, Lyn C.A. Gardner, Lynette Aspey, Marilyn J. Holt, Marsha Sisolak, Maura McHugh, Melinda Thielbar, Michael Blue, Michael Swanwick, Mike Underwood, Nisi Shawl, Paul Park, Phoebe Harris, R. R. Angell, Rachel Swirsky, Roz Clarke, Ruth Nestvold, S. Hutson Blount, S.K. Richards, Sarah Brandel, Stacy Sinclair, Stephanie Burgis, Steve Miller, Tina Connolly, Tinatsu Wallace, Vylar Kaftan, and a few others who wrote anonymously. Congratulations on your Write-a-thon accomplishments: chances taken, words written, paragraphs erased, chapters revised, manuscripts sent out to find a place in the world. We're still getting reports on all the short stories, novels, poems, and screenplays started and completed during the Write-a-thon.
Sponsors Can Still Pay Us
Sponsors, thank you so much for your encouragement and support. If you still have an unpaid pledge, please pay now, using the PayPal button on the individual writer's page or the one below. If you're donating for multiple writers, make sure to add a comment to let us know who you're supporting.
Donations Are Tax-Deductible
After you send us your pledge, you will receive a thank-you letter specifying the amount of your gift, which you can use at tax time. Clarion West is a 501(c)(3) organization, Federal EIN 91-1352168.
