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Just wondering if anyone has applied or will apply to Odyssey Writing Workshop, Clarion Writing Program, or Clarion West. They're all expensive, but there are scholarships available. I've fancied applying for years, especially when George RR Martin was at Clarion, but I never had the guts or the cash.
Odyssey's deadline is April 7th. There's a fee of $35 dollars. The entire workshop costs at least $3200 for six weeks. I'm less interested in the online classes, although I am curious about them.
Clarion is accepting applications now until March 1st. The application fee is $50 until February 10th, then it's an additional $15. Their workshop is ~$5000 for tuition, room, and board.
Clarion West accepts applications until March 1st. Their fee is $30 until February 15th when it becomes $40. The cost, $3600, covers most of the tuition, room, and board.
It seems like you'd get more time with Clarion and Clarion West instructors versus Odyssey guest lecturers, but I'm not 100% sure. I don't feel confident enough to apply, or I'd definitely try for Clarion West. I'd love to hear what Gaiman and Delany have to say. I have Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box on my to-read list. And I was form rejected by a slush reader of Ellen Datlow.
What do you guys think? Has anyone considered applying to one of these workshops?
Odyssey's deadline is April 7th. There's a fee of $35 dollars. The entire workshop costs at least $3200 for six weeks. I'm less interested in the online classes, although I am curious about them.
Odyssey's 2013 Guest Lecturers:
Holly Black
Patricia Bray
Adam-Troy Castro
Jack Ketchum
Sheila Williams
Holly Black
Patricia Bray
Adam-Troy Castro
Jack Ketchum
Sheila Williams
Clarion is accepting applications now until March 1st. The application fee is $50 until February 10th, then it's an additional $15. Their workshop is ~$5000 for tuition, room, and board.
Clarion's 2013 Instructors:
Andy Duncan
Nalo Hopkinson
Cory Doctorow
Robert Crais
Karen Joy Fowler
Kelly Link
Andy Duncan
Nalo Hopkinson
Cory Doctorow
Robert Crais
Karen Joy Fowler
Kelly Link
Clarion West accepts applications until March 1st. Their fee is $30 until February 15th when it becomes $40. The cost, $3600, covers most of the tuition, room, and board.
Clarion West's 2013 Instructors:
Elizabeth Hand
Neil Gaiman
Joe Hill
Justina Robson
Ellen Datlow
Samuel R. Delany
Elizabeth Hand
Neil Gaiman
Joe Hill
Justina Robson
Ellen Datlow
Samuel R. Delany
It seems like you'd get more time with Clarion and Clarion West instructors versus Odyssey guest lecturers, but I'm not 100% sure. I don't feel confident enough to apply, or I'd definitely try for Clarion West. I'd love to hear what Gaiman and Delany have to say. I have Joe Hill's Heart-Shaped Box on my to-read list. And I was form rejected by a slush reader of Ellen Datlow.
What do you guys think? Has anyone considered applying to one of these workshops?
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