It's an online community of writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror--brand-new and published--who help each other improve their work. Whatever your level, the workshop can help you grow as a writer--through the useful critiques you receive and through what you learn by reviewing the work of others. See our member comments for examples.
So if you're an aspiring writer, join us! Post your writing for reviews, critique interesting work by others, read and learn from our monthly Editors' Choices, participate in our discussions, and use our extensive list of resources for writers. You retain all rights to your work and choose your own level of participation. Our costs are as low as we can make them--$49 a year, or 94 cents a week. (How to join or renew)
Congratulations to our members and alums on these recent major sales and awards!
| • | Amanda Downum--trilogy The Drowning City (2009), The Bone Palace (2010), and Kingdoms of Dust (2011) to Orbit Books |
| • | Rae Carson--Girl of Fire and Thorns (September 2011) and two more books to Greenwillow, an imprint of HarperCollins |
| • | Bradley P. Beaulieu--The Lays of Anuskaya trilogy (beginning 2011) to Night Shade Books |
| • | Jodi Meadows--Incarnate and two sequels to Katharine Tegen Books/HarperCollins |
| • | Teresa Frohock--Miserere: An Autumn Tale to Night Shade Books (July 2011) |
| • | Peter Cooper--YA fantasy The Ghost of Ping-Ling to Omnibus Books (2012) |
| • | A A Bell--Diamond Eyes (December 2011) and two sequels to HarperCollins Voyager |
| • | Leah Bobet--YA fantasy Above (April 2012) to Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic |
| • | Deb Coates--fantasy novel Wide Open plus two sequels to Tor (2012) | • | Jaime Lee Moyer--fantasy trilogy Delia's Shadow, A Barricade in Hell, and Against a Brightening Sky to Tor (2012) |
Our Resident Editors, Elizabeth Bear, Jeanne Cavelos, Gary Braunbeck, Karin Lowachee, and Karen Meisner,
professionals in the speculative-fiction field with much experience and many publications to their names, choose one submission in each of four categories every month and write reviews you can learn from. (Here is a sample review.) The latest
Editors' Choices:
| • | Ikara's Atelier by R.A. Watanabe (fantasy chapter) |
| • | Rose in Winter by Phillip Spencer (science-fiction chapter) |
| • | "Hijacked" by Elizabeth Shack (SF/F short story) |
| • | "The Hound of Henry Hortinger" by Michelle Goldsmith (horror short story) |
Reviews and helpful critiques are what power the workshop. If you've gotten a very helpful review,
nominate
the reviewer to the monthly Reviewer Honor Roll
(which first appears in the newsletter).
We thank our current most active reviewers (counting substantial reviews only):
| • Daniel Connaughton • Jane Forni • L. K. Pinaire • Oliver Buckram • Zvi Zaks |
Workshop members have sold novels to major SF/F publishers and stories
to magazines including Asimov's Science Fiction and The Magazine
of Fantasy and Science Fiction. See full monthly listings in our Hall of Fame. And e-mail
us with your publication news!
Member Success StoryThe Stars Down Under The Outback Stars, Book 2 by Sandra McDonald 
Tor Books, March 2008
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Comments from Members
"The comments and encouragement
I received were invaluable in helping me improve my skills. I wouldn't have gone to Clarion if I hadn't first gone through the workshop."
"I find this workshop
is superior to anything I am doing in my Master's-level creative-writing workshops."
"The wealth of material to review, the wealth of reviewers and the helpfulness of support staff all mark the site out as hands above the rest."
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