What is the Clarion Foundation?
The Clarion Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) charitable status. It was established in the autumn of 2005 to ensure that, regardless of economic ups and downs, the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop will continue to function at the same high level of excellence that has made it one of the most acclaimed writing workshops in the country. The Foundation’s board of directors includes some of the most illustrious names in science fiction and fantasy writing: Kate Wilhelm, Jim Kelly, Leslie What, Nancy Etchemendy, Karen Joy Fowler, Walter Jon Williams, Stan Robinson, Kelly Link, and Cory Doctorow.The Clarion Foundation provides a number of services to the Clarion community, and is doing many kinds of fundraising to support the ongoing work of educating aspiring writers of science fiction and fantasy through the Clarion Writers’ Workshop at UCSD.