How to Apply to
Clarion 2012

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
DECEMBER 1, 2011 - MARCH 1, 2012

Your application, application fee, and submission stories must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on March 1. Late applications will not be accepted. Note: Do not wait for the last minute since application process can take time.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

To apply you must submit a workshop application form, two short stories, a scholarship application (if applicable), and the application fee. All are submitted online using a registration service called RegOnline.

The application form asks for contact information, a brief summary of your educational background, and a few details about your writing habits and goals. You may submit a scholarship application along with your workshop application if you wish.

Admission to the workshop is based on the promise of the applicant's writing at its present stage. In addition to the application you must submit two complete short stories, each between 2,500 words and 6,000 words in length. The stories should represent your best fiction work to date. Although skills acquired or developed at Clarion are useful in other kinds of writing, Clarion is a short-story writing workshop, so please do not send screenplays, poetry, essays, or portions of a novel.

THE REVIEW PROCESS

Applications are judged by a review panel composed of the current Clarion anchor team of instructors (for 2012, Holly Black and Cassandra Clare); the UCSD Program Director, Shelley Streeby; and one or more members of the Clarion Foundation Board.

The review panel selects 18 applicants and a few waitlist students. All applicants are notified of their status by late March. The review panel does not comment or give feedback on stories.