Clarion 2015 with Saladin Ahmed and me

Clarion 2015 with Saladin Ahmed and me

Victor LaValle with Clarion 2016 at Mysterious Galaxy

Victor LaValle with Clarion 2016 at Mysterious Galaxy

Clarion 2013 anchor team Kelly Link and Karen Joy Fowler in the classroom with Will Kaufman and Matt Schnarr

Clarion 2013 anchor team Kelly Link and Karen Joy Fowler in the classroom with Will Kaufman and Matt Schnarr

Ted Chiang, Nalo Hopkinson, me, and Clarionites at Arrival premiere at UCSD

Ted Chiang, Nalo Hopkinson, me, and Clarionites at Arrival premiere at UCSD

The great writer and teacher Nalo Hopkinson, who was also a Clarion student, reading at Mysterious Galaxy

The great writer and teacher Nalo Hopkinson, who was also a Clarion student, reading at Mysterious Galaxy

Pages and pages of cartoons and writing produced during Clarion 2017 Week 1 with Lynda Barry and Dan Chaon

Pages and pages of cartoons and writing produced during Clarion 2017 Week 1 with Lynda Barry and Dan Chaon

Clarion 2016 Instructor Victor LaValle reading at Mysterious Galaxy

Clarion 2016 Instructor Victor LaValle reading at Mysterious Galaxy

Andy Duncan with Lisa Bolekaja (2012), Jaymee Goh (2015), and Sarah Mack (2012)

Andy Duncan with Lisa Bolekaja (2012), Jaymee Goh (2015), and Sarah Mack (2012)

Clarion Foundation President Karen Joy Fowler with huge crowd of UCSD undergraduates

Clarion Foundation President Karen Joy Fowler with huge crowd of UCSD undergraduates

Clarion 2015 with anchor team instructors Margo Lanagan and Maureen McHugh

Clarion 2015 with anchor team instructors Margo Lanagan and Maureen McHugh

Kim Stanley Robinson speaking about climate change to a full house of UCSD students

Kim Stanley Robinson speaking about climate change to a full house of UCSD students

Jeff and Ann Vandermeer using creative methods in the Clarion 2014 classroom

Jeff and Ann Vandermeer using creative methods in the Clarion 2014 classroom

Ted Chiang reading at Mysterious Galaxy with Clarion 2012ers Carmen Machado, Sadie Bruce, and Eliza Blair

Ted Chiang reading at Mysterious Galaxy with Clarion 2012ers Carmen Machado, Sadie Bruce, and Eliza Blair

Clarion 2012 first week Instructor Jeff Ford with Clarion 2012ers

Clarion 2012 first week Instructor Jeff Ford with Clarion 2012ers

First week instructor Chris Barzak with Clarion 2015

First week instructor Chris Barzak with Clarion 2015

Clarion instructor and former student Cory Doctorow reads at downtown San Diego's Liberty Station

Clarion instructor and former student Cory Doctorow reads at downtown San Diego's Liberty Station

Dan Chaon and Lynda Barry doing hand exercises with Clarion 2017

Dan Chaon and Lynda Barry doing hand exercises with Clarion 2017

The desk of Clarion 2017 Week 1 co-instructor Dan Chaon, aka Professor Rusty

The desk of Clarion 2017 Week 1 co-instructor Dan Chaon, aka Professor Rusty

Clarion 2012 watches instructor Cassandra Clare at Mysterious Galaxy

Clarion 2012 watches instructor Cassandra Clare at Mysterious Galaxy

Hugo Award-winning Clarion 2014 instructor N.K. Jemisin reading at Mysterious Galaxy

Hugo Award-winning Clarion 2014 instructor N.K. Jemisin reading at Mysterious Galaxy

Karen Joy Fowler and Kelly Link at Mysterious Galaxy

Karen Joy Fowler and Kelly Link at Mysterious Galaxy

Lynda Barry speaking about how the brain works differently when you use your hands to write and draw

Lynda Barry speaking about how the brain works differently when you use your hands to write and draw

Dan Chaon's and Lynda Barry's Calling Card

Dan Chaon's and Lynda Barry's Calling Card

Cat Valente just read a short story that was so gorgeous a guy in the audience thought it was a long poem

Cat Valente just read a short story that was so gorgeous a guy in the audience thought it was a long poem

Clarion 2015 says goodbye to first week instructor Chris Barzak

Clarion 2015 says goodbye to first week instructor Chris Barzak

Clarion 2016 students with celebratory donuts in the Clarion classroom

Clarion 2016 students with celebratory donuts in the Clarion classroom

Clarion 2017 Instructor Andrea Hairston reads to the Mysterious Galaxy audience

Clarion 2017 Instructor Andrea Hairston reads to the Mysterious Galaxy audience

Clarion Foundation President Karen Joy Fowler reading from We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves to an overflow crowd of UCSD Muir students

Clarion Foundation President Karen Joy Fowler reading from We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves to an overflow crowd of UCSD Muir students

Clarion 2012 with Instructor Cassandra Clare

Clarion 2012 with Instructor Cassandra Clare

First week instructor Andy Duncan hanging out with Clarion 2013

First week instructor Andy Duncan hanging out with Clarion 2013