The Clarion Writing Workshop at UC San Diego is the oldest science fiction writing workshop in the world, and it’s graduated distinguished alumni from Bruce Sterling and Nalo Hokinson to Kathe Koja and Ted Chiang (and me, for the record). I’m on the board of the Clarion Foundation, the charitable 501(c)3 that oversees the workshop and fundraises to keep tuition as low as possible.
This year, we’ve partnered with Lee Moyers, who’s done a series of very successful pinup calendars featuring characters from science fiction and fantasy, and we’re raising money on Indiegogo to fund the initial print run. The calendar, when produced, will feature characters from Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Mary Robinette Kowal, Pat Murphy, Kate Wilhelm, Damon Knight, Kim Stanley Robinson, Greg Frost, Karen Joy Fowler, Mary Anne Mohanraj, and me (!).
We’re nearly at our target, but we need one last push to make the print bill. $25 gets you a 2014 calendar, and we’ve got some pretty amazing premiums, including original art and commissions, for donors who’re looking to splurge. Money from the calendar will go to subsidizing tuition and scholarships, paying for instructors’ travel costs,
Clarion’s 2014 Literary Pin-up Calendar