List of Clarion West Writers Workshop instructors

This is a list of instructors in the Clarion West Writers Workshop, a six-week workshop for writers of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative literature, held annually in Seattle, Washington.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2010)

Alphabetical

Daniel Abraham (2018)
Kathleen Alcalá (2002^[1])
Charlie Jane Anders (2014^[2])
Peter S. Beagle (1973, 1988)
Greg Bear (1988, 1993,^[3] 1999)
Elizabeth Bear (2009,^[4] 2016)
Michael Bishop (1997, 2010^[5])
Terry Bisson (1996)
Ed Bryant (1986, 1987)
Tobias Buckell (2015)
Emma Bull (1991)
F. M. Busby
Octavia E. Butler (1985, 1987, 1999, 2001,^[6] 2005^[7])
Pat Cadigan (1992, 1996, 2002,^[1] 2017)
Orson Scott Card (1988, 1989)
Terry Carr (1972, 1973, 1984)
Suzy McKee Charnas (1984, 1986, 1997)
John Chu (2017)
Arthur Byron Cover (1984, 1985)
John Crowley (1992, 1993, 1995, 2000,^[8] 2002,^[1] 2014^[2])
Ellen Datlow (1991, 1996, 2001,^[6] 2006,^[9] 2010,^[5] 2013,^[10] 2018)
Avram Davidson (1972)
Charles de Lint (2004^[11])
Samuel R. Delany (1971, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2003,^[12] 2007,^[13] 2013^[10])
Bradley Denton (2001^[6])
Cory Doctorow (2008,^[14] 2015)
Candas Jane Dorsey (2000^[8])
Gardner Dozois (1988, 1992, 1995, 1998,^[15] 2002^[1])
L. Timmel Duchamp (2005,^[7] 2011^[16])
Andy Duncan (2005,^[7] 2015)
Katherine Dunn (1995)
George Alec Effinger (1991)
Harlan Ellison (1971, 1972, 1973)
Carol Emshwiller (1998,^[15] 2000^[8])
Kelley Eskridge (2007^[13])
Minister Faust (2011^[16])
Karen Joy Fowler (1989, 1990, 2009,^[4] 2018)
Neil Gaiman (2013^[10])
Lisa Goldstein (1994)
Kathleen Ann Goonan (2003^[12])
Hiromi Goto (2014^[2])
Gavin Grant (2012^[17])
Daryl Gregory (2017)
Nicola Griffith (1997)
Eileen Gunn (2015)
Joe and Gay Haldeman (2002^[1])
Elizabeth Hand (1994, 2003,^[12] 2013^[10])
David G. Hartwell (1984, 1986, 1990, 2000,^[8] 2009^[4])
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (2003,^[12] 2007^[13])
Frank Herbert (1972)
Joe Hill (2013^[10])
Nalo Hopkinson (2001,^[6] 2006,^[9] 2009,^[4] 2015)
N. K. Jemisin (2016)
George Clayton Johnson (1971)
Kij Johnson (2014,^[2] 2017)
Gwyneth Jones (1999)
Stephen Graham Jones (2012,^[17] 2016)
Graham Joyce (2007,^[13] 2010^[5])
James Patrick Kelly (2004,^[11] 2014^[18])
John Kessel (2004, 2009^[4])
Tappan Wright King (1987, 1994, 1997)
Nancy Kress (1992, 1993, 1999, 2003,^[12] 2007,^[13] 2011^[16])
Larissa Lai (2004,^[11] 2007^[13])
Margo Lanagan (2011,^[16] 2013^[10])
Ursula K. Le Guin (1971, 1972, 1973, 1987)
Yoon Ha Lee (2018)
Kelly Link (2004,^[11] 2012^[17])
Karen Lord (2018)
Elizabeth A. Lynn (1988)
Ian MacLeod (2006^[9])
Ken MacLeod (2018)
George R. R. Martin (1998,^[15] 2012^[17])
Ian McDonald (2010,^[5] 2014^[2])
Maureen F. McHugh (2006,^[9] 2010^[5])
Vonda N. McIntyre (1984, 1990)
Patricia A. McKillip (1986)
Beth Meacham (1994, 1997)
China Miéville (2003^[12])
Pat Murphy (1990, 1993,^[3] 2000,^[8] 2004^[11])
Nnedi Okorafor (2010^[5])
Daniel José Older (2017)
Chuck Palahniuk (2008,^[14] 2012^[17])
Paul Park (1998,^[15] 2000,^[8] 2002,^[1] 2006,^[9] 2008,^[14] 2011,^[16] 2014, 2016)
Rachel Pollack (1996)
Marta Randall (1985)
Mary Rosenblum (2008,^[14] 2012^[17])
Rudy Rucker (2009^[4])
Joanna Russ (1971, 1973)
Geoff Ryman (1993,^[3] 1996, 2000,^[8] 2004,^[11])
James Sallis (1973)
Lucius Shepard (1989, 1991, 1993,^[3] 1997)
Will Shetterly (1991)
Lewis Shiner (1990)
John Shirley (1992)
Robert Silverberg (1972)
Norman Spinrad (1984, 1985, 1986)
Amy Stout (1989)
Charles Stross (2011^[16])
Lucy Sussex (1998^[15])
Michael Swanwick (1994, 1995, 2005,^[7] 2016)
Sheree Thomas (2008^[14])
Alice K. Turner (1993^[3])
Lisa Tuttle (1991)
Gordon Van Gelder (1999, 2005^[7])
Joan D. Vinge (1986, 1988, 1994)
Vernor Vinge (2006^[9])
Howard Waldrop (1992, 1995, 1999)
Sheila Williams (2016)
Connie Willis (1987, 1989, 1993,^[3] 1998,^[15] 2001,^[6] 2005,^[7] 2008,^[14] 2012,^[17] 2015, 2017)
Gene Wolfe (1990)
Jack Womack (1996, 2001^[6])
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1985)
Roger Zelazny (1989)

Chronological

1984

Norman Spinrad

1986

1987

1990

1991

Emma Bull and Will Shetterly (joint instructors)
George Alec Effinger
Lisa Tuttle
Lucius Shepard
Ellen Datlow
Samuel R. Delany

1992

1993^[3]

Pat Murphy (Week 1)
Geoff Ryman (Week 2)
Connie Willis (Week 3)
Lucius Shepard (Week 4)
Alice K. Turner (Week 5)
Greg Bear (Week 6)

1995

John Crowley
Michael Swanwick

1996

June 22–August 1, 1997

1998^[15]

1999

June 18–July 28, 2000^[8]

June 17–July 27, 2001^[6]

June 23–August 2, 2002^[1]

June 22–August 1, 2003^[12]

June 20–July 30, 2004^[11]

June 20–July 30, 2010^[5]

Michael Bishop
Ellen Datlow
Graham Joyce
Ian McDonald (Susan C. Petrey Fellow^[19])
Maureen F. McHugh
Nnedi Okorafor

June 19–July 28, 2011^[16]

June 17–July 27, 2012^[17]

June 23–August 2, 2013^[10]

June 22–August 1, 2014^[2]

June 21–July 31, 2015

June 19–July 29, 2016

Paul Park
Stephen Graham Jones
Elizabeth Bear
N. K. Jemisin
Sheila Williams
Michael Swanwick (replacing scheduled instructor Geoff Ryman) ^[22]

June 18–July 28, 2017

June 17–July 27, 2018

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