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WRITING WORKSHOPS

Clarion East

A six-week summer workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

Clarion West

A six-week summer workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

Clarion: The Ultimate Web Resource Guide

If you are thinking of applying to Clarion, check out the sites listed on this page before making your decision. The rigor, time commitment, and expense of these workshops mean that they are not for everyone.

Critters On-Line Workshop

Critters is an on-line workshop/critique group for serious Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror writers. What that means is a bunch of writers get together, read each others' stories, and tell the authors how they felt reading their stories. The ultimate goal of Critters is to help writers improve, not only by having their work dissected by other members, but also by learning to dissect their own work (by, of course, dissecting others).

The Guide to Writers Conferences & Workshops

A free, online directory of more than a thousand upcoming writers conferences and workshops worldwide.

Odyssey, the Fantasy Writing Workshop

A six-week summer workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. College credit is available upon request.

Odyssey: The Ultimate Web Resource Guide

If you are thinking of applying to Odyssey, check out the sites listed on this page before making your decision. The rigor, time commitment, and expense of these workshops mean that they are not for everyone.

Online Writing Workshop for SF & F

An online community of writers of science fiction and fantasy -- brand-new and published -- who help each other improve their work.Whatever your level, the workshop can help you grow as a writer -- through the useful critiques you receive and through what you learn by reviewing the work of others.

So if you're an aspiring writer, join up! Post your writing for reviews, critique interesting work by others, read and learn from monthly Editors' Choices, participate in discussions, and enjoy access to an extensive list of resources for writers. You retain all rights to your work and choose your own level of participation.

What's more, every six months members and readers will help Del Rey Books choose two workshop novels -- one science-fiction and one fantasy -- to be published as Del Rey e-books.

Here's some of what you can do here:

Post your SF/F writing sample -- short story or novel chapter or excerpt -- for others to read and review
Read any posted submission and rate/review it for its writing quality, setting, plot, characters, etc.
View the submissions by author name, title, submission date, or number of ratings/reviews
Search the submissions for a particular author or title
Read each month's Editors' Choice submissions (chosen by a board of publishing professionals)
Participate in a discussion mailing list for workshop members or just receive the monthly workshop newsletter

Online Writing Workshop for Horror

An online community of writers of horror of all sorts -- brand-new and published -- who help each other improve their work. Whatever your level, the workshop can help you grow as a writer -- through the useful critiques you receive and through what you learn by reviewing the work of others.

If you're an aspiring writer, join up! Post your writing for reviews, critique interesting work by others, read and learn from top-rated submissions and monthly Editor's Choices, participate in discussions, and use a list of resources on writing, publishing, critiquing, contests, and more.

You retain all rights to your work and choose your own level of participation based on your time and writing needs.

Here's some of what you can do here:

Post your horror writing sample -- short story or novel chapter or excerpt -- for others to read and review
Read any posted submission and rate/review it for its writing quality, setting, plot, characters, etc.
View the submissions by author name, title, submission date, or number of ratings/reviews
Search the submissions for a particular author or title
Read each month's Editors' Choice submissions (chosen by a board of publishing professionals)
Participate in a discussion mailing list for workshop members or just receive the monthly workshop newsletter

Other Worlds Writers' Workshop

For beginning to advanced writers. A place where serious writers of speculative fiction can polish their skills and learn from each other. Works posted here range from short-shorts to full-length series, from first drafts to finished works in final polishing.

Writers are invited to join based on their love of and understanding of the requirements of good speculative fiction. Programs are geared to varying skill levels (see Workshops). Professional writers are not only welcome but especially invited to join and share in the benefits of a workshop tailored to the needs of the speculative genres.

If you have ever read a published work and found yourself mentally screaming "Show, not tell!" or looked at your own writing after the fact and thought, "Did I really say that? Argh!" this may be the place for you.

Writers will find here:

Worldbuilding: discussions and critiques aimed at improving the background setting of your story.
Line edits: for those who want to put the final gloss on the manuscript before it goes to the editor.
Story analysis: if your characters are hopeless or your plot has canyons instead of potholes, here is the place to fix them and save some editor the price of a rejection notice.
Technical help: do your sword fights need help? You can't find a plausible way to disguise a seven-foot alien as human? Throw out your question and let your fellow members help.
Chat: discussion and talk lists related to the care and feeding of speculative fiction, tips for getting published, working with editors, and other craft-related issues.
Bookstore: through the Other Worlds Bookstore, you can pick up references for just about anything you need to help build your worlds, from how to write to how middle-tech fantasy types get bread on the table or steel on their hips.
Links: to agents and other helpful sites.

Above all, you will find other writers who both read and write speculative fiction, and can critique your work with an eye to the needs of the genre.

P&E: Writing Workshops

An extensive listing of online and traditional writing workshops for practically all genres.

Rom-Critters

Rom-Critters is a free private online writing and critiquing forum for writers who are actively and seriously pursuing a career in romance writing, no matter what romance subgenre -- contemporary, historical, paranormal, futuristic, etc. Whether you are writing for epubs or traditional print publication, Rom-Critters can help you learn, develop, and perfect your prose, while making friends. The group accepts new members on a quarterly basis. However, they have a "pending" loop, so potential members can get to know each other, ask questions, and see if Rom-Critters is the place for them while they wait.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop

Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop (SF&FW) was established in 1980 to provide workshop experience through the mail, and to put writers in contact with others in the same situation. There are two ways you can benefit from SF&FW: one is to subscribe to the monthly newsletter ($15/year) and the other is to pay an additional one-time membership fee ($5) to join the workshop. This is not a business. It's more like a club for new and aspiring writers who need and want the support other people in a similar position can give. The membership (400-plus now) ranges from beginners who have never written to people who sell almost everything they write.

SPEC: An E-mail Screenwriting Workshop

The SPEC Screenwriting Workshop was formed in 1997 as an online forum for screenwriters to submit their material for peer review. As the name implies, SPEC is a workshop. It is not an electronic publisher nor a marketplace to buy/sell manuscripts. Members use the private forum only to discuss, critique, and post screenplays.

Viable Paradise Science Fiction Writers' Workshop

A one-week intensive immersion in the art and craft of science fiction. Held annually on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Classes are small, intense, and feature one-on-one and group interaction with the instructors. The instructors are best-selling and award-winning authors and professional editors all currently working in the field.

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