# 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.

## Alphabetical

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

## Chronological
### 1984

* Norman Spinrad

### 1986

* Arthur Byron Cover
* Norman Spinrad

### 1987

* Ed Bryant
* Octavia E. Butler
* Samuel R. Delany
* Tappan Wright King
* Ursula K. Le Guin
* Connie Willis

### 1990

* Pat Murphy
* Lewis Shiner
* Karen Joy Fowler
* Gene Wolfe
* David Hartwell
* Vonda N. McIntyre

### 1991

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

### 1992

* Pat Cadigan
* John Crowley
* Gardner Dozois
* Nancy Kress
* John Shirley
* Howard Waldrop

### 1993

* 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

* Terry Bisson
* Pat Cadigan
* Ellen Datlow
* Rachel Pollack
* Geoff Ryman
* Jack Womack

### June 22–August 1, 1997

* Michael Bishop
* Suzy McKee Charnas
* Samuel R. Delany
* Nicola Griffith
* Tappan Wright King
* Beth Meacham
* Lucius Shepard

### 1998

* Gardner Dozois
* Carol Emshwiller
* George R. R. Martin
* Paul Park
* Lucy Sussex
* Connie Willis

### 1999

* Greg Bear
* Octavia E. Butler
* Gwyneth Jones
* Nancy Kress
* Gordon Van Gelder
* Howard Waldrop

### June 18–July 28, 2000

* John Crowley
* Candas Jane Dorsey
* Carol Emshwiller
* David G. Hartwell
* Pat Murphy
* Paul Park
* Geoff Ryman

### June 17–July 27, 2001

* Octavia E. Butler
* Ellen Datlow
* Bradley Denton
* Nalo Hopkinson
* Connie Willis
* Jack Womack

### June 23–August 2, 2002

* Kathleen Alcalá
* Pat Cadigan
* John Crowley
* Gardner Dozois
* Joe and Gay Haldeman
* Paul Park

### June 22–August 1, 2003

* Samuel R. Delany
* Kathleen Ann Goonan
* Elizabeth Hand
* Patrick Nielsen Hayden
* Nancy Kress
* China Miéville

### June 20–July 30, 2004

* Charles de Lint
* James Patrick Kelly
* John Kessel
* Larissa Lai
* Kelly Link
* Pat Murphy
* Geoff Ryman

### June 19–July 29, 2005

* Octavia E. Butler
* L. Timmel Duchamp
* Andy Duncan
* Michael Swanwick (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)
* Gordon Van Gelder
* Connie Willis

### June 18–July 28, 2006

* Ellen Datlow
* Nalo Hopkinson
* Ian MacLeod
* Maureen F. McHugh
* Paul Park
* Vernor Vinge (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)

### June 17–July 27, 2007

* Samuel R. Delany (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)
* Kelley Eskridge
* Patrick Nielsen Hayden
* Graham Joyce
* Nancy Kress
* Larissa Lai

### June 22–August 1, 2008

* Cory Doctorow
* Chuck Palahniuk (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)
* Paul Park
* Mary Rosenblum
* Sheree Thomas
* Connie Willis

### June 21–July 31, 2009

* Elizabeth Bear
* Karen Joy Fowler
* David Hartwell
* Nalo Hopkinson
* John Kessel
* Rudy Rucker (Susan C. Petrey Fellow)

### June 20–July 30, 2010

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

### June 19–July 28, 2011

* Paul Park
* Nancy Kress
* Margo Lanagan
* Minister Faust
* L. Timmel Duchamp
* Charles Stross

### June 17–July 27, 2012

* Mary Rosenblum
* Stephen Graham Jones
* George R.R. Martin
* Connie Willis
* Kelly Link & Gavin Grant
* Chuck Palahniuk

### June 23–August 2, 2013

* Elizabeth Hand
* Neil Gaiman
* Joe Hill
* Margo Lanagan
* Samuel R. Delany
* Ellen Datlow

### June 22–August 1, 2014

* James Patrick Kelly
* Kij Johnson
* Ian McDonald
* Hiromi Goto
* Charlie Jane Anders
* John Crowley

### June 21–July 31, 2015

* Andy Duncan
* Eileen Gunn
* Tobias Buckell
* Susan Palwick
* Nalo Hopkinson
* Cory Doctorow

### June 19–July 29, 2016

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

### June 18–July 28, 2017

* Daryl Gregory
* Kij Johnson
* John Chu
* Connie Willis
* Daniel José Older
* Pat Cadigan

### June 17–July 27, 2018

* Daniel Abraham
* Ken MacLeod
* Yoon Ha Lee
* Karen Lord
* Karen Joy Fowler
* Ellen Datlow