It’s hard to believe that June is already upon us! That means we’re just a few short weeks away from welcoming (at long last) the Clarion 2022 Ghost Class to the UCSD campus! 

As an update, The Clarion Ghost Class fundraiser closed after having successfully raised $8366! Thank you very much to anyone who supported and donated. We can’t wait to see our Ghost Class here in person this summer, and wish safe travels to all! 

In this newsletter we have a message from a longtime friend and mainstay of Clarion, the return of the Clarion Write-a-Thon, and the latest alumni news!

In other news, it’s with mixed feelings that we announce that our longtime and illustrious UCSD Clarion Director, Dr. Shelley Streeby, will be stepping down from the post after eleven wonderful years. Here’s a note from Shelley to the Clarion community:

When I first started out in the summer of 2011, I had no idea what a major part of my life Clarion would become. I am so lucky I had the chance to learn from so many of you in over a decade of doing this work together. Being in the Clarion classroom was a joy. I love seeing all the things you go on to write and do in the world.
 
I will continue teaching speculative fiction and environmental studies in the Literature and Ethnic Studies Departments at UCSD for the foreseeable future, and I will be happily working with the University of Oregon’s feminist science fiction collection later this summer and finishing my book on Merril, Le Guin, and Butler later this year. I would love for Clarion people to keep in touch; feel free to contact me at sstreeby@ucsd.edu. And I hope to see some of you from time to time at Clarion or other SFF events, conferences, and celebrations where people like us get together.
 
Love,
Shelley Streeby
 

Shelley will be passing the torch of Clarion Director to UCSD Literature Department colleague and Clarion supporter, Jac Jemc. We thank you again, Shelley, for your years of support and hard work, and wish you the best of luck in your continued scholarship!

Another Volunteer Needed!

Thank you to those who have already graciously volunteered to dedicate their time to the Clarion Foundation. We’re looking for someone to lend a hand with fundraising, supporting our Write-a-Thon and pairing with our email team to do more outreach and development. The Write-a-Thon work is fairly structured and would entail writing Thon emails and coordinating prizes for our top participants. You would work side-by-side with the Thon team this year. The rest of the fundraising work would involve structuring email outreach and programs throughout the year. If you have experience in nonprofit fundraising, our team would be very grateful for your expertise. Please let us know that you’re interested by emailing us.

Clarion Alumni News

Please see below for our new alumni publication announcements. Don't see your most recent publication, sale, or award? Please email us at bulletin@theclarionfoundation.org and include your name, years, and news. If you have any links, please include them!

1971
Lisa Tuttle
The Dead Hours of Night was nominated for a 2021 Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection).

1973
Bruce Boston
“Leaving the Circus” was published in the May/June issue of Asimov’s.

Steve Miller 
Fair Trade (by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller), the latest entry in the Liaden Universe series, was published in May 2022.

1974
James Patrick Kelly
“On the Net: Welcome to Screentime” was published in the May/June 2022 issue of Asimov’s.

1980
Lucius Shepard
The Best of Lucius Shepard, Volume Two was published in December 2021. 

1984
Kathe Koja 
The Dark Factory was published in May 2022.

1985
Mary Turzillo
Victims (by Marge Simon & Mary Turzillo) was nominated for a 2021 Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection).

Kristine Kathryne Rusch
“Rocket Girls” was published in the May/June 2022 issue of Asimov’s.

1988
Daryl Gregory
(1)The Album of Dr. Moreau was a 2022 Sturgeon Award Finalist. (2) Revelator was a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist (Best Horror Novel).

Nicola Griffith
Spear was published in April 2022

1995
Nalo Hopkinson
“Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story” was a 2022 Sturgeon Award Finalist as well as a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist (Best Science Fiction Novella).

Lucy A. Snyder
Exposed Nerves was nominated for a  2021 Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection).

1999
Tobias S. Buckell
(1) Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Stories was a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist (Best Collection). (2) “The Plastic People” was published in the May 2022 issue of Lightspeed.

Tim Pratt 
Prison of Sleep was published in April 2022.

2000
S.R. Mandel
(1) “Which Inland Waterways Merfolk Are You?” (by Nelly Geral­dine García-Rosas & S.R. Mandel) was published in in the December 2021 issue of Mermaids Monthly. (2) “Green Street” was published in the May/June 2022 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. 

2001
Nnedi Okorafor
(1) Remote Control was selected for the 2022 Nommo Awards Shortlist (Novella) and was also a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist. (2) Noor was a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist (Best Science Fiction Novel). (3) After the Rain (by Nnedi Okorafor, adapted by John Jennings, art by David Brame, was selected as a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist (Best Illustrated and Art Book).

2004
Marjorie Liu
Monstress, Volume 6: “The Vow,” (by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda) was selected as a 2022 Hugo Award Finalist (Best Graphic Story or Comic).

2009
Grady Hendrix
The Final Girl Support Group was nominated for a 2021 Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in a Novel).

Val Nolan
“Science Fiction and the Pathways out of the COVID Crisis” was nominated for a  2021 BSFA Awards (Non-Fiction). 

2010
Kali Wallace
Dead Space won the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished original science fiction.

2011
J.L. Worrad 
Pennyblade was published in March 2022. 

2012
Lara Elena Donnelly
Base Notes was published in February 2022.

Sam J. Miller 
“Let all the Children Boogie” was nominated for a 2022 Nebula Award (Short Story) and was also selected as a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist.

2013
Isabel Yap
Never Have I Ever was selected as a 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist (Best Collection).

2014
Martin Cahill 
(1) “The Book of the Black­smiths” was published in the February 2022 issue of Fireside. (2) “The Fifth Horseman“ was selected as a 2022 Ignyte Awards Finalist (Best Short Fiction).

Nino Cipri 
Defekt, book #2 in the LitenVerse, was selected as a 2022 Philip K. Dick Award Finalist.  

2015
Vanessa Len
Only a Monster was published in February 2022.

2016
Jaymee Goh
Recipient of the Lemonade Award for acts of kindness by individuals that further the science fiction community, Eagle Con 2022.

2019
Pemi Aguda
“Masquerade Season" was selected for the 2022 Nommo Awards Shortlist (Best Short Story).

2022
Andrew Dana Hudson 
Our Shared Storm was published in April 2022.

T.K. Rex
“Gentle Dragon Fires” was published in the January 2022 issue of Strange Horizons.

In Memoriam

We're sad to announce the passing of Bill Johnson, Clarion class of 1975. He was an avid writer and member of the science fiction and fantasy community, having published over three dozen stories over the course of his career. In 1998, he won a Hugo Award for his novelette, “We Will Drink a Fish Together.” His stories were also published in numerous volumes of “The Year's Best Science Science Fiction" through the years. Bill is survived by his family and wife, Gretchen.