As an alumna of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Workshop (1996), I am pleased to help spread the word that applications for Clarion 2009 are still being accepted at http://clarion.ucsd.edu

This year's faculty includes Holly Black, Larissa Lai, Robert Crais, Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Hand and Paul Park.

Deadline for submissions if March 1.

And, of course, Clarion is accepting the donations. You can help make the dreams of young writers come true: http://www.theclarionfoundation.org/donatecash.htm

Clarion: Teaching science fiction and fantasy writing since 1968.