title: List of Clarion West Writers Workshop instructors
text: # 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, 2016)
  * 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)
  * 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–July29, 2016
  
  * Paul Park
  * Stephen Graham Jones
  * Elizabeth Bear
  * N. K. Jemisin
  * Sheila Williams
  * 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
  