The Clarion Foundation, home of the SF&F writing workshop, is organizing a Write-a-Thon that will take place from June 27 to August 7, 2010, and Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the about 70 participating writers (among such names as James Patrick Kelly and Cory Doctorow)!

What is a write-a-thon, anyway? Think charity walk-a-thon. In a walk-a-thon, volunteers agree to walk as far as they can in return for pledges from sponsors, who agree to donate to a charity, usually based on the number of miles the volunteer walks. Our Write-a-Thon works the same way, except instead of walking or running, our volunteers write with a goal in mind. In return, sponsors make donations to Clarion, sometimes based on number of words written, sometimes based on other goals, sometimes just to show support for the writer and Clarion.

Our first annual Clarion UCSD Write-a-Thon will take place at the same time as this year's Clarion Workshop. From June 27 to August 7, 2010, Clarion Write-a-Thon participants and sponsors can tap into the creative energy of the renowned six-week Clarion workshop, encourage this year's Clarion students, and help secure the financial future of Clarion, all without leaving home.

That means that anyone can participate, including you, oh reader, and that also means that you can directly sponsor Stan here!