[	Tags	|	scholarships	]
[	Current Location	|	San Diego	]
[	mood	|	chipper	]

Speaking just for us, the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop based at UC San Diego has identified an incredible pool of students out of an amazing pool of applicants. We were pleased to see:
-- the pool of applicants was terrific, so last year's pool wasn't an anomaly;
-- a couple applicants who didn't make it in last year made it in this year, and applications from people applying for the second time were uniformly better than their prior effort; and
-- there a lot of need for scholarship support out there.

The Clarion Foundation is going to be putting out a call for donors willing to help out with this year's applicants. The need is higher than last year, and the Foundation really needs your help. (We at UCSD prefer that scholarship giving go to the Foundation, so you can feel comfortable the money is going to students.) To help out, go to this page: 
          http://clarionfoundation.org/donatecash-paypal.htm 
where you can donate via Paypal or by mail. If you want to use a credit card, there's a link on that page directly below the line saying, "Donate Cash Using Paypal"; click on that and you'll go to a page that takes credit cards.

Many thanks for any and all help you can provide! Best,

Jim