An auction to benefit the new Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop at UCSD is being conducted on Ebay from September 10 through October 8. There are over 50 auction items, donated by some of the biggest names in the field, including Kate Wilhelm, Karen Joy Fowler, Gene Wolfe, Michael Bishop, Walter Jon Williams, James Patrick Kelly and many others. Itmes include names appearing in stories, signed books, original manuscripts, artwork, and things too strange and wonderful to describe with mere words.

Items will be auctioned in one-week batches beginning September 10 and ending October 8. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZtheclarionfoundation lists the items currently up for auction.

Posted September 14, 2006