Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Workshop

I would love to go to this, I didn't apply though because I can't take the time away. But check out the Writers in Residence list, coolness:

Gregory Frost
Jeff VanderMeer
Karen Joy Fowler
Cory Doctorow
Ellen Kushner
Delia Sherman

All excellent writers but I especially like Cory Doctorow. One of the books he wrote, Some Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, was such a tender story it made me cry. It was really a strange yet poignant book.
Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Workshop