Viable Paradise Index
Striving to answer all your questions about the week long SFF writers' workshop.
VP Classes
External Websites
Photos by Steven Gould, use thanks to Creative Commons
Submissions open for VP XIII, October 4-10, 2009
Congratulations to Paul Melko (VP VI) for winning the 2009 Compton Crook Award for his novel Singularity's Ring
Congratulations to the Hugo Nominated instructors! Elizabeth Bear for novelette “Shoggoths in Bloom." John Scalzi for novel Zoe's Tale, Best Related Book Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, and editor of Dramatic Presentation Long Form audio book METAtropolis. Patrick Nielsen Hayden for Best Editor, Long Form. Also, past instructor Cory Doctorow with novel Little Brother.
Congratulations to the newest class VP XII
Congratulations to VP alum Mur Lafferty (VP X,) on her Parsec Award wins for Best Speculative Fiction Story Novella Form and Best Speculative Fiction Story Long Form
Congratulations to VP instructor Elizabeth Bear for winning the Short Story Hugo with "Tideline"
Congratulations to VP instructor John Scalzi for winning the Hugo for Best Fan Writer
Congrats to VP alum David Moles (VP III) and VP instructor Elizabeth Bear for their tie for the 2008 Sturgeon Award
Viable Paradise is a week-long science fiction and fantasy writing workshop held annually on Martha's Vineyard off the New England coast.
If you've ever wanted to publish in the field of science fiction and fantasy, this is one week that could change your life.
Don't think you qualify for an advanced-level course? As you'll learn at Viable Paradise: don't sell yourself short. Your job is to write the story and send it in. Let the editor decide how to make the cuts.
This site is an unofficial guide to Viable Paradise cataloging information by and about VP's graduates. If you're looking for more information about VP, you've come to the right place.
Are you a VP alum who would like your website or blog information listed on this site? E-mail pam at ballybran dot org. Please make the subject something obvious so your e-mail won't look like spam.
Last updated January 2009