Potlatch is a small, literary speculative fiction convention. It was started in Seattle and alternates between Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, and sometimes Portland.
Potlatch contributes to the future of speculative fiction with an auction benefiting Clarion West, an intense six-week workshop for speculative fiction writers at the start of their careers. When you buy books, art, and unique hand-made items in the auction, you are helping Clarion West to help the students — students who may soon become your favorite new writers.
Potlatch is a place where readers and writers meet on common ground. Everyone at Potlatch, whether reader or writer or artist or editor, is a fan. Potlatch has some of the most interesting conversations — and people — in the science fiction community.