2015 committee (elected 2014) comprised: Sue Thomason (Chair), Liz Williams (Secretary), Tina Anghelatos (Treasurer), Jacey Bedford (Vice-Chair, Website and Mailing Lists), Kari Sperring, and Karen Williams. Committee members are listed on the workshop's official web site. Participants Participants must have sold at least one science fiction story to qualify for attendance, and relative newcomers to publication are welcomed, though participants often have multiple novel and/or short story sales to their credit. Qualification details are quoted on the workshop's official website. Workshop participants in the United States (pre-1972) included: James Blish Anthony Boucher John Brunner Dorris Pitkin Buck Algis Budrys Jack Dann Avram Davidson Lester Del Rey Samuel R. Delany Thomas M. Disch Gardner Dozois George Alec Effinger Harlan Ellison Carol Emshwiller Ed Emshwiller Harry Harrison Gustav Hasford Cyril Kornbluth Keith Laumer Ursula K. Le Guin Katherine MacLean Anne McCaffrey Richard McKenna Judith Merril Frederik Pohl Jane Roberts Joanna Russ James Sallis Robert Silverberg Ted Sturgeon Kurt Vonnegut Gene Wolfe Milford is the model for other peer-to-peer science fiction writer workshops, including the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, the Clarion Workshop and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Participants in the UK (in 1972 and afterward) have included: Tom Arden Jacey Bedford John Brunner John Clute Jaine Fenn Neil Gaiman Mary Gentle John Grant Colin Greenland Ben Jeapes Diana Wynne Jones Gwyneth Jones David Langford George R. R. Martin Anne McCaffrey Naomi Mitchison Alastair Reynolds Kari Sperring Bruce Sterling Charles Stross Karen Traviss Liz Williams Patricia Wrede A full list of former Milford participants is listed on the workshop's official website. Milford rules Manuscripts are distributed beforehand. Everyone reads, critiques, and prepares before the formal workshop begins. Etiquette precludes participants from discussing the manuscripts beforehand either with the author or other members of the critique group. The participants sit in a circle. The author whose work is being critiqued must sit in silence through the first part, in which each participant in turn is allowed an uninterrupted four minutes (timed) to deliver their critique. Then the author has an uninterrupted right to reply. Following that a general discussion ensues. Constructive criticism is strongly encouraged. In the last few years it has become acceptable for the critiqued manuscripts to be given back to the author, complete with notes. This so-called "Milford method" has been adopted by several writers' groups, including the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle. See also List of writers' conferences References External