Carl Brandon Society

@carlbrandon.bsky.social

The Carl Brandon Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to issues of race & ethnicity in speculative fiction

I get to teach at Hugo House again. We'll meet online Thursdays and write and talk about SFFH stuff. So 30 class sessions plus one-on-one talks with me too if you want. Also if you register by 8/30 you get a $100 discount! Member reg is open. Non member reg opens 8/18 hugohouse.org/product/year...

Yearlong in Speculative Fiction: Craft Fundamentals | Hugo House

You’ve always wanted to write that story: the one that folds reality in half, rewrites the rules, and asks the question that’s gnawed at you for years.In

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Instead of changing the language in their legacy scholarship, the Upperman family has decided to pull their $1M endowment from a North Carolina university They plan to move the scholarship to a school where it is likely a Black student will receive it

UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy

For the first time in 30 years, the Upperman family isn’t awarding any new scholarships at UNCW. Linda Upperman Smith said the way the university wanted to rewrite the language around the application ...

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Moonwife is my ode to Angela Carter, Cat Valente, and Amal El Mohtar; everyone who taught me that it is okay to love words enough that they suffocate you. It is a faithless love letter to Hindu mythology. And above all, its my most Tamil story I've pubbed to date.

🦋 Entomology is for everyone. Whether your idea focuses on outreach, education, community engagement or breaking down barriers to participation, our EDI Grant could help bring it to life. ⏰ Applications close 17 July 🔗 Find out more and apply 🔽 buff.ly/BPmjUlj #PrideMonth

Supporting Global Inclusion for Entomology - RES EDI Grant

Did you know the RES offers funding to support projects that promote equity, equality, diversity and inclusion within entomology and insect science?

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Extremely worth noting - the Black Zine Fair was a masks-required event! And hundreds of folks came and wore masks and had a great time! This is a doable thing, y'all!

Sign reading:

Black zine fair

masks required

please wear a high quality KN95 or N95 mask inside.

free masks provided by the Health Stellium are available in th elobby.

we mask because all of our immune systems are compromised by COVID-19. keeping our community safe & healthy is important to us.

This workshop is a gathering from years of pouring love and care and breath into my work/characters/worlds which helped me nourish how I did in this here beyond self. Immeasurable gratitude and I can't wait to hold this space with folks to language and dream conjure tapping into that energy.

Carl Brandon Society@carlbrandon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Carl Brandon Society is proud to present an all-new class: The Language of (Dis)ability and Chronic Illness in SpecFic! Join Jeané D. Ridges on Jun 13-14 to explore the possibilities of worlds made for (dis)abled and chronically ill characters to flourish. events.humanitix.com/the-language...

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A Weekend Workshop with Jeané D. Ridges
Bipoc Only
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Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions

Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…

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Also NEWS! I am teaching an updated and improved, also I would say cyclopean and batrachian, perhaps cthonic, version of my MODERN COSMIC HORROR WRITING class for @carlbrandon.bsky.social ! May 16-17! This is a deep dive with text analysis, examples, a reading/resource list, and exercises!

Modern Cosmic Horror - A Weekend Workshop with Premee Mohamed

This webinar will be held in Zoom. After you register you'll get the link along with other important information.

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