Carl Brandon Society

We could use a few volunteers at the event to help us host—please DM me or send email to treasurer@carlbrandon.org if you’ll be available.

It’s been a long time since we had an in-person event. We hope to see you there!

Let us know what you think of what we’ve been doing. Tell us what you’d like us to try in the future, and what you’d be willing to work on to make happen.

We ask that you wear a mask except when eating or drinking so everyone can stay healthy.

Come for a few minutes or for the whole two hours! Meet steering committee members including Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford. Chat with our Program Director, Isis Asare. Eat a few cookies, drink some tea or water, find out more about our programs, make a donation to support us.

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Will you be at the Seattle WorldCon, August 13-17, 2025? We'll be there, with a tea party on Saturday, August 16, from 2 to 4 pm, Issaquah Room, Sheraton Grand Hotel 3rd floor. Any friend of the Carl Brandon Society is welcome whether you’re a convention member or not.

Register ConCurrent Seattle's attendance policy is flexible to give attendees the ability to go to both ConCurrent and WorldCon. Because of this policy, we ask that you register for each panel you want to...

A numbers post, if you're into that!

ConCurrent panel capacity: 120

# of registrants for
Short fiction: 29
BIPOC author silo: 39
Worlds & spaces: 49
Sinners: 41
Horrorotica: 29

We do expect walk-ins, but the only way to guarantee a seat is to register!

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The Imagination Unbound Fellowship - Under The Volcano recognizes a fiction writer whose work opens new worlds. This fellowship is for an English-language writer of speculative or experimental writing and has no age limits.

SF authors of color, Under the Volcano's Imagination Unbound Fellowship is opening up again. Get after it! Winning this fellowship for 2021 changed my life, and I will never forget the experience of being in Tepoztlan, learning and working with STARS. tinyurl.com/36jkwnum

Mia Tsai in conversation with L. D. Lewis July 29th at 7pm at the Decatur Library

It's like a damp 120 degrees in the Atlanta metro but come see me and @itsamia.bsky.social at the Decatur Library to celebrate the release of THE MEMORY HUNTERS tonight around 7. They have A/C. You'll be fine.

You can read our co-op's Noncooperation Statement, outlining our commitment to resisting overreach by the criminal legal system, at firestorm.coop/noncooperati....

You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name EFF has long warned about this kind of mission creep: where a law or policy supposedly aimed at public safety is turned into a tool for political retaliation or mass surveillance. Going to a drag show...

This is exactly why every bookstore should be undertaking a comprehensive review of data collection and storage. Cops and politicians can't seize what you don't have.

Call for Applications!

Open to translators who are Black, Asian or from Ethnically Diverse backgrounds working from any language into English, especially those connected to diaspora and heritage language communities.

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Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.

You've helped us come so far! Only $8500 stands between us and making history. We want to publish the first All-Black Women Fantasy graphic novel anthology on Kickstarter. We have 50 hours left to raise the final stretch #sdcc #graphicnovels #romantasy #bvm www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Today is the last day to sign up for the SLF's Writing SFF Workshop!

Join @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com for a 5-day workshop to improve your writing and meet other members of the community.

Learn more at speclit.org

If for NO REASON WHATSOEVER you woke up wanting a clickable/zoomable/hoverable map of ICE offices and detention facilities in the continental US, I've got ya. Preview image (not clickable) is below and here's the link. Sharing is caring! rawcdn.githack.com/chadtopaz/ic...

Speculative Literature Foundation Taking Submissions for 2025 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants Through July 31 The Speculative Literature Foundation will be accepting applications for the 2025 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants from July 1 through July 31, 2025. Since 2014, the SLF has offered two di…

Speculative Literature Foundation Taking Submissions for 2025 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants Through July 31
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Let's get ConCurrent funded! Help ConCurrent Seattle reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.

And one last thing: We're less than 1300 USD away from fully funding, so please, please, PLEASE spread the word, tell your friends 'n 'em, and help us reach our goal of (only) 5000 USD to run this whole thing.

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Closing remarks will be after 5:00, and we aim to get y'all outta the ACT by 6 pm at the latest! Register now!

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Schedule here: concurrentseattle.weebly.com/schedule.html

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And finally, our last panel will be at 4:00!

​Erotica & Horror: Polar Opposites or Twins Separated at Birth? with ML Krishnan (moderator), Cecilia Tan, Sumiko Saulson, Diana Pho, and Coral Alejandra Moore.

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Our fourth panel will be at 2:30 and it's . . .

Music and Monsters: A Sinners Panel, with LD Lewis (moderator), LP Kindred, Rebecca Roanhorse, Erin Roberts, and Nicole Glover.

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Then, after a break for lunch and miscellany, we'll have our third panel at 1:00.

Worlds and the Spaces Between: Exploring the Liminal in Science Fiction​ with PH Low (moderator), Yume Kitasei, Micaiah Johnson, Charlie Jane Anders, and Felicia Martínez.

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Our second panel will be at 10:30.

What is the BIPOC Author Silo? with Arley Sorg (moderator), Ehigbor Okosun, Julia Vee, Isabel Cañas, ​and Makana Yamamoto.

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Doors open at 8:15 for registration and check-in. At 8:45, we'll have opening remarks. And at 9... our first panel!

The Short and Long of It: Short Fiction, Its Mutability, and How to Transform It, with Sam Asher (M), David D. Levine, LaShawn Wanak, Lauren Ring, and AW Prihandita.

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IT'S TIME!

Here's the ConCurrent panel schedule, threaded. Schedule, registration, and donation links all at the end of the thread. Oh yeah, and registration is now open.

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BIPOC Writers!

Join us on Jul 19 - 20 for the new Cultural Storytelling workshop with Naseem Jamnia, where we'll examine the storytelling elements that arise from our "non-normative" backgrounds & how to use this strength to craft the stories we want to tell.

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The cover of THE MEMORY HUNTERS by Mia Tsai. A tree branch with white and red fungi growing out of it, plus green ferns, is superimposed on a red background with golden outlines of mushrooms. Over everything is THE MEMORY HUNTERS in white text; Mia Tsai's name is in gold text on the bottom of the image.

missed the biweekly reminder thing so i will just drop a new reminder that I have a book coming out July 29 called THE MEMORY HUNTERS and it's got mushroom anthropology and diaspora grief and i'd deeply appreciate preorders and boosts!

www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781645...

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Did you know Writing the Other has a collection of resources on their website? Articles, essays, book recs, podcasts, videos - many free! Level up your writing craft between classes.

Explore them here: writingtheother.com/...

After taking @laviecestmoi.bsky.social's excellent inactive protagonist class and picking up @henrylienauthor.bsky.social's craft book (which I can't wait to dive into; the 1001 Nights example is EXACTLY the one I use), I am PSYCHED to teach this latest iteration of Cultural Storytelling

There's still time to register for @jamsternazzy.bsky.social's Cultural Storytelling class, where we'll explore how our experiences shape our understanding of good craft, and stories that reflect our cultural traditions.

Jul 19 & 20 or get the recording after!

events.humanitix.com/cultural-sto...

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Join Writing the Other for ✊🏾 Writing Revolution with Helen Gould ✊🏾

A webinar for writers who want to create believable resistance movements in fictional narratives.

Join us live on July 12 or get the video after!

Details and Registration ⇨ writingtheother.com/...

✨ Beyond the Glittering World is not just a collection—it’s a constellation of voices, visions, and vibrant futures. 🌌

📚 Genre-bending. Boundary-breaking. Utterly unforgettable.
🌟 Pre-order your copy now and be part of the future these storytellers are shaping.

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New Writing the Other Webinar: Writing Revolution - How To Create Believable Resistance Movements with Helen Gould

Join us live on July 12 OR get the video after!

Price: $150 (live) | $75 (recording)

Details and Registration ⇨ writingtheother.com/...