Dwelling in Probabilities

As noted in my previous posts regarding Arisia, Unheard Voices is a roadshow panel promoting three organizations promoting diversity in writing and reading in the science fiction and fantasy genres: Carl Brandon Society, Broad Universe and Outer Alliance. We throw a lot of things at the audience and each other, then try to remember them afterwards. Here's my best current effort, plus a few other things that didn't get mentioned given panel time constraints.

Women in SF/F/H:
Broad Universe - Member catalog www.broaduniverse.org/catalog/
SF Mistressworks - reviews of classic SF/F by women: www.sfmistressworks.wordpress.com
Feminist SF Bibliography - http://feminist.org
100 Great Science Fiction Stories by Women - Ian Sales'blog
Worlds Without End Women of Genre Reading Challenge - reviews

Gender in SF/F/H:
Tiptree Awards - science fiction and fantasy that expands and/or explores understanding of gender. Award winners and short/honor lists

LGBTQ SFF:
Lambda Sci-Fi - resource list http:///www.lambdascifi.org/books/recommend.html
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards - award winners and recommended lists
GLBT Fantasy Resources and Reviews - www.glbtfantasy.com
My posts on SF Signal: "LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy in the 1970s" and "LGBT Science Fiction and Fantasy Before 1970"
And another post, this one for the Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event 2012 - "Lesbian Protagonists in Science Fiction and Fantasy"
Rainbow Awards - see lists of nominees, finalists and winners for the last several years
American Library Association GLBT Roundtable Rainbow lists

People of Color and Writers of Color in SF/F/H:
Carl Brandon Society - resources and award lists
Carrie Cuinn - bibliography: 100+ Asian Speculative Fiction Authors
Sofia Samatar - Horror Writers of Color
Diversity Roll Call Roundup: POC in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Making Lists: Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color
Fantasy Magazine - People of Color in Fantasy Literature - Three Part Roundtable Writeup
Steampunk - Beyond Victoriana

General Diversity lists:
Diversity in YA

The Broad Universe Sampler is out - check out stories and excerpts from Broads (including me) for free!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/249822

Regular, or even not so regular, readers have no doubt been wondering why I spend so much of my free time lolling about eating bonbons and trying to be clever. So clearly it was a time to find one more thing to do. Broad Universe (http://www.broaduniverse.org/) is an organization that exists to promote reading and writing of science fiction, fantasy and horror by women authors. There's a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Facebook group, an online group, a catalogue of works by members, a reading series called "Rapidfire Readings" at conventions all over country, podcasts and book tables at several major cons. All of this is run by volunteers: we organize readings, social media, the podcasts, book tables and soon, an anthology of work by BU members.

I've benefitted from belonging to BU for years as well as organizing several Rapidfire Readings so I decided this was something I was ready to play a bigger role in. Maybe it's an organization that would benefit you too. It's not always the friendliest genre for women writers - together, we're stronger.