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As mentioned previously, I recently joined the Mother Board for Broad Universe. Broad Universe is an organization that promotes women writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror through podcasts, convention readings, book tables, panels, ads and social media. "Women" are defined as anyone identifying and presenting as female, as I found out this week when I asked. And it's pretty awesome. I'm really enjoying being on the board and I'm hoping to see the organization grow and expand during my tenure on it.
One of the things I'm working on is building bridges with other organizations in the genre. We're hoping to start doing some joint readings and events such as panels at different cons in the near future so that more readers and fans know about us and the issues that we're working on. One of those organizations is the Carl Brandon Society. The "Carl Brandon Society as an organization to help build further awareness of race and ethnicity in speculative literature and related fields," to borrow from their website. They sponsor several awards as well as the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship which sends new writers of color to the Clarion workshops each year.
Another is the Outer Alliance, which promotes discussion about LBGTQ visibility and issues within science fiction and fantasy. The focus is on writing and reading sf/f/h by L,B,G,T,Q and allied writers about LBGTQ characters. There's a monthly podcast which includes interviews and news, a Twitter feed and an email list. The main website is currently down, but check out the link for the podcast and look for the Outer Alliance at convention panels, parties and readings.
I'm also hoping to do some outreach to the Etheria Film Festival, a Boston-based international film festival for emerging women directors of science fiction, fantasy and horror films. Should be a good year from projects, at least thus far.
One of the things I'm working on is building bridges with other organizations in the genre. We're hoping to start doing some joint readings and events such as panels at different cons in the near future so that more readers and fans know about us and the issues that we're working on. One of those organizations is the Carl Brandon Society. The "Carl Brandon Society as an organization to help build further awareness of race and ethnicity in speculative literature and related fields," to borrow from their website. They sponsor several awards as well as the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship which sends new writers of color to the Clarion workshops each year.
Another is the Outer Alliance, which promotes discussion about LBGTQ visibility and issues within science fiction and fantasy. The focus is on writing and reading sf/f/h by L,B,G,T,Q and allied writers about LBGTQ characters. There's a monthly podcast which includes interviews and news, a Twitter feed and an email list. The main website is currently down, but check out the link for the podcast and look for the Outer Alliance at convention panels, parties and readings.
I'm also hoping to do some outreach to the Etheria Film Festival, a Boston-based international film festival for emerging women directors of science fiction, fantasy and horror films. Should be a good year from projects, at least thus far.
