2025-10-31T20:14:17-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 270140141 THE CARL BRANDON SOCIETY CARL 2695990611 PO Box 23336 Seattle WA 981020636 Kate Schaefer Treasurer Emeritus 2065183133 2025-10-31 0 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X www.carlbrandon.org X X 9102 X 7990 1087 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9102 5150 0 0 7586 1721 0 17345 31802 -22700 178980 29688 185968 178980 185968 0 0 0 0 178980 185968 0 0 178980 185968 Literary and educational Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarships awarded to talented, emerging writers of color to allow them to attend Clarion or Clarion West Writers Workshops at UC San Diego and Seattle, advancing their education in the craft and business of writing, and facilitating making professional contacts. 5150 0 One-day workshop, "Decolonial Wordlbuilding in Science-Fiction and Fantasy," taught by Helen Gould, September 21, 2024. This one-day workshop with instructor Helen Gould helped writers to identify and challenge the common tropes they might automatically be relying on when creating fictional worlds. In the first half, they explored foundational literary theories about colonisation and its impact on culture; in the second half, they looked at how decolonial thinking can apply to the creative process and inspire different kinds of worlds. 0 2200 2014 Butler scholar Chinelo Onwualu edited Ex Marginalia, a collection of essays by writers from identities routinely excluded or ignored by the speculative fiction community, published in February 2023 by our partner, Hydra House Books. No expenses in 2024; the collection continues to be available from the Carl Brandon Society and Hydra House Books. 0 0 Online do-it-yourself workshop with Suzan Palumbo, July 6-7 2024. In this webinar, Nebula Award finalist Suzan Palumbo explored what it is traditional workshops offer and how you might be able to recreate that experience and improve your craft on your own, all from the comfort of your home. After this class students will: * Have an understanding of what long-term workshops offer and strategies to mimic them. * See how the instructor was able to improve her craft without attending a long-term workshop. * Know how to get the most out of online critique sites. * Begin to identify weak areas in their writing and create a plan for improvement. * Have an awareness of free and low-cost resources available to them to help improve their craft. * Have a bibliography of online and physical resources. * Have practice with analyzing a piece of fiction and strategies for applying this analysis when approaching their own work. 0 3241 BIPOC Book Fair at the Douglass-Truth Branch of the Seattle Public Library in Seattle, Washington, in Seattle, Washington, attended by about 150 people. Held in partnership with Seattle Public Library, Mam's Books, and the Seattle Times. Featured books by and about Black people, Indigenous people, and all kinds of people of color. Each kid or teen received one free book and the chance to buy as many more books as they like, with a wide selection of titles available, fiction and nonfiction. Personal appearances by award-winning and nominated authors Nisi Shawl, K. Tempest Bradford and Diana Ma. 0 17345 Modern Cosmic Horror, an online weekend workshop with Premee Mohamed June 1-2, 2024. In this two-day class, award-winning author Premee Mohamed went beyond tentacled gods and non-euclidean geometries to explore not only the history of cosmic horror, its whys and hows, but also its modern transformation, especially in the hands of marginalised writers. They also touched on how various media can add to the form, from video games to audio dramas and beyond. Through in-class discussion and with Premee's instruction, students learned how to use the tools, techniques, and storytelling forms that will allow them to craft the unsettling stories of their hearts. 0 3505 26291 Nisi Shawl President 10 0 0 0 Jaymee Goh Secretary 5 0 0 0 Yang-Yang Wang Treasurer 10 0 0 0 K Tempest Bradford Vice President 1.00 0 0 0 Nisi Shawl Corporate Agent 2 0 Kate Schaefer Treasurer Emeritus 7.00 0 0 0 Isis Asare Program Director 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WA Kate Schaefer PO Box 23336 Seattle WA 981020636 2065183133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 115969 43129 43589 28666 7990 239343 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115969 43129 43589 28666 7990 239343 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 239343 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115969 43129 43589 28666 7990 239343 1 0 0 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarships awarded to talented, emerging writers of color to allow them to attend Clarion or Clarion West Writers Workshops at UC San Diego and Seattle, advancing their education in the craft and business of writing, and facilitating making professional contacts. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Book Fairs in December 2023 and May 2024;17345^Total;17345^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Description;Amount^Unrealized gain or loss in investment account;29688^Total;29688^