Donate to the Carl Brandon Society

As you make your year-end gifts, please consider donating to the Carl Brandon Society. Your generosity helps support the Carl Brandon Awards and the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship. Plans for 2012 also include a major overhaul of the website.

Carl Brandon Awards

The 2010 Awards are under jury consideration, and the 2011 nominations are open. Details on the awards page.

Our Mission

The mission of the Carl Brandon Society is to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and audience for speculative fiction.

Our Vision

We envision a world in which speculative fiction, about complex and diverse cultures from writers of all backgrounds, is used to understand the present and model possible futures; and where people of color are full citizens in the community of imagination and progress.

We Value

• Fantasizing for its own sake, and as an agent of social innovation
• Literature as a groundspring for social change
• Creative Innovation in the field of speculative fiction
• Inclusive Definitions of both genre and audiences
• A culture of Listening to people of all abilities, genders, and backgrounds, in all fields of endeavor
• National and international community-building around areas of interest

Navigation

• About Us | Learn more about the Carl Brandon Society including the story behind our name, our goals and mission.
• Blog | Takes you to the Carl Brandon Society blog. This will open a new window.
• Wiki | Explore and contribute information about people of color in SF with the Carl Brandon Society wiki
• Awards | Learn more about the Carl Brandon Society Awards.
• Memberships | Join the Carl Brandon Society or make a donation.
• Resources | Reading lists, press releases, and more.
• Con or Bust | Financial support for people of color to attend SF conventions.
• The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship

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