{"id":11627,"date":"2010-11-08T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2010-11-08T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T18:00:20","slug":"win-an-ereader-and-support-speculative-fiction-writers-of-color-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=11627","title":{"rendered":"Win An eReader And Support Speculative Fiction Writers of Color (At The Same Time!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As some of you know, every year for the past several I’ve done the Clarion West Write-a-thon, a fundraising event for the 6 week writing workshop I attended a few years ago. Usually what I do is split the money I raise between Clarion West and the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship, which assists writers of color who are accepted into Clarion West and Clarion Diego. This year I wasn’t able to do the Write-a-thon because I had no time. But I was feeling very guilty as I raised around $1,900 the last time. I vowed to come up with a fundraising idea that would require a bit less intense commitment from myself but would still raise a nice chunk of change.<\/p>\n

Thus, I am pleased to announce that the Carl Brandon Society is holding a prize drawing<\/a> to support the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund<\/a>. For those who don’t know, the Carl Brandon Society<\/a> is an organization dedicated to racial and ethnic diversity in speculative fiction. So it’s fitting that the prizes available consist of three awesome eReaders. Entrants can win one of two Barnes & Noble Nooks<\/a>, One of two Kobo Readers<\/a>, and an Alex eReader from Spring Design<\/a>. And to sweeten the pot even more, all of the eReaders will come pre-loaded with short stories, poems, and books by writers of color.<\/p>\n

Tickets cost $1 each and you can buy as many as you want for any of the eReaders you’re interested in. Click here to buy tickets<\/a>.\u00a0The drawing began yesterday and will run through November 22, 2010.<\/p>\n

I want to give a shout out to Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Spring Design as they generously donated the devices for this drawing, and also to the authors who are donating stories, poems, books and essays to tempt you. We don’t have the full list of authors yet, but they include: N. K. Jemisin, Nisi Shawl, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Terence Taylor, Ted Chiang, Shweta Narayan, Chesya Burke, Moondancer Drake, Saladin Ahmed, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz and more.<\/p>\n

One final note: eReaders make awesome holiday gifts. So, even if you’re not interested in one for yourself, I’m sure there’s a book-loving person on your list who would love one. Tickets are just one dollar! And the proceeds go to an awesome cause.<\/p>\n

Click here to buy a ticket<\/a>, and click here<\/a> to learn more about the Carl Brandon Society.<\/p>\n

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