so very virtual - 06.13.2026
a de-googling workshop, a new film, & a transmasc cabaret 🏳️⚧️
so very virtual is a free newsletter featuring opportunities, events, and resources that are fully virtual, remote, or hybrid with an online option.
🔍 Please look into events and opportunities to decide whether they are right for you. Send any concerns to theeclarel@substack.com.
📋 To submit a listing, email theeclarel@substack.com.
📚 If you’re new, start with this pandemic resource roundup.
Thanks for reading!
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Summer Fieldguide Workshop with School of Softness — Sunday, June 14th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM ET // $22
June 2026 Read and Rant with Athena Project — June 15th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM MT // Free
Special Screening: World Premiere of ‘We Year’ by Sop with RestFest Film Festival — June 15th thorugh 28th // Pay-what-you-can from $0
De-Google Your Digital Life: A Phased Approach to Building Digital Resilience with Digital Defense Fund — June 16th at 4:00 PM ET // Free
Beyond “Show, Don’t Tell” with Mary Kole with Reedsy — June 16th and 23rd // $99
Leading with Pro-Black Values During Change & Transition Panel with CompassPoint — Wednesday, June 17th from 12:00 to 2:00 PM PT // Free and open to all Black leaders
The Art of the Thrill: Essentials for Writing Exciting Thrillers with Pipeline Artists — Wednesday, June 17th at 7:00 PM ET // $35
June Crip Arts Gathering with RestFest Film Festival — June 20th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM PT // $10 with pay-what-you-can and scholarship options
Let’s Hear It For the Boys: A Transmasc Cabaret Livestream — Saturday, June 20th at 9:30 PM ET // $26.57
Queering the Poetic Line: A Masterclass on Derangement and Transgression with Dawn Lundy Martin with Academy of American Poets — Begins June 23rd // $150 with scholarships available
Social Impact Filmmaking with Juan Escobedo with Justice for My Sister — Wednesday, June 23rd from 6:00 to 9:00 PM PT // $15.99
Summer Fieldguide Workshop with School of Softness — Thursday, June 25th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET // $22
A Gentle Reset: Mid-Year Reflection with Passion Planner — Thursday, June 25th from 8:30 to 9:30 PM ET // Free
Revolutionary Work by Embodied Black Girl — Begins Friday, June 26th // Sliding scale from $675 to $875
Found Forms: Writing with Photos, Ephemera, and Fragments with Permission to Write — Saturday, June 27th from 12:00 to 2:00 PM ET // $60
un/writing nature: anti-imperialist and transnational poetics for a just future panel with Abode Press — Saturday, June 27th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM CT // $15
Remote Crip Film Club: We Year by Sop with Filmmaker Q&A with RestFest Film Festival — June 28th from 10:00 to 11:30 AM PT // Pay-what-you-can from $1 with scholarships available
PARK & WRITE June Co-Writing with Literary Liberation — Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in June // $35 to $95
phytocene’s Release Party and Concert Broadcast — July 4th, 5th, or 6th // 15€
Reading Group: Talking with Toni with GrubStreet — Begins July 12th // $190 with scholarships available
Writing Body and Desire with Dr. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan with Blue Stoop — July 15th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET // $50 with financial aid available
Verse Chorus Voice with Sadie Dupuis with Blue Stoop — July 16th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET // $50 with financial aid available
Reading Group: Happily Ever After with GrubStreet — Begins July 23rd // $190 with scholarships available
Job Support Group w/ Keely Cat-Wells with Making Space — Every second Monday at 4:00 PM PT // Free
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Voodoonauts Fellowship Retreat 2026: Afro-Whimsy — Apply by June 18th.
Writing the Lyric Essay: A Writing Workshop with Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams with Orion Magazine — Apply by June 20th.
Alchemy of Inner Voice: A Monthly Live Virtual Qigong Series with Gentle Mothh of Amahh Studio — Apply by June 30th.
From Script to Screens: Writing Your Micro-Series with Sundance Collab — Apply by July 2nd.
Disabled Ecologies Almanac Submissions with Disabled Ecologies — Submit by October 15th.
Read Like a Writer Summer Book Club with Permission to Write
Open Submission Call with Literary Liberation
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
Pillow Writers Meetings, for people with ME/CFS or Long Covid
My loneliness is killing me from M (is) Living with Long Covid
Spirited Away Masked Coloring Sheet from mx.papaya
Signal Security Checklist from Activist Checklist
June [Pride] Newsletter from HomeGrown Visions Arts Collaborative
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Kills: A group exhibition from A Quiet Storm: An Online Gallery
Creative Access Toolkit for Visual Arts Organisations from Plus Tate
What Is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like?: Patient and Caregiver Perspectives, a new book from WIMEL Writers
Kids’ Zone Covid-Conscious Magazine Issue 20, Journeying Through Summer: Safety Edition from World Health Network
Queers on Wheels e-Book from Cripping Up Sex
Community Pulse from World Health Network
Disability Ecologies, an audio documentary from Emerson Cram
2026 Lambda Literary Awards Livestream from Lambda Literary
About Justin
Justin Clarel is a pro-mask and anti-COVID writer, theatre artist, and educator creating Black trans and queer stories to build a better world. Keep up with their adventures at @theeclarel and theeclarel.com.