so very virtual - 06.16.2025
caretaking, craft, clubs, and circles 🔵
so very virtual is a free weekly-ish 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, fill out this form.
📚 If you’re new, start with this pandemic resource roundup.
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Annual Membership Webinar with Black Remote She — June 17th at 1:30 PM ET // Free
Author Talks: Stop Waiting for Perfect with Author L'Oreal Thompson with Be Rooted — June 17th at 6:00 PM ET // Free
Caretaking as Cultural Work: Lessons from Toni Cade Bambara and Helen Daniel by Zoe Bambara with Black Women Radicals — June 17th at 6:30 PM ET // Free
Submitting to Small Presses and Literary Journals with Pipeline Artists — Tuesday, June 17th at 7:00 PM ET // $35
GrubStreet Contemporary Craft Series: From Ancestral Stories to Fictional Worlds with Kali Fajardo-Anstine with GrubStreet — June 18th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET // $35 with scholarships available
Songwriting Made Easy with Nivi Canela — June 19th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM PT // Pay-what-you-can
5th Annual Practice Progress UNtensive: Making Time with Practice Progress & ARCOS dance + Garden — June 20th through 22nd // $350 to $500 with limited pay-what-you-can options
Madness, Disability, and Herbalism: Project LETS Panel Discussion with Project LETS — Friday, June 20th from 1:30 to 3:30 PM ET // Suggested donation of $20 to $50
Inside the Edit with BIPOC Doc Editors: PATRICE: THE MOVIE with Sundance Collab — Friday, June 20th from 3:00 to 4:30 PM ET // Free
Weekend Words: Prompt-Driven Writing Sprints — June 21st at 10:00 AM // Free
June Crip Arts Gathering with RestFest Film Festival — Sunday, June 22nd from 2:30 to 4:30 PM ET // Sliding scale from $1 to $15+ with scholarship tickets available
the intersection of Black + Queer: celebrating ourselves and our ancestors with tune.of.blackness — Sunday, June 22nd at 3:00 PM ET // Free
Poetry Club with Blue Stoop — Tuesday, June 24th from 6:30 to 7:30 PM ET // Free
qtbipoc holding our heartbreak with zulaikha cara — June 24th from 7:00 to 8:00 PM ET // Sliding scale from $0 to $20+
The Future Is Women Bridging, Bonding & Building Conversation with Getting To We — June 24th at 7:30 PM ET // Free
The Adventurous Artist Virtual Summit — June 25th and 26th // Free
Pride: Championing LGBTQIA+ Leaders & Allies with PowertoFly — June 25th and 26th // Free
Disability Representation in Children’s Media: The Making of Jeff Mouse on Donkey Hodie with Disability Belongs — June 25th at 3:00 PM ET // Free
Script Club: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT with Sundance Collab — Wednesday, June 25th from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ET // Free
Profiles in Indie Distribution: Harnessing Data for Audience Discovery with Jolt and CAN'T LOOK AWAY with Sundance Collab — Thursday, June 26th from 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET // Free
BlackCare Peer Support with CT Grapevine — Thursday, June 26th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM ET // Free
metabolizing anger with mbodywell x The Healing Collective — June 26th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET // $15-$30
The Producing Playbook with Denise Davis — Begins Saturday, June 28th // $350
Catching Feelings: Finding Emotion in Fiction with Hilary Leichter with Tin House — Sunday, June 29th from 8:00 to 11:00 AM PT // $75
Mid Year Refresh: Reflect & Realign with Passion Planner — Thursday, July 3rd from 8:30 to 9:30 PM ET // Flexible price
Getting It On (The Page): The History and Execution of Erotic Poetry with Button University — Saturdays from July 5th through August 9th // $125
Showrunner Sessions with POKER FACE's Tony Tost with The Writers Guild Foundation — Thursday, July 10th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM PT // Free or with suggested donation of $10
Writing Through Brain Fog: Cognitive Strategies for Memoir with Esmé Weijun Wang — Saturday, July 12th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM PT // $97 ($77 early bird) with payment plans available
Sister Outsider Study Circle with Literary Liberation — Starts July 13th // $80 with sliding scale options available
How to Create a Writing Habit with GrubStreet — July 19th from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM ET // $85 with scholarships available
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Chief Operating Officer with New Disabled South — Apply by July 7th.
Writing to Heal Immersive with GrubStreet — Apply by July 16th.
Tidepools: A Collaborative Mentorship with Corporeal Writing — Apply by August 30th.
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
Protest Interpreting Essentials from Pro Bono ASL
"Traveling with Long COVID is a challenge. Here’s how I made my journey safer.” from The Sick Times
About Justin
Justin Clarel (they/them) is a Black queer writer, performer, and educator creating vibrant stories for a better world. They are most proud of their work with sketch comedy team The Rhubarbs, original works for stage and screen, and love for musical theatre. Keep up with their adventures at @theeclarel and theeclarel.com.