so very virtual - 09.11.2024

opportunities for friendship & mentorship 💖

so very virtual is a free weekly 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.

Action Alerts 🔔

Steps to support a better world

• Participate in Pediatric Long Covid Awareness Week 2024.

Virtual Events 🎟

Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option

• Logline Workshop with Pipeline Artists — Wednesday, September 11th from 4:00 to 6:00 PM PT // $35

• September Poetry Xfit with Sundress Academy for the Arts — Sunday, September 15th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM ET // Free with donations welcome

• Heart Space: Celebrating All Healing Modalities with BEAM (Black Emotional + Mental Health Collective) — Tuesday, September 17th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET // $10 or pay what you can

• The Crone Conversations with The School of Creative Magic — September 17th to 22nd // Free

• Air/Inhalation Transmission: Protecting Healthcare Workers through Science and Action with the Rutgers School of Public Health — September 18th at 12:00 PM ET // Free

• Digging Up The Past: Finding Our Poetic Self Poetry Workshop with Brooklyn Poets — September 18th from 3:30 to 6:30 PM PT // $395

• Intro to VO with Queer Vox — September 18th, 25th, and October 19th // $150 to $240

• Grant Writing Workshop with Galleyway — Thursday, September 19th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM ET // By donation

• Virtual COVID Bereaved Grief Space with Jennifer Ritz Sullivan and Monica Allen— Sunday, September 22nd from 12:00 to 1:30 PM PT | 3:00 to 4:30 PM ET // Free (More on Instagram)

• Together Against Covid - time to get organised! Conference — Saturday, September 28th and 29th // Free

• Retrospecs, a spec script showcase — Sunday, September 29th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PT // $15

• More Than A Heroine: Writing Better Female Characters with The Queen's Path with The Writers Foundation Foundation — Tuesday, October 1st from 4:00 to 5:30 PM PT // Free or by donation

Online Opportunities 🛋

Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more

• People of Color in Publishing Mentorship Program — Apply by September 15th.

• Project Coordinator with Wintergreen Women Writers Collective — Apply by September 16th for priority.

• Periplus Mentorship — Submit by September 20th.

• KIN KEEPERS Live Storytelling Presents: Friendship with Literary Liberation — Submit by September 20th.

• Issue 2: COVID Cautious Queers Zine Submission — Submit by October 31st.

• Thursdays on the Stoop Workshop Proposals with Blue Stoop — Rolling submissions for Fall 2024.

• Susu/Tanda Savings Circle with Wolfpack Counseling Hub — Fill out this interest form.

Remote Resources 📘

Support and info for these pandemic times

• Kids’ Zone Covid-Conscious Magazine: Issue 2 from World Health Network

• LGBTQIA+ Sexual Health Guide from FOLX

About Justin

Justin Clarel 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.