so very virtual - 09.16.2024
politics, poetry, and publishers 📚
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.
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📚 If you’re new, start with this pandemic resource roundup.
Action Alerts 🔔
Steps to support a better world
Sign a petition to say no to New Jersey mask bans.
Learn about and take action against the proposed mask ban in New Jersey.
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Writing Successful Query Letters with Traci Hays with Moonshot Initiative — September 18th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM ET // Suggested donation of $20
Free Text-Only Sex Ed Q & A for Covid-Cautious, Disabled/chronically ill/neurodivergent, queer/trans, and BIPOC with Sex Ed Coach Teacher Byrd — September 18th from 2:30 to 3:30 PM PT // Free on Discord
Fresh Starts: Get Back into Writing with Ariana Brown — Starts Thursday, September 19th // $150
On the Politics of Black Lesbian Motherhood with Black Women Radicals — September 19th at 6:30 PM ET // Free
Carte Blanche to Publishers for Palestine with Babelica 2024 — September 20th at 6:00 PM (UTC+2) // Free
Letters to Our Homes: A Letter Writing Workshop for Black and Brown Adoptees with Ryan Jafar Artes — Begins Sunday, September 22nd // $250 to $500 with options to trade or barter
Aesthetics of Resistance: A Reading Group with Workshops 4 Gaza — Begins Sunday, September 22nd // Suggested donation of $120
Literary Translation Workshop with Workshops 4 Gaza — September 22nd from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ET // Suggested donation of $60
Unicorn Alum Preorder Party: Tiffany Yu and Janine Kovac with Unicorn Authors Club — September 24th at 8:00 PM ET // Free (More on Instagram)
Documenting Political Movements with Oral Histories with Press On — Wednesday, September 25th from 3:30 to 5:30 PM ET // Sliding scale from $0 to $125
Business of Animation: TV/Film Development with Mighty Oak Ed — Thursday, September 26th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM ET // $50
First 10 Weekend Workshop with In The Cut — September 28th and 29th // $250
Let the World In: An Observational Poetry Workshop with Blue Stoop — Starts Monday, September 30th // $500 with financial aid available
Short-Form Satire with Blue Stoop — Tuesday, October 1st // $225 with financial aid available
Webinar: Book Publicity & Community Building with Sunu Chandy with Unicorn Authors Club — Thursday, October 3rd at 5:00 PM PT // $25
Writing About Mental Illness 8-Week Workshop with Writing Workshops — Starts Sunday, October 6th // $495
FreeCare: Peer Support with CT Grapevine — Tuesday, October 8th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM ET // Free
KIN KEEPERS Presents Friendship Live Storytelling with Literary Liberation — October 19th at 10:00 AM ET // Free with suggested donation of $5 to $15
reader’s choice workshop with A.P. — Thursday, October 24th at 7:00 PM ET // Free
wellness recovery action plan workshop with A.P. — Wednesday, November 13th at 7:00 PM ET // Free
relax. relate. release space with A.P. — Thursday, December 5th at 7:00 PM ET // Free
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Screenwriting Accountability Group with Black Film Space — Starts September 30th
Individual Giving Manager with Lambda Literary
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
Mask Buying Guide from Mask Bloc Seattle
Free Covid Action & Reflection Handout from Mx. Papaya
Free Sensitivity Reader 101 Email Course from Sensitivity Reviews
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.
appreciate you!