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Publishing Short Stories and Collections

May 20, 2022 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm

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Panelists: Wole Talabi, Vida Cruz-Borja, T. R. Napper, Mari Ness and Eugen Bacon (moderator)
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It starts with one story, but want to revisit the world, or you aren’t finished exploring this them. Once you’ve built a collection, how do you approach publication when most short stories are accepted one at a time? This panel talks about the business of traditionally publishing short story collections, from writers who have done so.

Sauúti: An Afro-centric universe

May 12, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Panelists: Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton, Xan van Rooyen, Jude Umeh and Wole Talabi (moderator)
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The Sauútiverse is an African collective initiative, drawing from the Swahili word ‘sauti’ that means ‘voice’ to create a five-planet system orbiting a binary star. A world rooted deeply in a variety of African mythology, language, and culture. Sauúti weaves in an intricate magic system based on sound, oral traditions and music.

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Themes of Hope and Joy in Black SFF

June 6, 2024 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

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Panelists: Carol Duncan, Sumiko Saulson, Wole Talabi, James Beamon and Terese Mason Pierre (moderator)
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Black authors share how they and their peers use speculative fiction to explore a joyful future.

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The BIPOC POV in Hard SF

June 7, 2024 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

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Panelists: Sarah Guan, SL Huang, Arula Ratnakar, Glenn Parris and Wole Talabi (moderator)
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One of the joys of hard science fiction lies in its opportunity to communicate science through storytelling. To communicate not only the exciting research and concepts, but also the practice of science, the joys and frustrations that come with being a scientist (anyone from any background who engages rigorously with those evidence-based philosophies of understanding the world).

Historically, hard science fiction has been dominated by viewpoints originating from western European and American thought written largely by white/cis/het men. And also historically, an environment of exclusion and gatekeeping, rather than inclusion and communication. This turns countless people away from hard science fiction, because they are told that if they cannot make it through poorly explained, dense, intentionally exclusionary science in stories, they are not meant for the subgenre.

In this panel we will discuss the term hard SF, its use, current state, and the future from a BIPOC lens.

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