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The Octavia E. Butler
Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will enable writers of color to
attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. It is
meant to cement Octavia's legacy by providing the same experience/opportunity
that Octavia had to future generations of new writers of color. In addition
to her stint as a student at the original Clarion Writers Workshop in
Pennsylvania in 1970, Octavia taught several times
for Clarion West in Seattle, Washington, and Clarion in East Lansing,
Michigan, giving generously of her time to a cause she believed in.
The first Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship will be awarded in 2007. We'll announce details of the application process later this year.
Our goal for a fully endowed scholarship fund is $100,000. At this time, we welcome your tax deductible gift of any amount to this fund. Please use the button to the left of the page to donate via PayPal or a major credit card. If you'd prefer to make your donation in the form of a check or money order, please make it payable to "The Carl Brandon Society" and
note that it is for "The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund." Then
mail your donation to:
The Octavia E. Butler
Memorial Scholarship Fund
c/o The Carl Brandon Society
P.O. Box 23336
Seattle, WA 98102
Octavia E. Butler
Octavia E. Butler (1947 - 2006) was a brilliant African
American writer who broke barriers with her courageous and profoundly truthful
books and stories. Winner of many awards including a MacArthur Fellowship,
and speculative fiction's highest honors, the Hugo and the Nebula, Octavia was
greatly loved during her lifetime and will be greatly missed.
The Fund Administration
The Fund is being administered by the Carl Brandon Society because its
mission is consistent with one of the Society's primary goals: increasing the
representation of people of color in the fantastical genres such as science fiction,
fantasy and horror. In addition, Octavia was an early member of the Carl
Brandon Society. We are a nonprofit organization, and donations made to the fund
will be tax deductible. To learn more about the Carl Brandon Society, please
read our Mission Statement and visit our
site's other pages.
Questions about the scholarship fund can be sent to:
oebscholarship[at]carlbrandon.org
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