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The Carl Brandon Society is a group originating within the science fiction community. Their mission "is to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the production of and audience for speculative fiction."[1] Their vision is "a world in which speculative fiction, about complex and diverse cultures from writers of all backgrounds, is used to understand the present and model possible futures; and where people of color are full citizens in the community of imagination and progress."[1]
The Society was founded in 1997 following discussions at the feminist science fiction convention WisCon 23 in Madison, Wisconsin.[2] It was named after "Carl Brandon", a fictional black fan writer created in the mid-1950s by Terry Carr and Pete Graham.[2] This also alludes to the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, named after the fictional male persona used by the writer long known as "James Tiptree, Jr.".[3]
The Society maintains annuals lists of fantastical works published by writers of color.
- ^ a b "About the Carl Brandon Society". Carl Brandon Society. 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ a b History of the Carl Brandon hoax
- ^ The Carl Brandon Society