2026-03-27T14:54:25-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 270140141 THE CARL BRANDON SOCIETY CARL 2695990611 PO Box 23336 Seattle WA 981020636 Kate Schaefer Treasurer Emeritus 2065183133 2026-03-27 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.carlbrandon.org X X 13027 X 12032 977 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13027 18653 0 0 20505 2558 0 702 42418 -29391 185968 28702 185279 185968 185279 0 0 0 0 185968 185279 0 0 185968 185279 Literary and educational Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarships awarded to talented, emerging writers of color to allow them to attend Clarion or Clarion West Writers Workshops at UC San Diego and Seattle, advancing their education in the craft and business of writing, and facilitating making professional contacts. 14400 0 Online weekend workshop, Intro to the Inactive Protagonist, taught by Vida Cruz-Borja, June 14-15, 2025. Students learned to widen the definition of character agency in fiction other than active and inactive protagonist; discovered other ways "inactive protagonists" can express their agency; and explored perspectives and approaches other than conflict and competition in fiction. Class size limit: 10. Student attendance: 5 live, 7 via video afterward 0 3860 Online weekend workshop, Cultural Storytelling: Tapping into Speculative Fiction's Revolutionary Potential, taught by Naseem Jamnia, July 19-20, 2025. Students examined how their "non-normative" experiences affect theirr understanding of "good craft" to shape stories that not only include characters who look like them, but themes, plot and emotional beats, characterization, and overall structures that better reflect the cultural traditions they come from. Student attendance: Class size limit: 10. Student attendance: 7 live, 2 via video afterward 0 3660 Online weekend workshop, How To Finish Your Novel, taught by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, November 29-30. Suyi combined principles from strategic project culture (honed during his time in a former corporate role) and the tips, tricks and techniques he has built up in his author career to deliver a pathway to starting and finishing your novel. Class size limit: 14. Student attendance: 14 live, 7 via video afterward. This was our first class to be offered as a scholarship-only class. 0 3360 Gave the 2020 Parallax Award to The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson for the long form category and "The Genetic Alchemist's Daughter" by Elaine Cuyegkeng for the short form category. Gave the 2020 Kindred Award to Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland for the long form category and "Exile's End" by Carolyn Ives Gilman for the short form category. All the winners accepted their awards, but Justina Ireland turned down the $1000 honorarium and said the society should use it where it is most needed. 3000 1381 Held an in-person tea party to encourage networking for readers and writers of color and their supporters at the Seattle World Science Fiction convention, attended by about 50 people. 0 2083 Switched to an all-scholarship model for our workshops in response to tax law changes. 0 1921 Isis Asare, our Program Director, and Yasmine Fahmy, our Workshop Coordinator, surveyed the community for feedback on the workshop program 0 1281 Researched avenues to provide community support immediately after Altadena and Eaton fires. Donated $1,000 to Octavia's Bookshelf, a BIPoC book store that pivoted to coordinating assistance to neighborhood residents displaced by the fires. 1000 230 17776 Nisi Shawl President 5 0 0 0 Jaymee Goh Secretary 2 0 0 0 Kate Schaefer Treasurer 10 0 0 0 K Tempest Bradford Vice President 1 0 0 0 Nisi Shawl Corporate Agent 5 0 0 0 Isis Asare Program Director 10 9206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kate Schaefer PO Box 23336 Seattle WA 981020636 2065183133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 43129 43589 28666 7990 12032 135406 0 0 0 0 977 977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43129 43589 28666 7990 13009 136383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136383 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43129 43589 28666 7990 13009 136383 1 1 0 0 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants and similar amounts paid: $14,400 for scholarships for writing workshops at Clarion and Clarion West in 2024 and 2025; $3004.91 for Kindred and Parallax writing awards; $248.48 to support continuing publication of Ex Marginalia collection; $1,000 donation to Octavia's Bookshelf for support after Altadena and Eaton fires. See Schedule O for additional detail. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Networking tea party at World Science Fiction convention in Seattle. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Unrealized gain in investment account