RSM 2021 – Announcement
Rainbow Space Magic (RSM) is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ science fiction and fantasy community, a place where everyone can gather, discuss, promote and create queer speculative fiction in a safe and supportive place that is accessible to our diverse community.
Join us Friday March 12th through Sunday March 14th, 2021 for this free virtual conference.
This year we are pleased to welcome Jewelle Gomez – author of The Gilda Stories and Bones and Ash, as our Keynote Speaker and special guest throughout the conference. Jewelle is a two-time Lambda Literary Award recipient with her writings appearing in hundreds of anthologies. She is a prolific play write and presented at the African American Fantastic Imagination, the first conference of black speculative fiction writers. She has also taught creative writing workshops and lectured at institutions around the U.S. including San Francisco State University, Bowdoin College, Cornell University, Spellman College, Bates College, and others. She was on the original board of GLAAD and the Astraea National Lesbian Foundation.
The conference this year will have writing workshops during the day on Friday prior to our Keynote address Friday night. The rest of the weekend will consist of panels and readings spread out over Saturday and Sunday.
Current Writing Workshops include:
Combat Writing
Book Justice: Criminal Justice for Authors
The Writer’s Guide to Green Stuff: Plants, Herbs, and Wild Places That Make Sense
Branding Sci-Fi
Panel Discussions include:
Writing Queer Female Protagonists (#Ownvoices lead panel)
Magic and Folklore
Writing for Bisexual and Pansexual Characters (#Ownvoices lead panel)
Aging in Queer Spec Fic
Dis/Abilities: Disabled, Chronically Ill, and Neurodiversity in Queer Fiction (#Ownvoices lead panel)
Queer Role-Playing Games
Fandom and Fanfiction
Covers so White
Intersectional Identity (#Ownvoices lead panel)
Query Letters and Getting an Agent
Humor and Cynicism
The Queering of Modern Pop Culture in Recent Years
This year we are raising money for Lambda Literary, Glad Day Lit, Trans Media Watch, Shade Literary Group, and BLF Press. Donate to one of these groups and come and join us March 12th – March 14th, 2021. To register and learn more about this exciting event please go to our website here for more information.