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Sunday March 14th (Daylight Savings Time change! Clocks ahead 1 hour where applicable.)
Sunday PT 8:00am / MT 9:00am / CT 10:00am / ET 11:00am/ UK 3:00pm
With Olivia Wylie, Valerie J. Mikles, Kristin Noone
Description: Readings by RSM author panelists of some of their latest work, followed by a Q&A
Intersectionality Panel (#ownvoices)
Sunday PT 9:00am / MT 10:00am / CT 11:00am / ET 12:00pm / UK 4:00pm
With Jose Pablo Iriarte, Alex Silver, Ceeley Mack, Harry F. Rey, J.S. Fields
Description: Coined in 1989 by professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, intersectionality describes how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics “intersect” with one another and overlap. Our panelists discuss this as a framework for understanding how aspects of a person’s social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.
Sunday PT 10:00am / MT 11:00am / CT 12:00pm / ET 1:00pm / UK 5:00pm
With Chloe Spencer, E.M. Hamill, Melodie Romeo
Description: Readings by RSM author panelists of some of their latest work, followed by a Q&A
Sunday PT 11:00am / MT 12:00pm / CT 1:00pm / ET 2:00pm / UK 6:00pm
With Christine Wright, Maz Maddox, Angel Martinez, Valerie J. Mikles
Description: If you like Douglas Adams, you’ll love…???: Why so serious? Panelists discuss the use of humor and satire in queer SFF, and talk about their favorite new authors in the game.
Sunday PT 12:00pm / MT 1:00pm / CT 2:00pm / ET 3:00pm / UK 7:00pm
With J. Scott Coatsworth, Angel Martinez, and Rory Ni Coileain
Description: Readings by RSM author panelists of some of their latest work, followed by a Q&A
Meet the Featured Organizations
Sunday PT 2:00pm / MT 3:00pm / CT 4:00pm / ET 5:00pm / UK 9:00pm
Description: A representative of BLF Press will join us to talk about the press and what they do for queer authors and authors of color. Then we’ll showcase the other Featured Organizations we are supporting this year.
Keynote Speaker Discussion – Jewelle Gomez
Sunday PT 3:00pm / MT 4:00pm / CT 5:00pm / ET 6:00pm / UK 10:00pm
With Jewelle Gomez
Description: Jewelle will return for a one hour discussion, followed by a Q&A session at 4 PM PT.
Keynote Speaker Q&A – Jewelle Gomez
Sunday PT 4:00pm / MT 5:00pm / CT 6:00pm / ET 7:00pm / UK 11:00pm
With Jewelle Gomez
Description: Our keynote speaker takes questions from our attendees.
Query Letters and Getting an Agent
Sunday PT 5:00pm / MT 6:00pm / CT 7:00pm / ET 8:00pm / UK 12:00am Mon
With Elle E. Ire, Jose Pablo Iriarte, J. Scott Coatsworth, Harry F. Rey, J.S. Fields
Description: Authors share the best strategies for getting work in front of agents and presenting to publishers while answering the question: how to sell your queer fic without pigeonholing yourself?
The Queering of Modern Pop Culture in Recent Years Panel
Sunday PT 6:00pm / MT 7:00pm / CT 8:00pm / ET 9:00pm / UK 1:00am Mon
With J. Scott Coatsworth, Anne Barwell, Elizabeth Noble, Rory Ni Coileain, Nikki Woolfolk
Description: TV and Film are giving opportunities for more queer stories to be told. Who is doing it well, and who is falling into the pit of tokenism?
Closing Night Party
Sunday PT 7:00pm / MT 8:00pm / CT 9:00pm / ET 10:00pm / UK 2:00am Mon