Octavia Butler Tribute Fundraiser March 4, 2007

Octavia Butler Tribute Fundraiser

Date: Sunday, March 4, 2007, 5 to 7 PM
What: A fundraiser reading to benefit the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship
Featuring: Nalo Hopkinson, Susie Bright, Jewelle Gomez, Jennifer de Guzman, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, and Marta Acosta
Where: The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 510-841-2082, www.starryploughpub.com
Admission: $5 to $20 sliding scale

Why: 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.

Official Website: http://www.carlbrandon.org/tribute.html