Speculative fiction stories have the power to take abstract policy debates and obscure jargon and turn them into gripping, visceral tales. The emerging subgenre of climate fiction, epitomized by novels like Margaret Atwood’s Maddaddam Trilogy, helps us imagine possible futures shaped by climate change.
The Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative and the College for Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University are proud to announce the 2016 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest. The contest will be judged by science fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of many foundational works in climate fiction, along with other climate fiction
Worth
- The grand-prize winner will be awarded $1000, with three additional finalists receiving book bundles signed by award-winning climate fiction author Paolo Bacigalupi
- A collection of the best submissions will be published in a forthcoming online anthology, and considered for publication in the journal Issues in Science and Technology
Eligibility
- Entrant could be any age
- ASU students employees are welcome to enter
- Entrants are allowed to submit, up to a maximum of three stories, each submitted separately with the same author information of each story
Deadline: January 15, 2016
To apply and for more information visit here
