Yeti101 Posted December 8, 2015 I meant to post this a while back, sorry for the lack of notice. If there are any budding writers out there in SAB-land, this is worth a look (especially if you have something that fits the bill). 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 experts from ASU.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.Evaluation criteria: Your story should, in some way, envision the future of Earth and humanity as impacted by climate change. Your story should reflect – directly or indirectly – current scientific knowledge about future climate change, without prejudice to your artistic freedom to exaggerate and invent fictional worlds. You story could illuminate and invite reflections on a climate-related challenge that individuals, communities, organizations or societies face today (e.g., daily decisions and behaviors, policy-making and politics, strategy and planning, moral responsibility to the future, investment in R&D or technologies, health, etc. …) https://climateimagination.asu.edu/clificontest/Submissions close January 15, 2016. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anodyne Posted December 10, 2015 Holy shit, that's awesome. I look forward to reading that compilation! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeti101 Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) I just thought that people here deserve the same shot at fame and fortune as everyone else Not sure if the collection is being published through The Tomorrow Project http://tomorrow-projects.com/ , like some previous ASU stuff, but us should be interesting. edit: spelling Edited December 10, 2015 by Yeti101 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
