Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest
By Joey Eschrich
Editor and Program Manager, Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University
firstwriter.com – Wednesday October 25, 2017
The Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University is proud to announce our Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest. We are looking for stories that illustrate, explore, or illuminate the impact of climate change on humanity and/or the Earth. We invite submissions in all genres of short fiction. Work will be judged by renowned science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, New York Times-bestselling author of "Shaman," the Mars trilogy, and "New York 2140." The winning story will receive a $1,000 prize, and nine finalists will receive $50 prizes. Selected work will be published by Arizona State University in an online anthology, which will be free to download, read, and share. Submissions must be 5,000 words or less, and must be original, previously unpublished work. There are absolutely no submission or reading fees for this contest. The deadline is February 28, 2018. Learn more and enter at https://climateimagination.asu.edu/clificontest.
About the Author
Joey Eschrich is the editor and program manager at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, and one of the leads for the university's Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative.


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