Imagine 2200: The 2022 climate fiction collection

For the second year of Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, writers from across the globe engaged their imaginations in discovering intersectional worlds of generational healing and community-based solutions. This year’s three winners and nine finalists bring new perspectives to the vital genre of climate fiction, with short stories that offer visions of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope. Join us in celebrating an uprising of imagination with 12 stirring, surprising, and expansive looks at a future built on sustainability, inclusivity, and justice.

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In the 2022 Imagine collection

We are what we nurture

Imagine’s second year offers lessons on how art fosters hope.

The Metamorphosis of Marie Martin

A Jamaican woman takes more than she gives, until the sea teaches her a valuable lesson with implications for everyone around her.

Author Nadine Tomlinson
By the Skin of Your Teeth

Amid the sharks and waves of Hawaiʻi, two people discover something important about themselves, and each other.

Author Gina McGuire
Seven Sisters

As hard times and broken bots threaten a collective tea farm, the women keeping it going must decide whether to add another to their ranks.

Author Susan Kaye Quinn
The Lexicographer and One Tree Island

After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical.

Author Akhim Alexis
And Now the Shade

A bioengineer grappling with a challenging problem finds the answer in the dreams of her dying grandmother.

Author Rich Larson
The Florida Project

A set of adult twins return to their Gulf Coast hometown to rewild the land, and remember the family who came before them.

Author Morayo Faleyimu
Secret Powers

In land once claimed by Russia, a magical deer joins a young girl as she grows up and changes her land for the better.

Author Anya Markov
A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone

An inquisitive drone responsible for protecting a forest ecosystem stumbles upon a surprise deep in the woods.

Author T. K. Rex
Benni and Shiya Are Leaving

A mother and teenager navigate the challenges of moving to a new community and starting a new life.

Author Jerri Jerreat
Legend Has It

When a minor disaster shakes up the plans for a local ceremony, a young woman and her colleagues pull together to provide for the community.

Author Azisa Noor
Omaliyi

A young woman finds herself called back to her home, to help protect a river that nourished her and her community.

Author Ebele Mọgọ
The World Away From the Rain

In post-warming Rwanda, a family learns to move past the trauma left behind.

Author Ella Menzies