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A futuristically dressed Black woman holds a basket of fruit and looks down at a picnic scene below. Wind turbines float in the air and a city can be seen in the distance.
Mikyung Lee

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.

Credits

 
CONTRIBUTORS

Contest judges

Grace Dillon, Arkady Martine, Sheree Renée Thomas

Story reviewers

Leah Bobet, Chinelo Onwualu, Elsa Sjunneson, Sarena Ulibarri

Art and illustration

Amelia Bates, Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor, Grace J. Kim, Mikyung Lee

Original web development

Michael Weslander

FOR GRIST + FIX

CLIMATE FICTION CREATIVE MANAGER

Tory Stephens

DIRECTORS

Lisa Jurras-Buchanan, Jess Stahl

MANAGING EDITOR

Jaime Buerger

EDITORS

Chuck Squatriglia, Claire Elise Thompson

EDITORIAL DESIGNER

Mia Torres

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Josh Kimelman

INTERIM DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AND GROWTH

Megan Merrigan

AUDIENCE PRODUCER

Angelica Arinze