The 2024 Imagine climate fiction contest
12 brand-new climate fiction short stories feature vivid, hope-filled, diverse visions of climate progress. Discover this year's winning stories now.
12 brand-new climate fiction short stories feature vivid, hope-filled, diverse visions of climate progress. Discover this year's winning stories now.
Imagine 2200 is Grist’s climate fiction initiative, engaging writers across the globe in envisioning the next 180 years of climate progress. Whether built on abundance or adaptation, reform or a new understanding of survival, these stories serve as a springboard for exploring how fiction can help us build towards a better reality.
Our next short story contest is open for submissions now. Read the prompt and get all the details on the 2024/25 Imagine contest.
Everything you need to know about the 2024/2025 Imagine 2200 climate fiction short story contest, celebrating the futures we want to see.
A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods.
As California prepares to destroy a levee and sacrifice its last remaining almond farm, its caretaker remembers the toll floodwaters have taken on his family.
At a live art show in the bustling city, a cook grapples with the coastal home he lost.
A student seeking his purpose in life makes a discovery that could revive a friend’s vital research.
Across generations and a changing world, an Indian family preserves its traditions through food, dance, and the latest communication fads.
A family races against time to prepare their coconut farm for a massive storm surge.
A mother must come to terms with her child's identity, her husband's passing, and the changing landscape of their community.
In a culture where a child's first word takes on great meaning, a nonverbal child shows his compassion beyond words.
A father's effort to honor his daughter’s memory through a rewilding project collides with his neighbor’s conventional farming practices.
On a submarine housing children born with a genetic mutation, people of faith wrestle with the sin of causing an ecological disaster.
A desert dweller undergoes a rapid and enlightening metamorphosis to survive the seasonal migration.
A note from Grist's Imagine 2200 creative manager on the importance of hopeful, authentic climate fiction storytelling.
It’s been over a century since anyone has stepped foot in the former Supreme Court of Singapore. The building isn’t pleased.
With climate change making the future look bleak, a father struggles to understand his teen’s participation in a movement of young people intent on reliving the past.