Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
In This Series
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![An illustration of a woman surrounded by sand and scattered belongings. Above, a glass roof has shattered.]()
![An illustration of a woman surrounded by sand and scattered belongings. Above, a glass roof has shattered.]()
Who Walks With You
Ysolt awakes after a freak storm to find herself at the bottom of a ravine in the broken remains of the nomadic home that was supposed to protect her.
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![Illustration shows a brightly colored, cluttered garage and two women working on a red car. A rainbow flag hangs on the window, and a sign above the garage reads]()
![Illustration shows a brightly colored, cluttered garage and two women working on a red car. A rainbow flag hangs on the window, and a sign above the garage reads]()
Request for Support: Hot Mamas Garage
A funding proposal for an EV retrofit shop opens old wounds as a family reexamines their troubled history.
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![Illustration of a Black woman looking out a window over a farm. In the distance, a rocket launches towards space.]()
![Illustration of a Black woman looking out a window over a farm. In the distance, a rocket launches towards space.]()
Earthbound
To stay or go? The woman she loves, or the land she's nurtured? A farmer grapples with life, death, and love on a fire-worn planet.
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![Illustration shows a woman in a futuristic room wearing a tattered yellow dress. She is looking in a mirror and the reflection shows a woman wearing a pristine yellow dress standing in a 1950s-style room.]()
![Illustration shows a woman in a futuristic room wearing a tattered yellow dress. She is looking in a mirror and the reflection shows a woman wearing a pristine yellow dress standing in a 1950s-style room.]()
Heirloom
In a haven city defined by scientific progress, one woman hides a gift from her ancestors that contains a key to the future.
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![Composite of six climate fiction illustrations from previous Imagine 2200 collections. Illustrators: Stefan Grosse Halbuer, Grace J. Kim, Carolina Rodríguez Fuenmayor, Rebekka Dunlap, Taj Francis, Mikyung Lee]()
![Composite of six climate fiction illustrations from previous Imagine 2200 collections. Illustrators: Stefan Grosse Halbuer, Grace J. Kim, Carolina Rodríguez Fuenmayor, Rebekka Dunlap, Taj Francis, Mikyung Lee]()
Imagine 2200: Write the future
Everything you need to know about the 2024/2025 Imagine 2200 climate fiction short story contest, celebrating the futures we want to see.
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![An illustration shows a Chinese woman practicing tai chi amidst high-tech beehives]()
![An illustration shows a Chinese woman practicing tai chi amidst high-tech beehives]()
To Labor for the Hive
A beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose and community after helping to develop a warning system for floods.
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![Illustration of an old man looking out at a flooded almond farm with pink almond blossoms falling around him. In the floodwaters a vision of a family is visible]()
![Illustration of an old man looking out at a flooded almond farm with pink almond blossoms falling around him. In the floodwaters a vision of a family is visible]()
The Last Almond
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.
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![Illustration looking down on a table set for a traditional Passover seder with people seated around it. A shadow at the edge of the illustration indicates someone is about to enter the room.]()
![Illustration looking down on a table set for a traditional Passover seder with people seated around it. A shadow at the edge of the illustration indicates someone is about to enter the room.]()
A Seder in Siberia
The arrival of a surprise visitor at a family’s Passover celebration reveals the true story of how they came to be climate exiles.
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![Illustration of a young man staring straight ahead with fire reflected in his eyes and embers swirling around him. The background shows an abstract depiction of an island falling into the ocean.]()
![Illustration of a young man staring straight ahead with fire reflected in his eyes and embers swirling around him. The background shows an abstract depiction of an island falling into the ocean.]()
Accensa Domo Proximi
At a live art show in the bustling city, a cook grapples with the coastal home he lost.
