Imagine 2200 Editors' Picks 2023
Imagine 2200, Grist’s climate fiction initiative, publishes stories that envision the next 180 years of equitable climate progress, imagining intersectional worlds of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope. In these short stories, selected by our contest editors, discover visions of carbon-sink communes and seafaring honeybees; of epic surfing traditions and treacherous voyages; and of thriving, sovereign Indigenous communities. Enjoy!
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In This Series
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![Illustration in dark, muted colors shows a man and a woman standing outside a run down building covered in vines]()
![Illustration in dark, muted colors shows a man and a woman standing outside a run down building covered in vines]()
When We Are Ruins, Dance on Us
It’s been over a century since anyone has stepped foot in the former Supreme Court of Singapore. The building isn’t pleased.
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![An illustration shows a teen girl dressed in 1960s attire, with '60s memorabilia around her. In the foreground, her father looks back at her with concern. In the background, dilapidated houses are swallowed by the sea.]()
![An illustration shows a teen girl dressed in 1960s attire, with '60s memorabilia around her. In the foreground, her father looks back at her with concern. In the background, dilapidated houses are swallowed by the sea.]()
Replay Boomer
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.
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![An illustration with a soft color palette. A Black man in the water wrestles with a sturgeon fish in a net. A white man looks on from a boat.]()
![An illustration with a soft color palette. A Black man in the water wrestles with a sturgeon fish in a net. A white man looks on from a boat.]()
You Only Love Rivers That Kill You
Two young men navigate grief and rivers in a Kansas City that is showing signs of healing from climate change, toxic contamination, and racism.
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![Illustration of a man on a jet ski. He is looking at a faded pink hotel that just pokes up above the water's surface.]()
![Illustration of a man on a jet ski. He is looking at a faded pink hotel that just pokes up above the water's surface.]()
Ocean Bikies Take Cyclone Season
Despite rising seas, a band of coastal-dwelling Goori honor their traditions surfing monster waves.
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![Illustration of a young Maori man sitting on the roof of a shipping container home.]()
![Illustration of a young Maori man sitting on the roof of a shipping container home.]()
Starlight Is Kinda Bright
On the day he is to marry, the son of a Māori chief questions his place in his community.
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![Illustration of a young South Asian man holding an antique brass horn that once was mounted on a ship. He stands against a vibrant backdrop of swirling colors.]()
![Illustration of a young South Asian man holding an antique brass horn that once was mounted on a ship. He stands against a vibrant backdrop of swirling colors.]()
Sweet Water From Salt
A grieving son protects his family’s beehives as he steers them home aboard his parents’ ship.
