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Competition for Short Story Authors with 1000 Award from Arizona State University

Competition for Short Story Authors with 1000 Award from Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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Deadline
15 Apr 2020
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Arizona State University is announcing its third contest in 2020 which is considered unprecedented opportunity to reimagine how humans will live on this planet in the future. The beating drum of the climate crisis is a constant reminder that our planet is a closed, limited system and that we’re currently living far beyond its boundaries. This competition is looking for short stories that help in imagining how humans can live within Earth’s planetary boundaries at the individual level and more importantly at the level of organizations, communities, and societies, and at the level of a global human civilization.

The Competition Target:

This competition is looking for short stories that help in imagining how humans can live within Earth’s planetary boundaries at the individual level and more importantly at the level of organizations, communities, and societies, and at the level of a global human civilization. These stories should answer the following questions:-

  1. What would our world look like if we actually respected and lived within planetary boundaries? 
  2. How would we organize our homes, communities, cities, and nations? 
  3. How would we live with and relate to each other at the global level? 
  4. How might politics, culture, relationships, and identities—all of the messiness of human lives—change in a world where we’re grappling seriously with the climate crisis, and perhaps even trying to restore some of the damage we’ve already done to the planet and its ecosystems? 
  5. What kinds of obstacles, conflicts, and transformations will arise during these humongous shifts? 
  6. How can we ensure that a sustainable or even climate-positive future is also a just and equitable one?

Submission Guidelines:

  1. Submit up to one (1) work of short fiction with a maximum length of 5,000 words. 
  2. Your submission must contain no identifying information (including your name) anywhere within the document. 
  3. Submissions that exceed 5,000 words or contain any identifying information about the author will be disqualified.
  4. Submissions must be original work that has not been previously published in print or online. 
  5. While the presence of other languages in the text is acceptable, the majority of the work must be written in English.
  6. Participants must be 18 years or older. U.S. and international submissions are welcome. ASU students and employees are welcome to participate. 
  7. To learn more about the Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative, click here.

Prizes:

  • The author of the winning story will receive a $1000 prize, and nine finalists will receive $100 prizes. 
  • The winning story and finalists will be published in an anthology by the Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University. 

Arizona State University:

Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the country’s most innovative school, Arizona State University is where students and faculty work with NASA to develop, advance and lead innovations in space exploration. ASU’s nationally ranked programs inspire the top-qualified graduates and have positioned the university as a “top-tier” recruiting and hiring institution by more than 50 of the country’s top corporations, according to professional recruiters and rankings services around the world. ASU graduates more than 20,000 thinkers, innovators and master learners every year.

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