SLYCAN Trust and Resilience Frontiers (RF) — the foresight initiative under the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — are proud to announce the launch of “Glimpses of Transformation: Creative Approaches for Crossing the Frontiers of Resilience”.
Using the storylines of the RF’s eight transformative pathways as a guide, submissions should offer a glimpse of a desirable future — one that ventures boldly beyond the limits of current forecasts, projections, and imagination.
All submissions will undergo an initial eligibility screening to ensure compliance with the conditions, including originality, word count, and submission requirements.
Eligible entries will then be reviewed by a panel of experts composed of experts in climate change research, and creative writing.
Selected pieces are published and showcased at Climate Event Hub on the sidelines of UNFCCC SB64 in Bonn.
Short fiction pieces of 2,000-3,500 words are accepted, from a wide variety of voices using a wide variety of forms, including non-linear, non-binary, dendritic, circular, or experimental narratives and story structures.
Only one entry is permitted per participant, and all entries must be original, previously unpublished works in English.
Participants retain full copyright of their submitted work. By submitting an entry, participants agree that, if selected, SLYCAN Trust and Resilience Frontiers may publish, display, or otherwise showcase the work in connection with the climate fiction contest and related communications.
Selected pieces will be published and showcased at our Climate Event Hub on the sidelines of the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings (SB64) at The Stage Gallery in Bonn, June 3rd-10th, 2026.
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