Visual Art Submission Guidelines - submit by Sept 30, 2023!

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  • We encourage visual art to explore what climate justice work, in relation to ongoing climate change, will look like in the future. How far into the future is up to you.
  • Pieces should be works of fiction  (we encourage you take inspiration from climate fiction)
  • File formats accepted: TIFF, GIF, and PNG
  • Dimensions are flexible, although bear in mind that the piece could be showcased in a print and online zine that is roughly 8.5 inches tall x 6.5 inches wide.
  • We are prioritizing visual art with connections to the local Pacific Northwest region.
  • The piece should not have been published elsewhere. If you have submitted the piece elsewhere and learn that it has been accepted, please notify us ASAP.​
  •  Worldwide copyright and ownership of each story or art piece remains with the author or artist

Fiction Submission Guidelines - submit by Sept 30, 2023!

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  • We encourage written submissions to explore what climate justice work, in relation to ongoing climate change, will look like in the future. How far into the future is up to you.
  • Pieces should be works of fiction (we encourage you take inspiration from climate fiction)
  • Each piece should be no longer than 1000 words and can be any type of writing (poetry, prose, flash fiction, etc.) inspired by our prompt.
  • We are prioritizing stories with connections to the local Pacific Northwest region
  • The piece should not have been published elsewhere. If you have submitted the piece elsewhere and learn that it has been accepted, please notify us ASAP.​​
  •  Worldwide copyright and ownership of each story or art piece remains with the author or artist

a note on terminology:


"The Pacific Northwest" -- ​The intention behind this collection is to uplift local voices and encourage imagination and exploration around the future of our local communities. We recognize that the "Pacific Northwest" is an indefinite region largely based on arbitrary borders drawn by the colonial state. Generally, we encourage you to still submit your work even if you're unsure if it fits within this particular constraint. If you have not yet already, we also encourage you to learn about the history of the specific area your writing or art is connected to, particularly which Indigenous communities have historically and currently been in relationship to that area (see this Native Land Digital map, for example), as well as the history and ongoing legacy of colonization in that area.

"Climate justice" — We are using the term "climate justice" here to loosely describe work toward justice for those climate change impacts, particularly frontline communities facing the worst impacts. "Justice" can be broad here, and we encourage you to explore what that means for you and your communities.

This prompt takes inspiration from the "climate fiction" genre. Climate fiction is speculative fiction (in visual art, writing, and more) exploring climate change. Outside of that, the genre is extremely broad! Just as today's climate justice work is deeply intersectional, so is climate fiction. Here is a list of writing and art within the climate fiction genre, if you want to learn more or are looking for inspiration for your own work.