Art of the Near Future World: Oct. selection & celebration of short fiction
Come join to pick and celebrate the best short stories & flash fiction ('fragments') written recently that imagine life in our near future world, the world a few months to a few years out. We'll award:
$250 prize for best short story (we'll go over the 2 or 3 finalists)
$250 prize for the best flash fiction fragment
Ahead of October 15th, here are further ways to help out or get involved.
Recommend by October 10th the best short story (< 10,00 words) published anywhere between April - October 2025 that is set in our near future world. Use this form to refer a short story. We're awarding $100 to the first person to refer the story we eventually pick. And at the event we'll select the best short story and award its author $250.
Write and submit by October 10th your own flash fiction (or fragment), a < 1,000 word piece submitted by someone (maybe you!) set in our near future world. We'll pick one piece to receive a $250 prize. Use this form to submit your work.
But you do not need to recommend or submit a story to attend - we'll focus together on selecting and celebrating the best work.
Background
Go to artnearfuture.world for more inspiration and motivation for this project and news from our first event back in April.
Art of the near future world is a project by Ramon Gonzalez. My website with other projects and writing is at ramongonzalez.com.