About Imagine 2200
Imagine 2200 is Grist’s climate fiction initiative, engaging writers across the globe in envisioning the next 180 years of climate progress. Whether built on abundance or adaptation, reform or a new understanding of survival, these stories serve as a springboard for exploring how fiction can help us build towards a better reality.
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Tidings
Tiny robots eat plastic, tattoos livestream video, we all swim with dolphins, and more amazing vignettes from a better future.
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Imagine 2200: The 2022 collection
Read the winning stories from our annual short story contest that envisions the next 180 years of equitable climate progress.
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![Illustration of Black woman surrounded by colorful fish, one overlapping with her face, aligned with where her eye would be]()
![Illustration of Black woman surrounded by colorful fish, one overlapping with her face, aligned with where her eye would be]()
The Metamorphosis of Marie Martin
A Jamaican woman takes more than she gives, until the sea teaches her a valuable lesson with implications for everyone around her.
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![Illustration of woman and man waiting on boat, watching whale sharks swim below]()
![Illustration of woman and man waiting on boat, watching whale sharks swim below]()
By the Skin of Your Teeth
Amid the sharks and waves of Hawaii, two people discover something important about themselves, and each other.
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![Illustration of Black mother and daughter holding hands, surrounded by rain clouds and waves]()
![Illustration of Black mother and daughter holding hands, surrounded by rain clouds and waves]()
The World Away From the Rain
In post-warming Rwanda, a family learns to move past the trauma left behind.
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![Illustration of man and woman performing a ritual for a neglected river]()
![Illustration of man and woman performing a ritual for a neglected river]()
Omaliyi
A young woman finds herself called back to her home, to help protect a river that nourished her and her community.
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![Illustration depicting the process of cooking kolak pisang, an Indonesian dish made with banana and coconut milk]()
![Illustration depicting the process of cooking kolak pisang, an Indonesian dish made with banana and coconut milk]()
Legend Has It
When a minor disaster shakes up the plans for a local ceremony, a young woman and her colleagues pull together to provide for the community.
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![Illustration of mother and child on flying train, passing over an overgrown highway]()
![Illustration of mother and child on flying train, passing over an overgrown highway]()
Benni and Shiya Are Leaving
A mother and her teenager child navigate the challenges of moving to a new community and starting a new life.
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![Illustration of reindeer on cliff with colorful swirls exploding from a powerful stomp]()
![Illustration of reindeer on cliff with colorful swirls exploding from a powerful stomp]()
Secret Powers
In land once claimed by Russia, a magical deer joins a young girl as she grows up and changes her land for the better.
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![Illustration made up of sunset scenes depicting a flood, birds in sky, hands holding soil, a brother and sister sitting in grass, and a seedling popping out of the ground.]()
![Illustration made up of sunset scenes depicting a flood, birds in sky, hands holding soil, a brother and sister sitting in grass, and a seedling popping out of the ground.]()
The Florida Project
A set of adult twins return to their Gulf Coast hometown to rewild the land, and remember the family who came before them.
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![Illustration of woman crying, surrounded by bioluminescent flowers]()
![Illustration of woman crying, surrounded by bioluminescent flowers]()
And Now the Shade
A bioengineer grappling with a challenging problem finds the answer in the dreams of her dying grandmother.
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![Illustration of Black man sitting in tree on small island]()
![Illustration of Black man sitting in tree on small island]()
The Lexicographer and One Tree Island
After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical.
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![Illustration of three people working in a tea field]()
![Illustration of three people working in a tea field]()
Seven Sisters
As hard times and broken bots threaten a collective tea farm, the women keeping it going must decide whether to add another to their ranks.
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![Illustration of older woman walking through a sunlit forest, followed by a shell-like drone]()
![Illustration of older woman walking through a sunlit forest, followed by a shell-like drone]()
A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone
An inquisitive and thoughtful drone responsible for protecting a forest ecosystem stumbles upon a surprise deep in the woods.
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![Illustration of dolphins and people swimming]()
![Illustration of dolphins and people swimming]()
Tidings
Tiny robots eat plastic, tattoos livestream video, we all swim with dolphins, and more amazing vignettes from a better future.
