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 three months to a few years out.

Ahead of October 15th, here are further ways to help out or get involved.

1. 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 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.
2. 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 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 artneartfuture.world for more inspiration and motivation for this project.
• Art of the near future world is a project by Ramon Gonzalez. My website with other projects and writing is at ramongonzalez.com.
• To follow along on this work, I'll be posting for now via my substack Spheres of Possibility. Subscribe there to get more announcements.
• If you'd like to be more involved – in helping set up the event, curate art, take this more online, or bring this further to life and scale – please get in touch: YXJ0ICEgbmVhciAhIGZ1dHVyZSAhIHdvcmxkIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=.

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