We want your futures

The Tomorrow Project

Arc and The Tomorrow Project have teamed up to run a unique short story competition. If you read the preceding article, you will know that we share a common interest in the idea that we can shape the future through fiction. Now we want to put that to the test.

We are looking for short stories – between 3000 and 5000 words – set in the near future. What do we mean by that? Near enough to be recognisable, but not so near as to be boring. Technology, in whatever guise – from robotics to synthetic biology to geoengineering – should feature prominently.

The theme for submissions this issue is THE FUTURE ALWAYS WINS. You’ll find our approaches to that theme throughout Arc 1.1, and on our blog at arcfinity.tumblr.com . Distinctive, thoughtful visions inspired by these ideas are more likely to be successful. But we’re looking for stories, not theses, so the human element will have to be compelling.

Anyone, anywhere in the world can enter. Arc ’s editors will select one story for publication in the next issue of the magazine. We will pay £500 for that story and £200 for each of five shortlisted stories. The Tomorrow Project will use all of these stories to stimulate conversations about the future on its own website .

More details, including full terms and conditions, are at arcfinity.org/submit .

The Arc/Tomorrow Project collaboration has been made possible by the sponsorship of Intel.