EU-CONEXUS has an open call for SETU students to enter their climate-themed dystopian short story competition before December 31. SETU is a partner university of the EU-CONEXUS alliance.
The brief
Students are invited to imagine coastal regions that have undergone profound transformation following a significant event in the 2070s, as documented in a fictional newspaper article published 50 years from then. Society has adapted to these shifts, giving rise to a novel societal structure.
It is within this evolved coastal society that you are encouraged to write a short story. To maintain narrative coherence, the fictional work should align with current scientific knowledge, including fields such as earth sciences, biology, geography, and more. While watertight scientific accuracy is not essential, the content should show consistency with sound principles.
Deadline & winning entry
Submission guidelines specify that stories should be:
- Between three and eight pages long
- Written in French or English
- Submitted in Word or PDF format
- Double-spaced and in 12-point font.
The deadline for submission is Sunday, 31 December 2023. The top three winning stories will be selected by a jury based at La Rochelle Université. Winners will receive EU-CONEXUS goodies and have their story published across EU-CONEXUS platforms, which have a European audience. Stories can be submitted to [email protected]
The EU-CONEXUS European University
EU-CONEXUS is a fully-fledged transnational European University offering joint education, training and study programmes, joint research and professional development opportunities for its teaching and non-teaching staff, researchers, and students (undergraduate and postgraduate).
SETU is part of EU-CONEXUS which aims to address global and local challenges by tackling environmental, technical, economic and societal needs related to the topic of Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability. Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability relates to any discipline that can contribute to improving the standard of living for our coastal areas. EU-CONEXUS approaches this through four themes: social, cultural & human sciences; coastal engineering, environmental science and biodiversity; and life sciences and biotechnology.
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