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LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT Water Baby by Chioma Okereke. ‘The novel vividly captures Makoko’s beauty and struggles, with Yemoja’s resilient journey exploring tradition, modernity, and environmental crises. It’s a gripping, thought-provoking read.’ – @toritsui.bsky.social Climate Fiction Prize judge

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LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT The Morningside by @teaobreht.bsky.social 'A free-wheeling dystopian future on a flooded planet whilst exploring the mother/daughter relationships and the beauty and importance of myths and folklore.' – @andyfryers.bsky.social Climate Fiction Prize judge

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It has been such a galvanising joy & journey of discovery & imagination activism, judging the @climate-fiction.bsky.social prize … read any Climate Fiction lately? #BookSky

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LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT ‘A majestic hymnal of what we have, what we share and what we stand to lose. Our only home observed on repeat from the end of a lyrical umbilical cord, from the planet which birthed and sustains us, it reads like a preparatory eulogy.’ @nicolawriting.bsky.social CFP judge

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LONGLIST HIGHLIGHT ‘Stunningly, poetically realised, an urgent, tender and raw observation of how, when things come upon us at our most tender and vulnerable, we are compelled to act and protect, again and again.' @nicolawriting.bsky.social, Climate Fiction Prize judge

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LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT ‘Adunni is a compelling character in this heartbreaking novel, exposing the harsh realities faced by women and girls worldwide underscored by intersectional environmental issues. It’s a tough but essential read.‘ Tori Tsui, Climate Fiction Prize judge NB Shortlist: 19th March.

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What’s happened this week in climate change? DeBriefed: Trump looms; Fossil fuels made LA fires ‘burn hotter’; Has ‘cli-fi’ come of age? ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org 📝 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org ➡️ buff.ly/4aoJsKJ Sign up to our newsletters: buff.ly/4eCwdqq

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Imran Khan, one of the founders of The Climate Fiction Prize spoke to @carbonbrief.org last week about our aim to expand the climate fiction genre: "We didn’t want it just to be climate dystopias. We wanted to be stories of hope, change and possibility as well.” www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-17...

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LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT PRIVATE RITES by Julia Armsfield "Julia Armfield is extremely adept at describing dysfunctional relationships through her storytelling, whilst also creating a believable chain of catastrophic environmental events as a sombre backdrop." -David Lindo (aka @urbanbirder), CFP judge

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Huge thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social 's inspiring Thought Leadership Lecture ‘Another World Is Possible’ & Cultural Philanthropy Foundation's Jasmina Bidé who celebrated the Climate Fiction Prize longlist as part of their discussion @southbanklondon.bsky.social climatefictionprize.co.uk

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Great to see the longlist out in the wild. I really enjoyed reading these on behalf of @hayfestival.bsky.social I hope you enjoy read them as well. Now onto the harder job of selecting the shortlist.

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Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright is longlisted for the first-ever Climate Fiction Prize! 🎉🎉🎉

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The Climate Fiction Prize’s first-ever longlist is here! The globe-spanning, all-female longlist offers a unique collection of narratives, styles and genres, showcasing the stellar array of novels being written in the climate fiction space. climatefictionprize.co.uk

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