The Protopian Prize — Fiction Contest 2026: results
Applications closed 31 Jul 2026
The organiser announced 4 selected artists.
Free: every name, the awards and works, the organiser’s announcement — and the results of every other call.
Who got in
The organiser has announced who was selected. Names are free with sign-in.
- 4selected artists
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The programme
- About the programme
- Protopian fiction contest imagining achievable liberatory futures — Public AI and Democratic Futures prize categories.
- What the call offered
- Winners published in MIT Press anthology In the Loop, edited by Gideon Lichfield and Ruthanna Emrys.
- Who could apply
- Unpublished fiction 500–6,000 words; human-written only; one story in Public AI or Democratic Futures category.
How it went
- Applications closed31 Jul 2026
- Results announced
Free: every name, the awards and works, the organiser’s announcement — and the results of every other call.