On Wednesday, the Protopian Prize announces our inaugural winners! We're excited to finally share these new voices. Join us for readings and interviews about imagining reachable, liberatory futures! luma.com/7dsq7uh2
Protopian Prize - Online Winners Showcase! 🎉🎉 · Zoom · Luma
What if the future isn't doomed nor perfect, but it's genuinely better? Join us for a live reading and conversation celebrating the inaugural winners of the…
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October 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
On Wednesday, the Protopian Prize announces our inaugural winners! We're excited to finally share these new voices. Join us for readings and interviews about imagining reachable, liberatory futures! luma.com/7dsq7uh2
And if you won't be at Mozfest, join us on October 7th at 12pm EST for our online version: luma.com/7dsq7uh2
Excerpts read aloud, writers in conversation with judges, and a room full of people who believe the stories we tell shape the futures we build 🔮🕊️
Excerpts read aloud, writers in conversation with judges, and a room full of people who believe the stories we tell shape the futures we build 🔮🕊️
Protopian Prize - Online Winners Showcase! 🎉🎉 · Zoom · Luma
What if the future isn't doomed nor perfect, but it's genuinely better? Join us for a live reading and conversation celebrating the inaugural winners of the…
luma.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
And if you won't be at Mozfest, join us on October 7th at 12pm EST for our online version: luma.com/7dsq7uh2
Excerpts read aloud, writers in conversation with judges, and a room full of people who believe the stories we tell shape the futures we build 🔮🕊️
Excerpts read aloud, writers in conversation with judges, and a room full of people who believe the stories we tell shape the futures we build 🔮🕊️
Heading to Barcelona next month for Mozfest to host the 2026 Winners Showcase - Protopian Prize Fiction Contest 🔮🕊️ @r-emrys.bsky.social @lizbarry.bsky.social @glichfield.bsky.social
Lmk if you'll be there! 😍 @mozilla.org @metagov.bsky.social events.mozillafoundation.org/e/mozilla-fe...
Lmk if you'll be there! 😍 @mozilla.org @metagov.bsky.social events.mozillafoundation.org/e/mozilla-fe...
September 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Heading to Barcelona next month for Mozfest to host the 2026 Winners Showcase - Protopian Prize Fiction Contest 🔮🕊️ @r-emrys.bsky.social @lizbarry.bsky.social @glichfield.bsky.social
Lmk if you'll be there! 😍 @mozilla.org @metagov.bsky.social events.mozillafoundation.org/e/mozilla-fe...
Lmk if you'll be there! 😍 @mozilla.org @metagov.bsky.social events.mozillafoundation.org/e/mozilla-fe...
The Protopian Fiction Context for Public AI - Imagine AI development, policy, and tools, built for—and following basic principles of— public benefit protopianprize.com
The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest
The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your
vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles,
and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...
protopianprize.com
September 23, 2026 at 6:52 AM
The Protopian Fiction Context for Public AI - Imagine AI development, policy, and tools, built for—and following basic principles of— public benefit protopianprize.com
From the 1st post of my new substack, The New Protagonists:
#TheFutureNeedsUsintheStory ✨
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#TheFutureNeedsUsintheStory ✨
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Future Needs Us in the Story
Why I’m bringing my work as a filmmaker, futurist, and ‘Protopian’ storyteller together in one place
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September 17, 2026 at 11:49 PM
From the 1st post of my new substack, The New Protagonists:
#TheFutureNeedsUsintheStory ✨
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#TheFutureNeedsUsintheStory ✨
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Oh I spelled it wrong sorry Kevin!
Protopian
Protopian
September 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Oh I spelled it wrong sorry Kevin!
Protopian
Protopian
Breaking imagination bottlenecks is the hardest thing. 🥚 Thinking bigger than imagination is impossible. I think it's more a protopian vision, gradually improving our social lives. Utopian malen people careful, and rightfully so. Dystopia is for status quo (not the band, we'll maybe for some) 🤷
September 11, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Breaking imagination bottlenecks is the hardest thing. 🥚 Thinking bigger than imagination is impossible. I think it's more a protopian vision, gradually improving our social lives. Utopian malen people careful, and rightfully so. Dystopia is for status quo (not the band, we'll maybe for some) 🤷
we gotta make more protopian futures to remind people that Life Could Be Good Actually
August 24, 2026 at 9:45 AM
we gotta make more protopian futures to remind people that Life Could Be Good Actually
August 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Protopian history: GDP rises over 9% had America not enslaved people www.santafe.edu/events/the-e...
The Economic Geography of American Slavery
What would the antebellum American economy have looked like without slavery? Using new micro-data on the U.S. economy in 1860, we document that where free and enslaved workers live and how much they e...
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August 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Protopian history: GDP rises over 9% had America not enslaved people www.santafe.edu/events/the-e...
We have to live regardless of if that turns out though. We can’t bet our lives on a protopian future around the corner. We aren’t getting there for a while.
We do the work that we can now. We live, we love, we learn, we do all the unoptimized human things, because there’s no point otherwise.
We do the work that we can now. We live, we love, we learn, we do all the unoptimized human things, because there’s no point otherwise.
August 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
We have to live regardless of if that turns out though. We can’t bet our lives on a protopian future around the corner. We aren’t getting there for a while.
We do the work that we can now. We live, we love, we learn, we do all the unoptimized human things, because there’s no point otherwise.
We do the work that we can now. We live, we love, we learn, we do all the unoptimized human things, because there’s no point otherwise.
Some new thoughts I've shared:
The Future Needs Us in the Story
#TheNewProtagonists #Protopias
open.substack.com/pub/tarynone...
The Future Needs Us in the Story
#TheNewProtagonists #Protopias
open.substack.com/pub/tarynone...
The Future Needs Us in the Story
Why I’m bringing my work as a filmmaker, futurist, and ‘Protopian’ storyteller together in one place
open.substack.com
August 4, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Some new thoughts I've shared:
The Future Needs Us in the Story
#TheNewProtagonists #Protopias
open.substack.com/pub/tarynone...
The Future Needs Us in the Story
#TheNewProtagonists #Protopias
open.substack.com/pub/tarynone...
I am active in a political group and they want to start a protopian book club to read stories and ideas for a better future instead of all the dystopia we are fed. We definitely need this more in movies and TV.
August 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I am active in a political group and they want to start a protopian book club to read stories and ideas for a better future instead of all the dystopia we are fed. We definitely need this more in movies and TV.
Submission details, writing prompts & prize information here: protopianprize.com 💭
#fictionwriting #fiction #tech #nyc #authors #writingcontest #AI #techwriters #storytellers #imagine #dream #future #futuristic
#fictionwriting #fiction #tech #nyc #authors #writingcontest #AI #techwriters #storytellers #imagine #dream #future #futuristic
The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest
The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your
vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles,
and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...
protopianprize.com
July 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Submission details, writing prompts & prize information here: protopianprize.com 💭
#fictionwriting #fiction #tech #nyc #authors #writingcontest #AI #techwriters #storytellers #imagine #dream #future #futuristic
#fictionwriting #fiction #tech #nyc #authors #writingcontest #AI #techwriters #storytellers #imagine #dream #future #futuristic
“Aim for Protopia. A protopian future is one that is only a little tiny bit better than today.” – Kevin Kelly
Protopia
For over a decade I have been talking about protopia, but I have never written out my description of it.
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July 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Aim for Protopia. A protopian future is one that is only a little tiny bit better than today.” – Kevin Kelly
Learn more about the contest rules, writing prompts, and prize details on our website: protopianprize.com 🔮
Due by July 31st 🗒️
#writers #writingcontest #writingcompetition #authors #storytellers #future #fiction #fictionwriting #nyc #techwriters #writingcompetition #author #dreamers #artists
Due by July 31st 🗒️
#writers #writingcontest #writingcompetition #authors #storytellers #future #fiction #fictionwriting #nyc #techwriters #writingcompetition #author #dreamers #artists
The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest
The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your
vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles,
and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...
protopianprize.com
July 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Learn more about the contest rules, writing prompts, and prize details on our website: protopianprize.com 🔮
Due by July 31st 🗒️
#writers #writingcontest #writingcompetition #authors #storytellers #future #fiction #fictionwriting #nyc #techwriters #writingcompetition #author #dreamers #artists
Due by July 31st 🗒️
#writers #writingcontest #writingcompetition #authors #storytellers #future #fiction #fictionwriting #nyc #techwriters #writingcompetition #author #dreamers #artists
2 days left to submit a fiction story to our Protopian Prize writing contest! 🕊️
(You do NOT need to be a writer to submit your piece!)
We’re looking for optimistic yet realistic visions of the future...
(You do NOT need to be a writer to submit your piece!)
We’re looking for optimistic yet realistic visions of the future...
July 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
2 days left to submit a fiction story to our Protopian Prize writing contest! 🕊️
(You do NOT need to be a writer to submit your piece!)
We’re looking for optimistic yet realistic visions of the future...
(You do NOT need to be a writer to submit your piece!)
We’re looking for optimistic yet realistic visions of the future...
Gideon Lichfield is now live at Tractor Beam, part 2 of our discussion of the Protopian Prize! open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
July 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Gideon Lichfield is now live at Tractor Beam, part 2 of our discussion of the Protopian Prize! open.substack.com/live-stream/...?
We went live with Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social and @r-emrys.bsky.social to talk about the Protopian Prize, and the overlaps in the speculative futures across soilpunk & protopian democratic futures fiction.
Watch or listen to the episode on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tractorb...
Watch or listen to the episode on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tractorb...
Book Worms: Ruthanna Emrys and Val Elefante on Imagining Democratic Futures into Reality
We discuss the Protopian Fiction Prize, democracy as a technology, and why reachable solutions matter with judge and author Ruthanna Emrys and organizer Val Elefante
open.substack.com
July 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We went live with Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social and @r-emrys.bsky.social to talk about the Protopian Prize, and the overlaps in the speculative futures across soilpunk & protopian democratic futures fiction.
Watch or listen to the episode on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tractorb...
Watch or listen to the episode on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tractorb...
A better world is possible - and there are four days left to share your story about it with @metagov.bsky.social's Protopian Prize! protopianprize.com
The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest
The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your
vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles,
and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...
protopianprize.com
July 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
A better world is possible - and there are four days left to share your story about it with @metagov.bsky.social's Protopian Prize! protopianprize.com
#Alt4You image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): One Week Left! Submit your fiction writing to The Protopian Prize competition. Submissions are due by July 31st
July 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM
#Alt4You image description (you may be able to update your post to make it more accessible): One Week Left! Submit your fiction writing to The Protopian Prize competition. Submissions are due by July 31st
Do you love #writing #fiction? 💭
We’re inviting you to submit a piece to our Protopian Prize writing contest about an achievable, optimistic #future. ☁️
The submission deadline is July 31! All contest details, writing prompts, prizes and more can be found on our website: protopianprize.com 🕊️
We’re inviting you to submit a piece to our Protopian Prize writing contest about an achievable, optimistic #future. ☁️
The submission deadline is July 31! All contest details, writing prompts, prizes and more can be found on our website: protopianprize.com 🕊️
July 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Do you love #writing #fiction? 💭
We’re inviting you to submit a piece to our Protopian Prize writing contest about an achievable, optimistic #future. ☁️
The submission deadline is July 31! All contest details, writing prompts, prizes and more can be found on our website: protopianprize.com 🕊️
We’re inviting you to submit a piece to our Protopian Prize writing contest about an achievable, optimistic #future. ☁️
The submission deadline is July 31! All contest details, writing prompts, prizes and more can be found on our website: protopianprize.com 🕊️