About this Event
Join us on Wednesday,18 March to discover the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize shortlist with four of this year’s Prize judges and leading literary and climate voices, Arifa Akbar, Dr Friederike Otto, Jessie Greengrass and Simon Savidge.
Together, they’ll explore the novels on the shortlist, reflect on their experience of judging the Prize, and discuss why climate fiction is one of the most exciting and necessary spaces in storytelling today. Join us for an evening of insightful conversation about the power of fiction in helping us understand, imagine and navigate our rapidly changing world.
About the Climate Fiction Prize
In its first year The Climate Fiction Prize cemented its position as a major literary award. It revealed sensational talent in the climate fiction space and excited debate around how to define climate fiction. It showed just how rich and varied climate fiction is and showcased novels that have been popular, widely read and bought.
Now in its second year, the prize will continue to track climate fiction’s rapid emergence as one of the most vibrant and necessary spaces in contemporary storytelling. No longer niche, it is the backstop to superb, engaging and dramatic stories and a lens through which we examine what it is to be human. Stories that don’t just sound the alarm, but help us imagine what it means to live, adapt and dream in a changing world.
The Climate Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction. If storytellers and creatives are the antennae of society, these emerging patterns tell us something profound about this moment in time. These novels lend us the possibility for change and explore how peoples’ power, be it solo or in communities, can make differences both great and small.
The Prize was founded by Climate Spring, the global organisation transforming how the climate crisis is represented in entertainment and popular culture, the Prize recognises compelling, genre-led storytelling that engages with the realities of climate change. It highlights how climate fiction spans genres, from thrillers and sci-fi to romance and comedy, showcasing the breadth and diversity of stories that engage with the social, cultural and emotional dimensions of climate change.
www.climatefictionprize.org.uk
@climatefictionprize @climate__spring
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
