
2050.Authors will explore our world beyond imperialism and predatory capitalism: cultures without Coca-Cola, tobacco empires, junk food, trashy movies, invasive internet; without Silicon Valley, Google, Meta...
What replaces power, desire, techno-feudalism?
An invitation to speculative futurists and storytellers to imagine 2050 after the United States of America vanished in 1980. Through collapse and dissolution, the country ended undone by oil-crisis, social revolt, economic implosion, and global realignment.
What does the world map look like in 2050? Where is the USSR? No 9/11? Fascisms from the south (as in south America)? The face of Europe... ethnic cleansing in the Balkans? Municipalism in Spain and beyond? The rise of the United Commons of the Americas? What does power look like? Is it distributed or centralised? How polluted is the world in 2050? Who takes responsibility?
Deadline for submitting the text (700-1,000 WORDS): May 31, 2026.
Submit bold, unsettling futures that feel possible and urgent. Short stories, global perspectives, radical hope, unexpected solidarities, everyday life reimagined together.
Published under Creative Commons licensing.
43 AUTHORS:
Aaron R. Barajas (USA), Futures Student at the University of Houston and Private Investigator
Abril Chimal (Mexico), Co-founder of Women Who Future(s), executive director of the Association of Professional Futurists.
Alice Sutherland (Australia), Writer, student at University of Sunshine Coast
Alice Wallther (Sweden), General practitioner, certified in lifestyle medicine, with an interest in soil health and small-scale farming | Yoga teacher .
Alicia Gutierrez Brown (Australia), Writer and communicator | Senior Forest Research Communications Officer at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Alicia Richins (Trinidad & Tobago), Founder of The Climateverse.
Anisah Abdullah (Taiwan), Educator | Futures Studies Community of Practice | Managing Editor, Journal of Futures Studies.
Asma Y. Zaidal (UAE), Dubai Future Expert-DFEP | Author-Thoughts on Excellence | Managing @The.FuturistA
Bill Wittur (Canada), Author of ‘The Extinction Event’.
Bree Glasbergen (Australia), Educator, Researcher and Storyteller.
Caitlin Noakes (Australia), doctoral candidate in creative writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Chirag Tripathi (India), Growth Advisor, Sustainable Futurist and strategist
Christine Goonrey (Australia), Writer and community volunteer
Dana Klisanin (USA), Psychologist & Futurist | Founder, ReWilding:Lab | Forbes Top 50 Female Futurist
Eduardo Cabrer (Mexico), Brand strategist at the intersection of product, culture, and technology
Elaine France (Switzerland), Foresight Practitioner | Creating belonging, wellbeing and hope in communities
Elijah Sanderson (Australia), Emerging Screenwriter and Filmmaker
Elissa Farrow (Australia), Futurist, author, speaker, coach and strategist. Adjunct Fellow at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Gem Barton (UK), Academic, author and worldbuilding consultant working at the intersection of futures and spatial practice.
Irene Gil (Spain), Consultant for slow branding and beautiful experiences
Jadey Dunn (Australia), Futurist & History honours student - University of the Sunshine Coast
Jonelle Simunich (USA/Croatia), Strategist, Futurist & Designer
Kasper Reimer (Denmark), Consultant activist, founder of No Objectives
Kim de Vidts (Belgium), Futures Researcher & Lecturer in Research Methodology at Erasmus University College Brussels
Lilia Pianella (Australia), Front-end developer, building responsive and accessible digital solutions that address real needs
Lily Heery (Australia), Writer, and futurist | Student at University of the Sunshine Coast
Macarena Aguilar (Spain), Communications, advocacy & partnerships focused on climate justice, women’s rights, and development.
Maria de Mater O’Neill(Puerto Rico), LGBT+ artist, designer, and educator
Marcus Bussey (Australia), Senior Lecturer in History and Futures.
Monica Castelazo (Mexico), Advertising Creative Director, builder of corporate narratives. Content creator and storyteller: "@comunicoloca_soy".
Ola Kwintowski (Australia), Storyteller, researcher, educator, visual artist, and enthusiastic nature nerd.
Peachie Dioquino (Philippines), Climate Reality Leader | Writer | Futures Learning Advisor
Penny Andrews (Australia), Former social worker | Devoted to writing, art, and gardening.
Philip Brown (Australia), Former bureaucrat, evolving writer, creator and gardener.
Raúl Quiroz (Peru), writer and futurist.
Rodolfo Angeles (Honduras), Foresight expert and lawyer, fantasy and Sci-Fi writer
Salman Khatani (Pakistan), Futurist & Associate Professor at Iqra University with expertise in AI and Futures Literacy
Sara Torres (Spain), Historian and art critic, cultural manager and director of Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo.
Sashen Singh (South Africa), Forward thinking Chartered Accountant (SA) and Finance and Sustainability professional
Shakil Ahmed (Bangladesh), Futurist, Educator and Storyteller at Ridiculous Futures
Shiela R Castillo (Philippines), Independent Consultant | Foresight | Social Development.
Steve Wells (UK), Global futurist.
Stijn Janssen (Denmark), Strategic service designer
Trisha Mehta (United Kingdom), Design Futurist passionate about exploring the intersection of research, strategy, and storytelling to shape impactful futures and build social enterprises.
Victor Mochkofsky (Argentina), Leadership, Innovation & Futures Design | Regenerative Ecosystem Connector
Victoria Revol (Argentina), Impact consultant, speaker and facilitator | 360° sustainability management for organizations and B Corps.
Wiktor VR (Spain), Founder and Director of creAtIva AI Art Book & visual artist.
Yuls Chuman (Peru), Editorial producer & director and producer of “Torre del Ermitaño" podcast"
Zoe Cohen (UK), Collapse Aware Coach, XR, Insulate Britain
MARCUS BUSSEY (AUSTRALIA)
Futurist and educator with a keen interest in intercultural encounters. He has taught widely throughout Australia. He publishes widely and has co-authored Futures Thinking for Social Foresight with Richard Slaughter (2005) and co-edited (2020) Phenomenologies of Grace: the Body, Embodiment, and Transformative Futures with Camila Mozzini-Alister.

JAUME ENCISO (SPAIN), climate activist, One Day in 2050 founder. Green events facilitator, climate officer and environmental awareness campaign’s management for 15 years. Coordinator of Clima Utopyas, ECOFascism, 2050 livros and #RICHPHOBIA books.

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