We’re thrilled to share the cover of an upcoming solarpunk novella from Stelliform Press: ANOTHER LIFE by Sarena Ulibarri. In this optimistic solarpunk novella from the co-editor of the Multispecies Cities anthology, a bright and hopeful desert utopia harbors some dark secrets. The amazing cover art was created by Wang Xulin. Pre-order now available! You can follow Sarena Ulibarri on Twitter @sarenaulibarri ..read more

It’s been an interesting year. It seems like we’re saying that a lot nowadays. Over the course of 2022 we went from artificial intelligence apps that made mostly abstract but interesting (and sometimes disturbing) images based on prompts, to apps like Midjourney that can create infinite, amazing, quality, professional looking art in moments based on intricately detailed prompts. It can do so in just about any style, including styles prompted by particular artists. Now the ChatGPT app is starting to make similar waves among the writing community, and will no doubt progress just as exponentially ..read more

What a year. 20222 was our first year of publication and it was a whirlwind in all the best ways. We’re so proud of everything we accomplished, including getting all six of our inaugural year issues out on time! That doesn’t mean the year went by without hiccups and debacles, but we made it through and we’re incredibly excited about what we’ve got in store for 2023. During our inaugural year we published 83 works and over 160,000 words of fiction, as well as amazing art, poetry, and nonfiction pieces. The works and individuals who are eligible for major SFF awards are listed below. If you’re a ..read more

Review of Disney’s Strange World by Justine Norton Kertson When I read Looper.com’s early review of Disney’s new animated film, Strange World, I knew I had to see the movie. After all, it was right there in the article’s title, “DISNEY DELIVERS A SOLARPUNK SPECTACLE.” What? Disney? I mean sure, not surprising. But should it be taken seriously as solarpunk? It was the first I’d heard of the new film, and I admit that I was excited to see it. Despite Disney’s dismal reputation when it comes to environmental responsibility, workers rights, and other important solarpunk values, I wanted to see an ..read more

Solarpunk Presents Episode Ten In the finale of Solarpunk Presents‘ first-ever season, Ariel and Christina sit down to chat together about the Winter Solstice – Christina brings the scientific knowledge, Ariel brings a few book recommendations, and we discuss traditions of celebrating the return of the sun (as we’ve experienced them in the northern hemisphere). What are your favourite solstice traditions? Do you have recommendations of good solarpunk solstice stories to cozy up with? You can tweet at us @SolarpunkP or toot at us over on Mastodon @solarpunkpresents@climatejustice.rocks and let ..read more

Solarpunk Presents Episode 9 As the changing climate increasingly disrupts our ways of life, we have three choices: do nothing, attempt to stop or even reverse climate change, and/or figure out how to withstand it. Option one is a terrible idea and the ship has (mostly) sailed on option two. But option three is how we learn to live—and maybe even thrive—in our changing world. Part of this is figuring out how to convey the information that climate researchers have gathered to the people—like farmers, water managers, and urban planners—who need to make decisions now—about things like what crops ..read more

Our 2023 Kickstarter is now live! And that means that annual subscriptions for our second year of production, Issues 7-12, are now available at a discounted price of $25 for the first 150 backers at our basic subscription tier! Other perks include solarpunk shirts, flags, seed bombs, stickers, back issues, world building workshops, and much more! Click Here to check our this years Kickstarter campaign and become a backer today ..read more

Solarpunk Presents Episode 8 In today’s episode, Ariel chats with Heather MacKenzie, Executive Director of Solar Alberta, about transitioning to renewable energy deep in the heart of oil and gas country – in a just and sustainable way. Join us to learn about the history of the Solar Alberta organization, from its grassroots beginnings in neighbourhood solar projects, to dealing with (government-funded!) trolls online, all the way up to being the leading non-profit solar organization in Alberta and providing worker upskilling in a unique market. You can go to https://solaralberta.ca to learn m ..read more

Your first chance to get 2023 subscriptions to Solarpunk Magazine is coming up next week starting December 6th, and the first 150 backers at our basic subscription tier get a 30% discount off the regular individual issue price, plus other perks! Do you currently have a subscription to Solarpunk Magazine? If so, did you know that unlike a lot of magazines we do not auto renew subscriptions? That’s because we want to ensure you always have the choice whether or not to renew your annual subscription. No surprise charges on your card a year later. And each annual subscription comes with all six is ..read more

We should have gotten this story posted here over a month ago, and our apologies to author Richard Lau for the delay. We hope you enjoy his wonderful micro fiction story, “That One Bead” which won our Indigenous authors themed round of our monthly micro fiction contest. That One BeadRichard Lau As a tribal tale-teller and university-educated historian, Look-Back Bear lived up to his name. He knew it was not enough to know his people’s past, but to know the past of others to understand what was done to his people and why. How his people went from free to bountied, to treatied (which were broke ..read more