Our podcast has been through a couple iterations over the past few years, and we haven’t really had a new episode in about a year. But that changed yesterday when we relaunched our podcast! Now titled, Solarpunk Futures: Demand Utopia!, our host and co-editor-in-chief, Justine Norton-Kertson, delves into different aspects and examples of utopianism and post utopianism, of course with particular interest and focus on solarpunk. In yesterdays first episode of the newly relaunched podcast, we talked about different visions of utopia through time and across the planet like Plato’s Republic, More’s ..read more

Join a visionary community reimagining the future! We invite you to participate in an innovative online project crafting a vivid, sustainable world through the power of collective imagination. Solarpunk envisions a future where society lives in harmony with the planet, using technology for the betterment of the environment and humanity. This project is not just about dreaming of a greener future—it’s about designing it, one step at a time. How It Works Each week, we post a new set of polls to our Collective World-Building Project page with questions designed to flesh out different aspects of o ..read more

New Issue 14 Release Date After some delays in our usual production process, we’re happy to say Issue 14 will be released on Tuesday March 19. Issue 14’s cover art was illustrated by Stephen Lillie, and features stories by Gabriela Cabezas and A’liya Spinner, poetry by Salem Paige and Ian Tash, and nonfiction by Michael J. DeLuca. Preorder Issue 14 City of Hope: An Utopian Worldbuilding TRPG Our co-editors-in-chief have developed a solarpunk roleplaying game! Written by Justine Norton-Kertson with cover and interior art illustrated by Brianna Castagnozzi, City of Hope is a rules-light game wi ..read more

We were so elated when we heard our publisher, Android Press, was working with authors, actors, and producers in Nigeria on a really cool speculative fiction short film. Solarpunk Magazine itself has some connections with the crew as well. The film’s screenplay writer and executive producer, Somto Ihezue, guest edited our 2023 all-BIPOC issue, he’s an associate editor at Escape Artists, Cast of Wonders, and Android Press, and his short stories have appeared in Africa Risen Anthology, Fireside Magazine, Podcastle, Escape Pod, Strange Horizons, POETRY Magazine, Cossmass Infinities, Flash Fiction ..read more

Happy New Year solarpunks! We’re moving into the new year full of hope and excitement for the days that lie ahead, even as we mourn the wars and loss of species, habitat, and human life we experienced over the last year. But we continue moving forward together in our quest to build a better world not just through fiction, but here in real life as well. Submissions and 2024 Issues If you’re a writer, our first submission window of the year is currently open through January 14th. You can click here to read our submission guidelines and find the Moksha submission link. Issue #13, our first issue ..read more

Queue the confetti!  We just reached our first crowd funding stretch goal, locking in Issue #15 of Solarpunk Magazine, which will publish in May 2024. Our next stretch goal is the $8,000 mark, and will lock in Issue #16. To help us reach that goal, we’ve added a couple new perks to our campaign. For the writers out there, we’ve added a story/poem edits tier. For only $200 you get short story development and line edits on a flight of five poems or a short story up to 5,000 words. Of course, that’s in addition to a 2024 subscription to Solarpunk Magazine and a digital bag of other cool perk ..read more

Recent and Upcoming Magazine Issues We released Issue #11: Solarpunk Fantasy last month. We’re quite proud of this issue. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, grab one today so you don’t miss out! The issue is full of stories, poems, and nonfiction experimenting with the more magical and fantastical possibilities the solarpunk genre has to offer. Solarpunk Magazine Issue #12, our final issue of 2023, releases next month on November 14. There’s no particular theme other than general solarpunk, but since it marks the end of our second year of publication, the issue holds something of a special ..read more

Earlier this month we sat down with author Xan van Rooyen (My Name Is Magic) about their new novel Silver Helix, out this week from Android Press. Solarpunk Magazine: How would you describe Silver Helix to folks who’ve never heard of it before? Xan van Rooyen: It’s a fast-paced character-driven novel blending together elements of cyberpunk, dystopia, and Finnish mythology set in an alternate Helsinki where, in the wake of a war with magical beings known as Ethereals, a single mega-corporation has taken over the social welfare system and is now intent on eradicating the last vestiges of magic b ..read more

Issue #11, our special themed Solarpunk Fantasy issue, is now available and features: cover art by our co-editor-in-chief Brianna Castagnozzie, short stories by Ana Reisens, Ellis Nye, and J.M. Faulker, poems by Angel Leal and Eva Papasoulioti, nonfiction by our other co-editor-in-chief Justine Norton-Kertson, and interior art by Salami Alimot Temitope. If you haven’t purchased a 2023 subscription and would like to, you can CLICK HERE. To purchase Issue #11 on its own, you can CLICK HERE. Solarpunk Magazine 2024 Crowd Funder The pre-launch page for our 2024 Crowd Funding campaign is now up a ..read more

STEEL TREE, by Sarena Ulibarri (SOLARPUNK SUMMERS, SOLARPUNK WINTERS, ANOTHER LIFE), is a science fiction Nutcracker retelling that flips the classic tale on its head and delves into solarpunk issues like colonization, imperialism, and class struggle. Now available for preorder in eBook and paperback from Android Press! Cover art Hal Hefner. Preorder STEEL TREE The voyage from Earth to Petipa isn’t cheap, but those who can’t afford it can pay off the trip by working the farms of Eta, the fertile moon that feeds humanity’s new colony. Klara Silber’s parents paid their debt, but left her behind ..read more