GRADS & UNDERGRADS: Apply for Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures 2025-26 - for a creative piece of social or scientific speculative fiction!
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Salal Moon Rinaldo
Dec 4, 2025, 12:45:03 PM (8 days ago) Dec 4
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Apply for a prize for a creative piece of social or scientific speculative fiction!
DEADLINE: January 16, 2026.
The Coha-Gunderson Prize
The Speculatively Scientific Fictions of the Future THI project announces its seventh campus-wide competition, open to undergraduate and graduate students, for a creative piece of (social or scientific) speculative fiction, which can be in any medium or genre but must be available for review and assessment by selection committee members and ultimately shared with the public, whether through an exhibition, a performance, a proposed course, or future publication. Please include any plans you have for exhibiting, publishing or otherwise showcasing your work. Submissions may be individual or collaborative. Your submission should be based in actually existing worldly conditions, discernible in the submission itself.
About the Award
The Speculatively Scientific Fictions of the Future THI project announces its seventh campus-wide competition, open to undergraduate and graduate students, for a creative piece of (social or scientific) speculative fiction, which can be in any medium or genre but must be available for review and assessment by selection committee members and ultimately shared with the public, whether through an exhibition, a performance, a proposed course, or future publication. Please include any plans you have for exhibiting, publishing or otherwise showcasing your work. Submissions may be individual or collaborative. Your submission should be based in actually existing worldly conditions, discernible in the submission itself.
About the Award
The Coha-Gunderson prize in Speculative Futures is an annual competition made possible by UCSC alumni Peter Coha (Kresge ’78, Mathematics) and James Gunderson (Rachel Carson ’77, Philosophy, and UCSC Foundation Board Trustee). Previous prizewinning submissions have ranged from poetry to film to interactive science projects and a virtual reality experience. Winners have presented their work at exhibitions, including Amending Worlds in 2025 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and Futurescapes in 2023 at the Institute of Arts and Sciences.
Eligibility
UC Santa Cruz undergraduates and graduate students from any department in good academic standing may apply. Works may be collaborative. You must be an enrolled student at time of application. Students are ineligible to apply while on leave or in absentia.
Awards
Up to five awards will be made of $1000 each in 2025-2026. Prizewinners who participate in the workshops will receive a second $1000 award in 2026-2027.
To Apply: Applications should include the following:
Eligibility
UC Santa Cruz undergraduates and graduate students from any department in good academic standing may apply. Works may be collaborative. You must be an enrolled student at time of application. Students are ineligible to apply while on leave or in absentia.
Awards
Up to five awards will be made of $1000 each in 2025-2026. Prizewinners who participate in the workshops will receive a second $1000 award in 2026-2027.
To Apply: Applications should include the following:
- A brief 1-2 page description of the entry, including plans for further development (if still in progress) and exhibition
- Your resume or CV
- The entry itself
- Your availability to participate in the winter-spring 2026-2027 Creativity Workshops.
Learn more and apply at https://thi.ucsc.edu/cfa-the-coha-gunderson-prize-in-speculative-futures-2025-2026.
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