OPEN CALL FOR WRITERS
The Anti-Uranium Mapping Project invites writers to imagine a future Nuclear New Mexico. One where uranium mining resumes, pit production increases at Los Alamos, and nuclear energy defines daily life.
Writers are encouraged to envision speculative futures that are hopeful, critical, and haunting. What happens to our bodies, our lands, our waters, and our stories in this version of New Mexico?
We're looking for writing that pulls the reader into a place, evokes mood, and instills empathy. Your piece should make this imagined future feel close, tangible, and urgent-especially for those who may not yet see the dangers in their own back yard.
300-500 words
17 Deadline: July 7, 2025
3 selected writers will be invited to read their work during the Artist Talk on August 14th for the solo exhibition of the Anti-Uranium Mapping Project in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
POSSIBLE THEMES TO EXPLORE:
- Everyday life under nuclear dependence
- Impacts on land, bodies, plants, and animals
- Radiation's effect on memory, health, and time
- Stories of adaptation, resistance, survival - or disappearance
- Ecocide and nuclear colonialism
- Speculative healing and Indigenous futures
Submissions can take the form of fiction, poetic prose, letters, essays, or hybrids.
Open to writers from anywhere in the world - we believe in shared histories, experiences, and wisdom.
Submit your piece (PDF or Word Doc) below: