Futures is an annual anthology of short stories and artwork by young authors from around the world, published each year by the Voices of Future Generations Children’s Initiative in partnership with the Global Youth Council. Each edition brings together award-winning voices from across six continents, exploring the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and imagining pathways to more sustainable futures.
From young writers picturing a world powered by clean energy, to storytellers defending forests, rivers, and oceans — Futures gives youth the platform to shape the conversations that matter most. Through fiction, poetry, and visual art, each edition captures what the next generation sees, fears, hopes for, and demands.
Editions
Futures 2027 — Coming Soon
The next edition of Futures is on its way. Young writers and artists aged 8–20 are invited to submit their stories and artwork. Submit your story or artwork here.
Futures 2026:
Thirty award-winning short stories from young writers spanning six continents, exploring sustainability through the eyes of the next generation. Stories touch on clean water, affordable energy, climate action, life below water and on land, gender equality, and more. Read more about Futures 2026. Read the full edition here.
Futures 2025:
Twenty-eight short stories by talented young authors from around the world, covering a wide range of perspectives on climate change and the SDGs — from a girl who generates electricity from trash to a blue macaw fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Read the full edition here.
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