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In January 2025, we opened a competition online for artists and creatives across the world to send in posters inspired by Solarpunk (a movement of sustainable, ecological thinking, and a brighter future) in celebration of our recently published anthology, Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures, edited by Francesco Verso.
From the many submissions, we selected one overall winner, two runner-ups, and twenty 'special mentions'.
These posters were displayed as part of our Solarpunk Showcase at the London Book Fair in March 2025.
Take a look at the exhibited work below, and learn more about solarpunk!
Overall Winner
Title: Solarpunk Dreamscape
Artist: Bingyu Zhou
Theme 11: Solarpunk is about hoping for a better world than yesterday.
Runner Up
Title: Dice
Artist: Rongge Zhou
Theme 11: Solarpunk is about hoping for a better world than yesterday.
Runner Up
Title: Blue Tide
Artist: Liu Zhikang
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Special Mentions
Title: Great Green Wall
Artist: John Veličković
Theme 8: Heroically holding back the desert - one tree at a time.
Title: DIY
Artist: Lu Morgan
Theme 1: DIY low-tech to empower communities, look for what JUGAAD means, and apply it to solarpunk.
Title: Untitled
Artist: Geoff Skellern, Tectonic Design
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Title: Rings of Life - Humanity and Nature in Harmony
Artist: Shao-Wei Chuang
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Title: Moving Shops On Rails
Artist: Nicholas Collins-Hryciuk
Theme 4: How can we coexist harmoniously and inclusively with nature in a new or adapted urban environment?
Title: Nature-Worship, Animal Totem, and Folktale
Artist: Lu Meng
Theme 5: How can art itself become a tool to move us toward a more just and sustainable society?
Title: Hopeful Tomorrow
Artist: Hannah Perkins
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Title: Interwoven Essence
Artist: Elena Bogdan
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Title: Our Neighbourhood
Artist: Wang Yankun
Theme 9: What would a joyful, sustainable and equitable future look like for you and your community? What would you be excited to see and experience in a better world?
Title: Human And Nature Symbiosis
Artist: Wang Yankun
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Title: Untitled
Artist: Abdelmonem Amin
Theme 8: Heroically holding back the desert - one tree at a time.
Title: Dual in Sundial
Artist: Bingyu Zhou
Theme 3: How does solar energy realign how we use our time? Might we have high tech days and low tech nights?
Title: Untitled
Artist: Manuel Salva
Theme 2: Humanity sharing the living space with plants, in harmony.
Title: Renewable Energy is the Future
Artist: Mohammad Jamshidi
Theme 6: Can you imagine 15 Minute Neighbourhoods, microgrids from renewable energy with sand batteries, and dancing together outside? Joy.
Title: One Tree At A Time
Artist: Valentin VK
Theme 8: Heroically holding back the desert - one tree at a time.
Title: The Recreator
Artist: Diego Escobar
Theme 1: DIY low-tech to empower communities, look for what JUGAAD means, and apply it to solarpunk.
Title: Caretaker Peoples
Artist: Diego Escobar
Theme 10: A community that works together in respect for each other and the natural world. Meld creative and supportive technology with humanity and our beautiful, bio-diverse world. Include love.
Title: Patchmama
Artist: Pedro Sasse
Theme 4: How can we coexist harmoniously and inclusively with nature in a new or adapted urban environment?
Title: Eden
Artist: Zou Xiutang
Theme 12: Imagine a better future and dare to be wrong!
Title: Home Melts Quickly
Artist: Zou Xiutang
Theme 4: How can we coexist harmoniously and inclusively with nature in a new or adapted urban environment?
