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ECO24 Microfiction Contest - First Place! - "Angels in the Forest" by Jessica...
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural world. We...
ECO24 Microfiction Contest - First Place! - "Angels in the Forest" by Jessica...
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural world. We...

ECO24 Microfiction Contest - Second Place! - "Late Bloomer" by Nuno Gonçalves
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural world. We...
ECO24 Microfiction Contest - Second Place! - "Late Bloomer" by Nuno Gonçalves
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural world. We...

ECO24 Microfiction Contest - Third Place! - "One Last Resort on Station Ciel-...
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural world....
ECO24 Microfiction Contest - Third Place! - "One Last Resort on Station Ciel-...
In honor of Violet Lichen's upcoming collection, ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, out on November 18th, we hosted a microfiction contest inviting you to draw inspiration from our natural world....