Vote in the 2025 Futurist Letters Awards
A prize in fiction and a prize in nonfiction.
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The Futurist Letters editorial team is proud to announce open voting in our first-ever annual awards in fiction and nonfiction. All our readers are welcomed to vote for their choices in the polls at the bottom of this announcement through December 18th, 2025.
Each award is down to a runoff between four finalists nominees. These pieces, all published in Futurist in 2025, were selected by the editorial team with reader engagement taken heavily into account. Reruns, parts of larger whole works, and pieces by the staff were excluded from consideration.
An announcement will be made after voting ends to crown our two Futurist Letters Award winners. Each winner will get a cash prize of $40 USD for a little holiday cheer, plus an accolade to put in his or her literary bio for life.
If you are nominated, or if you’re not, we encourage you to share this post and get your friends to vote. These nominees also serve as a great sampler of the work we’ve been honored to acquire and hone this past year!
The eight finalists are linked below for your convenience. They are:
Fiction
“Larry Grank Saves the Kilogram” by Matt Payne
“A Riot at Red Plan-It! Park” by Lillian Wang Selonick
“Now That the Party’s Over” by Olivia McNeilis
“Kill Your Son” by Bogdan Domakha
Nonfiction
“American Evil” by Willem Doherty
“Rob the Übermensch” by Rachel Haywire
“The Last Good Man” by Mushkelji
“Criers and Kingmakers” by Rhyme Henry Davis
Find all eight below, followed by two voting modals.
Fiction:
Nonfiction:
The 2025 Futurist Letters Awards:
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