Note in the guidelines from the editor: This anthology is being produced as a part of my PhD dissertation. As such, the stories submitted
to this anthology may be discussed in my academic work, and I will be writing about the process
of working with the authors and publishing the anthology – though I will be anonymizing any
details mentioned and will mostly be discussing my own experience of the process. If you are
uncomfortable with any specific details being shared in this process or are uncomfortable with
your contribution being discussed at all, that can be discussed during submission, and I will
make sure to exclude those details from any published research work.

Solarpunk is optimistic. Solarpunk is hopeful. Solarpunk is about change and unity. Solarpunks
seem to agree on these points. But what are the points of conflict within solarpunk? When do
solarpunks disagree, and why? Is solarpunk a monolith, is it fractured and disparate, or is it
somewhere in between? What spaces of tension exist within both genre and community that can
flare to sudden flame at the right (or wrong) provocation? And, what do these conflicts look like
in a solarpunk world?

This anthology is about these conflicts. Stories should explore a solarpunk conflict, either one
manufactured entirely for the story, or one based in a real-world point of contention you feel
currently divides solarpunks, or that has done so in the past. Conflicts can be as small or as grand
as you would like, though the story as a whole should be legibly solarpunk and should not
champion a non-solarpunk ethos.

I also invite stories that speak to perceived gaps in the solarpunk canon - for example, there has
been commentary before on how solarpunk is close to afrofuturism in aspect and some goals, but
has very little overlap. While there are some stories that do address that missing overlap, there is,
of course, room for more.

As the editor of this collection, I am looking for stories that fit a solarpunk ethos, even as they re-
examine, push, or challenge some of its assumptions. A solarpunk ethos, in my mind, rejects all

forms of oppression (systemic, political, and individual), including but not limited to bigotry,
racism, sexism, ableism, and fascism. That is not to say that characters or worlds cannot have
flaws - however, the narration should not serve to condone forms of oppression. Stories that
encourage, promote, or perpetuate these forms of oppression may be included with major
revisions, or may be rejected on those grounds without further commentary.