Utopian World View Writing Prompt
March – April 2026
Word Count: 750–2500 words
Submission Deadline: 15 April 2026
Magazine Publication: 30 April 2026

Our March–April 2026 theme is Utopian Worlds.

A Utopian World View story explores what life might look like in a world that has moved beyond many of today’s struggles. It invites writers to imagine societies built on fairness, sustainability, compassion, creativity, and shared prosperity, while also considering the everyday realities, tradeoffs, and human choices that make such a world work.

This prompt can explore anything: the quiet routines of daily life, the systems that keep inequality from returning, the cultural values that sustain the society… you could even explore the small human tensions that remain. No world is perfect, right? You may examine how the perfect world was built, what it cost, who it benefited, or even who feels left out, but try to stay positive because this prompt requires a working utopian story. Explore these ideas or take your utopian world somewhere unexpected. The choice is yours.

Good science fiction has always imagined better worlds, and some of the most influential utopian works include Utopia by Thomas More, Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, News from Nowhere by William Morris, and Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson. Read them and be inspired.

PUBLICATION

Nebula Magazine seeks original, unpublished stories for inclusion. One story per writer. Submit final, fully-edited, ready to publish manuscripts, no drafts. Please stay within the word count and follow our Submission Guidelines. https://nebulascifymagazine.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html

If accepted, your submission will be published online as part of Nebula Magazine’s A Utopian World View writing prompt. By submitting your work, you grant Nebula Magazine the non-exclusive right to publish your story on our website and associated digital and print platforms.

You retain full copyright and all other rights to your work, and you are free to publish or license it elsewhere at any time.

Anton Kukal
Submissions Editor
Writer Prompts 

THE STORIES

The Flames of Forgery by Josy Bongiovanni

Dreams Come True by Angela Wallace

Ready, Steady, Go by Susan A. Anthony

Utopian Realm Genesis by Anton Kukal

The Weight of Good Things by Dr. Sanjay Basu

Tygndla by Han Ber

The Settlement by Nora Bencsics

The Disassembly Choir by Timothy Collyer

No Place by David Gray

Conference at Ticonderoga by J. Brice Odom

Tilting at Windmills by Gerry Sammon

The State of Catatonia by Hector Cuello

Angler Fish by Ian Reeve