SETI AIR

Wow! Literary Award

The Wow! Literary Prize, formerly Cosmic Chronicles, is an initiative from the SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program. The Wow! is a contest for emerging writers of all ages whose work explores questions of life, intelligence, and consciousness in the universe.

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The Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and expands on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Consciousness” research area, exploring the questions:

  • What is the nature of consciousness?
  • What is the nature and evolution of intelligence?

The Wow! Literary Prize comes with a $1,000 award.

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