WINNING WORLDS
Explore the worlds of the winners and finalists of FLI’s Worldbuilding Contest. Tell us – what kinds of futures do you want? We are collecting audience input for each world.
Disclaimer – This work is the product of the Worldbuilding Contest participants. The ideas presented here are not to be taken as FLI’s positions.
Congratulations to all the winners.
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Teams
Countries
Individuals
Futures selected as finalists
First Place
TO
LIGHT
Mako Yass
New Zealand
Second Place
Note: There are two second place teams. These are not displayed in a hierarchical fashion. All teams displayed here are equal recipients of our second place prize. The prize for second place was 10,000 USD which does not include the score multiplier.
PEACE
THROUGH
PROPHECY
Jackson Wagner, Diana Gurvich, Holly Oatley
USA
CORE
CENTRAL
John Burden, Lara Mani, Jessica Bland, Beba Cibralic, Henry Shevlin, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Catherine Richards
UK, USA, Peru, Australia
Third Place
Note: There are five third place teams. These are not displayed in a hierarchical fashion. All teams displayed here are equal recipients of our second place prize. The prize for third place was 2,000 USD which does not include the score multiplier.
DIGITAL
NATIONS
Conrad Whitaker, Dexter Findley, Tracey Kamande
Kenya
AI FOR
THE PEOPLE
Chi Rainer Bornfree, Micah White, J. R. Harris
USA
HALL OF
MIRRORS
Michael Vassar, Matija Franklin, Bryce Hidysmith
USA, UK
CROSSING
POINTS
Nicol Ogston, Vanessa Hanschke, Tashi Namgyal, Elaine Czech, Susan Lechelt
England, Scottland, Poland, Germany, USA
COMPUTING
COUNSEL
Mark L., Patrick B., Natalia C.
USA
Fourth place
Note: There are ten third place teams. These are not displayed in a hierarchical fashion. All teams displayed here are equal recipients of our second place prize. The prize for third place was 1,000 USD which does not include the score multiplier.
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Andrew Lyjak, Brandy Riedel
USA
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Jaime Sevilla
Spain
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Kyle Moser, Andrew Escher, Edward Braillif, Luisa Venegoni, Mac Kammerer
USA
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Rebecca Rapple
USA
W-0000000468
Jose Cordeiro, Jerome Glenn, Theodore Gordon, Elizabeth Florescu, Maria Mateo, Veronica Agreda
Bolivia, Romania, Spain, USA, Venezuela
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Julian Dreiman
USA
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Cressot Loic
France
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Liav Koren
Canada
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Martin Wagah, Carringtone Kinyanjui
Kenya
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Anna Dolliver, Ashley Nagel, Ivy Mazzola, William Kiely, Juno Jin, Vivienne Mazzola
USA
Honorable Mentions
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Willow Wong, Wenxi Zhang, Li Min Ong, Mark Findlay, Xenia Bapasola
Singapore
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Antonio Di Fenza, Graham Herdman, Sergio Gramitto-Ricci, Paul Grzesik, Andrea Marzilli, Marco Iodice, Davide Camposano
Italy, U.S.A., Germany, Australia
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Karl von Wendt, Jan Hendrik, Kirchner
Germany
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Carlos Largacha-Martinez, John W. Murphy, Jonathan Tavssberger, Maria Isabela Gomez, Daniela Chavez
Colombia, USA
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Natasha Mott, Brett Bakos, Richard Striano, Jessica Mitchell, Hanna Waters
USA
Youth Section
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Alex Mao, Felisha Wang, Serry Shen, Ian Lam, Sasha Manu
14-15 year old team from Hong Kong
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Dina Black, Quin Kondis, Shyla Gupta, Mas Dixon, Julia Brodsky
12-14 year old team from the USA
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Aiden Lundbarg
14 year old from the USA
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Sai Ankit Venkumahanthi
16 year old from India
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Ethan Yao, Ivan To, Jonathan Hui, Sasha Manu
14-15 year old team from Hong Kong
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Zoe Anzman
13 year old from Hong Kong
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Sasha T, Kai Minejima-Le, Maya Peterson, Ilan Shtenberg, Sacha Labarre, Julia Brodsky
12-14 year old team from the USA
The youth section seeks to celebrate the hard work and imagination of future generations. The work illustrated above was produced exclusively by applicants aged 12 to 16. Only completed applications were selected.