HINDSIGHT
HINDSIGHT Presents
CHANGING SKIES
Writing Through the Climate Crisis
CHANGING SKIES is the sister title to HINDSIGHT, highlighting creative nonfiction that focuses on the voices of those experiencing our constantly evolving existential reality. CHANGING SKIES aims to educate, inspire, uplift, and ground those who read it through a hand-curated compilation of prose, poetry, and artwork submitted from all corners of the globe.
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CHANGING SKIES came about in its earliest form as a collaboration between CU Boulder's Program for Writing and Rhetoric and Scott King's Mission Zero Fund. In partnership with Mission Zero, CHANGING SKIES printed its first volume and was a smash success at the 2023 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference (AWP). Since CHANGING SKIES' first volume, HINDSIGHT has begun accepting more international submissions, expanding the diversity of our contributors and the topics they address.
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Thank you, Mission Zero, for the support of our CHANGING SKIES Volume III!
Our Latest Volume: CHANGING SKIES IV
A Nod to the Natural World
On November 14th, we hosted the premiere event for the launch of Changing Skies IV in the Chancellor's Hall at the CASE Building, which included a keynote speech from environmental journalist Susan Moran. Enjoy this video of the incredible launch and hear readings from many of the pieces included in the journal!
CHANGING SKIES Vol. III Launch Event
CHANGING SKIES VOL. III
LAUNCHED ON NOV. 15TH, 2024
The Changing Skies Vol. III launch event was held on Friday, Nov. 15th, 2024, in CHANCELLOR'S HALL at the CASE Building. We were excited to host our Keynote speaker and our forward author, HILLARY ROSNER, and several authors who read their pieces! Click the link below to see our launch livestream!
Hindsight and Changing Skies Youtube!
When we began production on Changing Skies Vol. II, we knew we wanted to take a visual approach that differed from our debut outing. Developing a strong design style that captured the sense of Hindsight, our parent journal, while still allowing Changing Skies to evolve into its own identity, was a major focus for us.
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In CHANGING SKIES Volume II, you’ll find an approach to page design that walks you in with beautiful art and keeps you walking through page after page of beautifully-written poetry and prose. Our goal has always been to highlight the incredible work of our contributors, and we believe the layout of our pages is crucial to properly appreciating what is on them.
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We approached the cover of Volume II with the same philosophy, wanting a step in a new direction from CHANGING SKIES Volume I, while holding onto the core visual identity that is HINDSIGHT. This year’s cover, featuring beautiful photography by Deborah Ajilore and long-time HINDSIGHT contributor Daniel Workman, works to create a stunning interplay of black, white, color, and texture.
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Ian Hall, former Editor-in-Chief of Hindsight and Changing Skies
From CHANGING SKIES Volume I
REMEMBERING WHAT I FIGHT FOR
by PALOMA SIEGEL
"Watching these icebergs that broke off the Greenland ice sheet pour into the ocean is magnificent and terrifying. I am sixteen, and I already know too much about climate change to sleep at night. It is all I talk about with my friends, all I learn about at school, and all I feel as I sit here in the Arctic. I hear climate projections in terms of my birthday..."
CHANGING SKIES Volume I launched on December 1st, 2022
Read Changing Skies Volume I online!
The launch event for Changing Skies Volume I will took place on December 1st at 6:30 p.m. in the Chancellor's Hall at CU Boulder's Center for Academic Success and Engagement. Watch the live-stream of the event here!