Opening Up 2022

Opening Up 2022

The Opening Up Competition celebrates all entries that are eligible that have been submitted to the Main and Student Prizes - it does not affect the forthcoming shortlist/winners in those categories but allows for a public vote for a favourite. Please note voting is now closed. The winner for 2022 is Child of Empire by Omi Zola Gupta.

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Javeria Kausar

My Floating Journey

1st September 2020 My float journey by Sarah Clark

Sarah Clark

A Library Discovery

A library discovery in La Paz, Bolivia

Clinton R. Siegle

A Sea of Dragons

A Sea of Dragons

Briana “Bri” Craig

Admiration Point

Admiration Point

Rachel Helps

Alone

Alone

Mudkipaz

An All Hallows Tale

An All Hallow’s Tale

Aasta L. Otnes, Regan Music

New Zealand

And Maybe I Am

And maybe I am not lost. Maybe this is just the way I must travel..

Clinton R. Siegle

Bolivia

Anonymous Animal

Anonymous Animal

Everest Pipkin

Audioplay

Audioplay

Beneath the Veil

Beneath the Veil

Kuda Rice

Cannelé & Nomnom — Defective Agency

Cannelé & Nomnom — Defective Agency

Yazaleea, Younès Rabii

Chase the Sun

Chase the Sun

Frankie Kavakich

Child of Empire

Child of Empire

Omi Zola Gupta

Clever at Seeing without being Seen

Clever at Seeing without being Seen

Dr Lee Campbell

United Kingdom

Curio Creatures

CurioCreatures

Alinta Krauth, Jason Nelson

Australia

Daily Life of Regular Joes

Daily Life of Regular Joes

EstPiedrahita

Do No Harm

Do No Harm

EduSim

Dolphins in the Resevoir

Dolphins in the Reservoir

Will Luers, Hazel Smith, Roger Dean

Egyptian Survivors of Sexual Violence

Egyptian Survivors of Sexual Violence Complain of Forensic Examiners Mistreatment

Isra’ Saleh

Falling

Falling

Laura Catherine Brown

Figurksi

Figurski at Findhorn on Acid

Richard Holeton, Marc Rose, Dene Grigar, Holly Slocum, Kathleen Zoller, Betsy Hanrahan

flâneur treadmill

flâneur treadmill

David Thomas Henry Wright, Chris Arnold

Flight of the Code Monkeys

Flight of the CodeMonkeys

Mark C. Marino

USA

Future is uncertain, memory is real. Virtual museum of the prison camp Shtalag 352 in Minsk, Belarus

Future is uncertain, memory is real. Virtual museum of the prison camp Shtalag 352 in Minsk, Belarus

Maria Ivanova, Maria Kotova, Tatiana Zaidal

Ghost City Avenue S

Ghost City Avenue S

Jody Zellen

USA

Graveyard Strolls

Graveyard Strolls

Adina Brodkin

United Kingdom

Grumple

Grumple

Rob Wittig, Mark C. Marino

Half a Million Mothers

Half a Million Mothers

Dylan McNulty-Holmes

Germany

Heaven17

Heaven17

Moritz Schwenger

Her Pound of Flesh

Her Pound of Flesh

IHIABE PAULINE LUCIA

Lagos, Nigeria

Hidden Away

Hidden Away, These Women Also Made The Revolution

Diogo Cardoso, Rafaela Cortez, José Magro

I Would’ve Liked The Stillness of Night

I Would’ve Liked The Stillness of Night

Makayla Gubbay

France

Ila's Quest

Ila’s Quest

Amulya B

Bengaluru

In Search of Lost Scroll

In Search of Lost Scroll

Vidya Rajan

Australia

Instructions

Instructions

Alina Rios

Istorya Ta!

Istorya Ta!

Paul Mart Jeyand J. Matangcas

Journalist in a Vacuum (fiction)

Journalist in a Vacuum (fiction)

Hanna Klimovich, Maryia Klimovich

Belarus

L'Appel Du Vide

L’Appel Du Vide

Muhammad Ardi Bahtiar

Indonesia

love

love

Alan Bigelow

Miss Communication

Miss Communication

Joanna Walsh

Niña Perro (Dog-girl)

Niña Perro (Dog-girl)

Lucía Carvalho

One Perfect Day

One Perfect Day

Margarita Valderrama

Pas de Deux

Pas de Deux

Ruben Gandus, Lorenzo Micozzi, Lorenzo Pandolfi, Livia Chiriatti, Filippo Rabottini

Paying It Forward

Paying It Forward

xtine burrough

Penrose Station

Penrose Station

Kathryn Yu

Potential Ideas

Potential Ideas and Other Things that Live in Your Gut

Alex Saum-Pascual

Ren's Deamons

Ren’s Demons I

yo252yo

Soul of Water

Soul of Water

Xiaofan Jiang

Suno

Suno

Sukriti

The Coffee Miners

The Coffee Miners

Kanchan Joneja

India

The Golden Heist

The Golden Heist

George Lockett, Rob Thorman

The Many Occassions of Moving

The Many Occasions of Moving

Jason Nelson

Norway

The Noisemaking Girl

The Noisemaking Girl

Kahra

New Zealand

The Reflection

The Reflection

EstPiedrahita

The Secret Behind Sweetmart

The Secret Behind Sweetmart

Lucy Fulford

The Thick Table Tavern

The Thick Table Tavern

Manon (manonamora)

The Universe is a Lonely Place

The Universe is a Lonely Place

Haroro

Voyage

The Voyage of Earnest (I) The Northern Paradise

Damon Macmillan

Australia

These things are like

These Things Are (Not) Alike

Milla van der Have

The Netherlands

Time travelers dilemna in one reality is dilemma in another..

Time travelers dilemna in one reality is dilemma in another..

Clinton Siegle

Bolivia

Under the Surface

Under the Surface

eveghost (Elian Eve Jentoft)

urfavoritescarymovie

Ur Favourite Scary Movie

Louise Orwin

Voidopolic

Voidopolis

Kat Mustatea