The Tomorrow Prize and The Green Feather Award: Celebrity Readings & Honors, an in-person event on May 22, will recognize outstanding new works of science fiction written by Los Angeles County high school students, as well as this year’s winning ecology-themed sf story.

The 2022 finalists’ stories will be read by celebrity guests on Sunday, May 22 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Pacific at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, CA. Register to attend the free event at Eventbrite.

The winners will receive cash prizes. 

• First, Second, and Third place Tomorrow Prize winners will receive $250, $150, and $100 USD cash prizes.
• The First place Tomorrow Prize winner will be published in L.A. Parent Magazine. 

The Green Feather Award is an additional special prize category for an environmentally focused sci-fi story. The winner will receive $250 and online publication by the Nature Nexus Institute.

CELEBRITY GUEST READERS:

• Rico E. Anderson (The Orville)
• JB Blanc (Arcane)
• Shayne Eastin (The Monster Project)
• Bonnie Gordon (Star Trek Prodigy)
• Tamara Krinsky (Tomorrow’s World Today)
• Allison Scagliotti (Stitchers)
• Marcelo Tubert (Star Trek: Picard)

THE TOMORROW PRIZE FINALISTS:

• Angel Bran – Hollywood High School (“House on Sand”) 
• Amy Cervantes – Port of Los Angeles High School (“They’re Coming”)
• Tais Cortez – Port of Los Angeles High School (“Genetic Slumber”)
• Madison Kay – John Marshall High School (“Backstitching”)
• Luna Prieto – John Marshall High School (“The Mechanical Planet”)

THE GREEN FEATHER AWARD WINNERS:

• Jonathan Kim – Culver City High School (“The Seagulls Save Culver City”)
• Jennifer Wu – Downtown Magnets High School (“Eden”)

THE TOMORROW PRIZE HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Nancy Duran-Lopez – Port of Los Angeles High School (“Idiosyncrasy”)
• Nyn Kim – Port of Los Angeles High School (“Final Breath”)
• Sloane Corddry – Girls Academic Leadership Academy (“Your Case is Quite Unique”)
• Christine Wu – Downtown Magnets High School (“Gone”)

FINALIST JUDGES:

• Bobak Ferdowsi – Spacecraft Engineer
• Keenan Norris – Sci-Fi Novelist & L.A. History Expert
• Lilliam Rivera – Award Winning Y.A. Novelist
• Sherri L. Smith – Award Winning Y.A. Novelist

The event also will feature a musical guest, theremin player, Steven Collins, an actor and guidance and control engineer at NASA/JPL. Steve has degrees in Theater Arts and Physics from UC Santa Cruz and built his first theremin in 2001. A lifetime fan of theater, science, and science fiction, Steve spends his time dancing, doing Shakespeare, flying spacecraft around the solar system and recently did a bit of technical consulting for season 2 of Star Trek Picard.

Guests are encouraged to wear a sci-fi themed outfit or accessory to get into the spirit of the readings!

[Based on a press release.]