WELCOME TO THE UTOPIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The Utopian World Championship (UWC) is an open, global competition in utopian thinking and writing that has been arranged twice since the launch of the first competition in March 2001.
Two champions has received a first prize of about 10,000 Swedish Krona in Euro and we have printed their essays and distributed them to Heads of State, governments, organisations and other institutions. All essays that participated in this contest are available for you to read on this website and the winning documents can be downloaded as PDF files.
EXPLORE NEW WORLDS!
With the new website we've collected all participating entries in the two championships in one database and made an interface, which will hopefully make them easier to read. While you're here you should definitely meet the two champions: Cyril Belshaw (2004) and T.R.O.Y. (2001), and the jurors that elected them. You can download and read their essays and all the other entries of the championship. Or enjoy the pictures from the gala nights when the winners were announced.
We have more in store for you: articles from the events we've hosted or participated in. Video from the UWC Conference, articles with focus on Utopia and much more.
The Utopian World Championship is organised by former members of SOC, an experimental forum for art and social debate. The project has been supported financially by The Foundation for the Culture of the Future and the Swedish Art Grants Committée
UWC NEWS
THE UTOPIAN W.C. IN 2009: FACING A NEW DAY
posted | by: Jon Brunberg | in: Stockholm
You could say that 2009 was the year that the Utopian World Championship woke up from a long sleep, shook her head, wiped the grains out of her eyes and and started a new day with a strong cup of coffee.
NEW EDITION OF THE WINNING ESSAYS RELEASED!
posted | by: Jon Brunberg | in: Stockholm
We are proud to present a new, revised, and re-designed, edition of the two winning essays in the Utopian World Championship in two separate volumes, an edition that marks that more than eight years have passed since we embarked on a quest for the utopias of the 21st century by initiating a world-wide competition in visionary thinking and writing.
For this edition we have added new fore- and afterwords and made minor edits to the essays toghether with the authors. The books are published by Raketa Press with financial support for the printing from The Foundation for the Culture of the Future.
NEW UTOPIAN BEGINNINGS
posted 2009-09-12 | by: Jon Brunberg | in: Stockholm
It is time for the Utopian World Championship to open up the shop again. To let in some sun and air in and dust off and rearrange the furniture. The fresh start is not only about the new, redesigned and re-programmed website and the new domain name, utopianwc.com, which reflects the fact that this project is not run by the group SOC.Stockholm anymore. We will soon announce new events and cooperations, and continue to publish material from the previous events. We are, in short, picking up the work where we left it four years ago. In the meantime we have restored all the participating essays, and present them in a more reader-friendly design. The essays from 2001 will follow shortly. You can also join our Vimeo group Utopia, which is dedicated to videos about the subject, including of course our own documentation videos. Welcome once again to the Utopian World Championship!
UWC 05 DOCS: CONFERENCE, PART 1
posted 2006-10-04 | by: Jon Brunberg | in: Stockholm
In a new series of postings at this website we will present a series of documents from the last Utopian World Championship gala and conference and the world tour, starting with the conference that was held on April 3, 2005 on the day after the gala.
DR. CYRIL BELSHAW PUBLISHES BOOK ABOUT THE UTOPIAN WORLD IN THE 21ST CENTURY
posted 2006-10-02 | by: Jon Brunberg | in: Stockholm
"Choosing our Destiny: Creating the Utopian World in the 21st Century" is the title of a new book published by the Utopian World Championship winner 2005, Dr. Cyril Belshaw, in which he outlines his utopian visions in detail. It is now available from xlibris and amazon.com.
