Sci-Fest L.A.

15/01/2026

Imagining how to achieve a better future is key to realizing it, and science fiction is one of the best mediums to dream big while exploring the opportunities and challenges of modern life.

L.A. County high school students have the opportunity to dream big and explore the many facets of critical environmental and social justice issues by submitting their short sci-fi stories to the Omega Sci-Fi Project's The Tomorrow Prize (general category) and The Green Feather Award (eco-themed category) by *February 13, 2026*.

Specifically, The Green Feather Award, challenges students to dive into solutions to biodiversity loss and climate change.
The top stories will be read on stage by actors at culminating event in May.

Students can learn more and submit their stories at: https://www.lightbringerproject.org/science-fiction-competitions

02/12/2025

When it comes to making a difference we come back again and again to not just the power of imagination, but enabling people to envision solutions to achieve a better future.

Our spectacularly transformative free classroom program taps into the power of sci-fi writing to envision futures and solutions.

You can help keep this program going by making a tax deductible donation here: https://www.lightbringerproject.org/checkout/donate?donatePageId=613be6ab22c62f660b411a4c

16/11/2025

See you TONIGHT at 5pm! Tickets are available at the door -- South Pasadena Library Community Room! 1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena.

14/11/2025

The rest of LA may be acting like the sky is falling but we're operating full speed ahead rain or shine!

Hope Punk: How We Rise is 100% indoors!

Join us Sunday at 5pm at the South Pasadena Library.

Details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hopepunk-how-we-rise-tickets-1918201515369

14/11/2025

Tickets are STILL AVAILABLE for our HOPE PUNK benefit party on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 from 5-7:30pm at the South Pasadena Library!

Get details and tickets here -- have FUN and support a great cause! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hopepunk-how-we-rise-tickets-1918201515369

12/11/2025

AMAZING CURATED SELECTION OF READINGS to be featured at our HOPE PUNK benefit on Sunday, November 16 at 5-7:30pm at the South Pasadena Library!!!

Selections from:

* Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
(read by Stephanie Czajkowski)

* A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
(read by Peter James Smith)

* Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
(read by Monnae Michaell)

Don't miss it! Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hopepunk-how-we-rise-tickets-1918201515369

12/11/2025

LOVE this piece from L.A. Parent Magazine about our SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 from 5PM-7:30PM "HOPE PUNK: HOW WE RISE" benefit for our teen sci-fi writing program!!!

Check it out and join us!!! (scan the QR for tix)

'Hopepunk: How We Rise' to Benefit L.A. County Students Imagining a Better Future Tweens and Teens L.A. Parent joins the Light Bringer Project board and continues its support of The Tomorrow Prize, celebrating young writers at "Hopepunk: How We Rise," a benefit for creative sci-fi education in Los A...

11/11/2025

That's right! We are auctioning Star Trek wines at our Sunday "Hope Punk" benefit for teen sci-fi writers!

Get your tickets to join us for a fantastic evening and bidding on these wines at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hopepunk-how-we-rise-tickets-1918201515369

07/11/2025

We are SO EXCITED for our celebrity guest readers at our upcoming HOPE PUNK benefit for our teen sci-fi writing program!

JOIN US NOVEMBER 16! Tickets and sponsorships are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hopepunk-how-we-rise-tickets-1918201515369

(AND The Undead Bookshop is coming with a pop-up shop!!!)

19/10/2025

HOPEPUNK: HOW WE RISE!
A benefit for the Omega Sci-Fi Project's teen storytelling program.

November 16, 2025
5pm-7:30pm
South Pasadena Library

Tickets and donations: https://m.bpt.me/event/6730915

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Our teen sci-fi program -- the Omega Sci-Fi Project -- starts with dozens of free sci-fi writing workshops for hundreds of students provided by our team in high school classrooms across L.A. County every fall and winter!

We are the ONLY such program in L.A. and the results are extraordinary! Students discover they love to not only write, but to imagine BIG for our future.

But arts funding is being cut and we need your help!

Join us on Sunday, November 16 for this amazing evening of sci-fi readings by guest actors, food, drink and more to celebrate 10 years of inspiring teens.

EVEN IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION!

Event link (just click through to tickets to make a donation): https://m.bpt.me/event/6730915

16/10/2025

Did you know that The Roddenberry Foundation funded our Omega Sci-Fi Project teen sci-fi storytelling program for L.A. County high school students for two years, helping our program to make it through the pandemic?

It's because of our shared vision for the incredible importance of sci-fi for inspiring us individually and collectively to dream and pursue a better future.

Thank you to The Roddenberry Foundation for your support!

Science fiction is more than entertainment. It’s a window into our civic imagination. 🌟

From engineering to diplomacy to the arts, Star Trek’s vision for the future has helped generations of dreamers aspire to change the world.

The Roddenberry Foundation is proud to be part of this extraordinary legacy, and to keep working towards a better future with hope as our guiding force.

13/10/2025

Omega Sci-Fi Project partner Nature Nexus Institute has published the 2025 Winner of The Green Feather Award for eco-themed short sci-fi!

"Santa Catalina" by student Isabelle Kellett merges an imagined future and overcoming ecosystem decline.

Read Isabelle's story here: https://www.naturenexusinstitute.org/blog/n13d8ely4maecf5d6t3rh2ue5cza0g

Photo: The Green Feather Award winner Isabelle Kellett accepting her honor for "Santa Catalina." Credit: Rosalind Helfand

Nature Nexus Institute