WINNER
Angle of Draw – Shawn Bush
From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Exxon commissioned American universities and independent scientists to investigate the impact of fossil fuels on global warming. As pioneers of atmospheric carbon dioxide research during those years, their findings were synthesized into a digestible report. This internal report was issued to fifteen upper management (white male) employees in 1982, clearly defining and stating the consequences of unsustainable extraction practices and the consumption of fossil fuels. The report warned that these practices could be catastrophic to the natural world if they continued to be used.
However, instead of heeding the advice from years of research and transitioning to sustainable energy sources, Exxon’s executives chose a different path. They embarked on an aggressive audio-visual public relations campaign and rebranding effort, diverting millions of dollars from the company to develop propaganda. This propaganda, which included sponsored articles in major magazines and misleading television advertisements, aimed to downplay fossil fuels’ contribution to global warming — prompting the start of the current climate crisis.
The winner will become the next book published by Yogurt Editions. Thank you to all the participants and the shortlisted authors, whose skills made our decision difficult as we could only choose one winner.
SHORTLIST
- Bullet – Marco Marzocchi
- Angle of Draw – Shawn Bush
- Zer-Störung – Raisan Hameed
- A Tender Brother Limbo – Ben Sklar
- FAKE BIRD CLOWN – Gareth I. Davies
- 57 Days of Pictures – Leonardo Magrelli
- Summoning – Yiming Zhu
- An Anatomy of Fear – Alvaro Deprit
- Knopfstadt – Max Korndörfer
- Sana Sana – Rosa Lacavalla