Wish You Were Here!: Postcards from Future Queensland

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Against the turbulent backdrop of a global pandemic, young Queensland writers have imagined a post-COVID future in this inspiring collection of microfiction. We invite you to embark on a narrative journey through stories of possibility that navigate isolation and loss, celebrate freedom and connection, explore new technologies, and envision Queenslanders thriving in a changed world.

In 2020, The University of Queensland writing experts, Professor Kim Wilkins and Dr Helen Marshall, invited young Queenslanders to submit a postcard from the hopeful, post-COVID future as part of a new creativity project. Wish You Were Here! Postcards from Future Queensland has empowered our community to imagine a better future after the COVID-19 crisis through storytelling. The project consists of insightful, creative and courageous primary, secondary and tertiary student contributions that-when read together-take us on a wonderful narrative journey, leaving readers on a note of hope.