Storytelling Power – Final 2026

We all walk around with our background thoughts of little ideas and feelings that never really let go. They follow us in silence, sometimes as light as laughter and sometimes so heavy that they almost crack our chests.

It’s the promise of that trip that always started with “we really should…” or the dream of taking a salsa class. The band you and your best friend started in eighth grade. The best band in the world—with no instruments, no songs, and absolutely no rehearsals. But the logo—it still stuck with you somewhere deep inside.

And then there's that other thing. The child who never came. The reconciliation that was always "for later" until there was no later left. Or the love that didn't get the right season, the move that never happened, the job we never applied for, and the courage we couldn't find at that moment. That version of ourselves that still sits on the edge of our consciousness like a sketch of how things couldhave been.

When we think about everything that never happened, it can warm our hearts just as much as it stings. So maybe that’s why we sometimes suddenly start talking about it: the almost-kiss that vanished in the bus’s brake lights, the friend we never got to say “I’m sorry” to, the puppy that got a name but never a home, the life we see flash by when someone else takes the step we ourselves never took.

And perhaps it is in those stories — in everything that never happened — that we discover what we still long for.

Berättarkraft 2026 is looking for those moments.

Over the course of two intensive workshop weekends, this year’s scholarship recipients have explored the theme and, with the support of their mentors Theresa Eriksson and Lillemor Skogheden, crafted their own stories. Now it’s time to share them.

Welcome to listen, be touched and inspired.
We believe in the power of storytelling to evoke understanding, build courage and create empathy.
And we believe that your presence makes a difference.

Welcome to listen!