Here’s a new opportunity for writers of poetry and prose, submissions closing July 31st:
All submitted work must have a strong thrutopian element. Thrutopian writing imagines ways through to a world we would be glad to leave to future generations. It tells stories about tangible change and walks us along the challenging path from now to a more hopeful, liveable tomorrow. It accepts unpredictability and upheaval as foundational to the times that we’re living into, but doesn’t dwell in that fear.
The interpretation of thrutopian ideals in poetry and prose is wide. It could include practical elements of finding a path from where we are now to where we want to be, or pieces that build collective action, or pieces that express belief or yearning for a future that is achievable and liveable. For poetry, thrutopoetry takes us beyond the nature poem, the praise poem and the ecopoem.
John is co-author, with Midge Raymond, of the Tasmanian mystery Devils Island. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead. Co-founder of Ashland Creek Press and editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program).
