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Environmental Writing Competition 2026
MULTI-GENRE: Moving in, and being moved by, the natural world.
Sponsor: Patagonia
Who’s Eligible: Young Writers (13-19)
Piece Length: 100-1000 words
Judge: Ed Yong, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the forthcoming book, Life Beyond Measure, as well as two prize-winning New York Times bestsellers, An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes.
John is an award-winning author of stories, novels and plays. He is author of THE STANDING DEAD, coming in 2027. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead and co-author of the mystery Devils Island. He is editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program). More at JohnYunker.com.