John Yunker 
Catalogue Zine is an “environmentalist literary and arts magazine that seeks to encourage nuance in the climate conversation through art and to inspire climate action.” They are now open for submissions for their third issue: Please ensure your submission relates to the overall concepts of our zine (climate advocacy) and the current issue theme (currently …
Thanks to everyone who joined our book launch yesterday. For those who couldn’t be there, here is the recording — in which we share a few short readings and three writing prompts from the book. Hope you enjoy it! PS: Here’s the book Animal Writes.
Midge Raymond reviewed this iconic book back in 2012, with a unique take: I recently revisited Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle—the original edition published by a socialist newspaper in 1905, not the shorter version published by Doubleday, Page (after Macmillan ultimately rejected it) in 1906. It wasn’t surprising to see what had been left out of the …
As we reach the halfway point of 2025 we have another exciting group of books to share. Enjoy! The Secret of Whylder Wood By Elaine Ramsey Park Woods and Whylder Wood have long been safe havens for the creatures living there. But peace has bred complacency, and now a dark threat festers deep in the …
Birmingham City University is sponsoring a special writing contest inspired by vegan author Benjamin Zephaniah. This year’s theme is inspired by Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem ‘Nature Trail’, encouraging budding writers to submit poems about the environment, the spaces where they spend their time, the impact of nature on their everyday life, and the importance of looking after …
I was once told that a weed is simply a plant out of place. Indeed, one person’s weed may be another person’s precious resource. In Love Them to Death: Turning Invasive Plants into Local Economic Opportunities, editor Wendy L. Applequist has assembled a diverse mix of essays documenting the many ways that “invasive” species are …
Imagine a lion who decides one day that he will no longer survive off eating animals. This is the premise of Erasmus Joseph Lion by Marvin Rollick, one of a number of new books out in the world. Please have a look! Erasmus Joseph Lion by Marvin Rollick Erasmus Joseph Lion, the proud and powerful …
Join us at Wordcrafters in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, May 3, from 2 to 5 p.m. for PATHS TO PUBLISHING, a comprehensive workshop on how to successfully get your book into the world. We’ll cover what path is best for you (Big Five publishers, self-publishing, and everything in between), how to avoid scams (there are …
I consider The Ecological Citizen to be a must-read journal. So I’m happy to pass along a (no fee) writing opportunity under the theme of Feral Lines: Step over the edge and into the wilderness of Feral Lines, an upcoming flash fiction collection from The Ecological Citizen. In these untamed reveries, wolves roam free through expansive …
The publisher Green Writers Press is now accepting book-length works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. There is no fee to submit and the deadline is June 1st. Learn more.
Brandeis University Press is opening up in a month for submissions for both scholars and trade books. Specifically, they are looking for “proposals for single-author book manuscripts in environmental history, nature, more-than-human histories, works at the intersection of gender and nature, specific animal histories, and works exploring the ocean.” They are open to direct submissions …
