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John Yunker

John is co-author, with Midge Raymond, of the 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). More at JohnYunker.com.

Writing Opportunity: Plant People, An Anthology of Environmental Artists

June 16, 2021 by John Yunker

Here’s a new anthology that is in need of contributors… We are thrilled to announce our first anthology that features poets, writers, and artists from around the world. This collection …

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Categories Conservation, For Writers, Gardening, Insects, Journals and Magazines, Organic Farming, Plants, Sustainability, Trees, Writing Opportunities

New writing contest: Sassafras Award for Excellence in Environmental Writing

June 15, 2021 by John Yunker

Always exciting to see a new award established for environmental writing. This one is for regionally focused writing in the states of Missouri, Arkansas or Louisiana. The Sassafras Award for …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Sustainability, Writing Opportunities

UK Writing Opportunity: Sustainability First Writing Prize

June 5, 2021 by John Yunker

A wonderful writing opportunity for those of you in the UK: The Sustainability First Writing Prize 2021 is open to British writers and international writers living, working or studying in …

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Categories Anthropocene, Contest, Ecology, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms

May 18, 2021 by John Yunker

Why do animals lend themselves to economic and financial jargon? Perhaps it’s because we need visual and tangible ways or relating to concepts that are so vague, confusing or downright …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, What we're reading

2/3 for the birds

March 14, 2021 by John Yunker

We’re losing birds, by the billions. Which is why I wanted to mention a movement in which you devote 2/3 of your land to native species of plants. If we …

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Categories Birds, Conservation, Ecology, Education, Endangered Species, Gardening, Insects, Plants, Sustainability, Trees

Eastern Oregon University offers new MFA concentration focused on Wilderness, Ecology, and Community

March 12, 2021 by John Yunker

A year ago we began compiling a list of writing programs with a focus on the environment and animals. The latest addition to the list is EOU’s new low-residency MFA …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, History, Sustainability, Writing Opportunities

When a vegetarian crashes a hunting party: The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate

March 22, 2021March 11, 2021 by John Yunker

I’m not sure how I heard about this novel, only that I had heard that there was an animal rights element to it. Yet in the early pages I struggled …

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Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, History, Hunting

Writing opportunity: PANK Magazine special issue on environmental futures

February 14, 2021 by John Yunker

PANK Magazine is now accepting works (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid) for a special issue: Environmental Futures Folio, guest edited by Aram Mrjoian. Here’s the call: The health and sustainability …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Sustainability, Writing Opportunities

Sitka Center now accepting residency applications

February 8, 2021 by John Yunker

Located north and west of us here in Ashland, Oregon, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology provides educational courses and residencies to artists. And they’re now open for residency …

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Categories Anthropocene, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Sustainability, Trees, Wolves, Writing Opportunities, Writing Residency

Review: The Yield by Tara June Winch

February 2, 2021 by John Yunker

I didn’t plan to read the nonfiction book Dark Emu shortly before reading the novel The Yield by Tara June Winch. But I couldn’t think of a better pairing. While …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Fiction, Harper Perennial, History, Sustainability, What we're reading

New and Upcoming Environmental Books

February 2, 2021 by John Yunker

Here is a small selection of new and forthcoming environmental books that have come across our inboxes… Persephone in the Late Anthropocene This ecopoetic collection interweaves the voices of Persephone, …

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Categories Anthropocene, Conservation, Ecology
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