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John Yunker

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.

Help us surpass 100 literary outlets for environmental literature

September 17, 2022 by John Yunker

If you’ve visited our slowly growing list of environmental literary (and journalistic) outlets, you’ll have noticed that we’ve been approaching 100 for the past few months. As of today we’re …

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Categories Contest, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Residency, Writing Opportunities

What are you reading? High Country News wants to know

August 30, 2022 by John Yunker

If you’ve got a book to share, High Country News has created a unique Summer Reading site at http://reading.hcn.org.

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A new environmental journal Springs to life

August 14, 2022 by John Yunker

As a fan of the Rachel Carson Center I was excited to see the recent launch of the first edition of Springs, their new environmental journal: The Rachel Carson Center (RCC) is …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, For Writers, History, Journals and Magazines, Oceans, Oil, Plants, Pollution, Rewilding, Sustainability, What we're reading

Writing Opportunity: Our Ocean’d Earth

July 30, 2022 by John Yunker

Here’s an opportunity to be a part of a very special anthology… The call is for nonfiction or fiction writing that conveys one clear and unified message: that our oceans are worth fighting …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, For Writers, Oceans, Writing Opportunities

Halcyon Journey: Searching for Kingfishers

June 30, 2022June 28, 2022 by John Yunker

Kingfishers are birds more often heard than seen. Walk next to Bear Creek here in the Rogue Valley and you will probably hear them, though seeing them is not so …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Oregon State University Press

Green Stories short story competition

June 12, 2022 by John Yunker

Here’s a short story contest worth looking into (and free to submit)… Often when promoting waste reduction and reduction of high-energy activities, such as running hot water, we come up …

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Understories Writers’ Workshop is now taking applications

May 7, 2022 by John Yunker

Before you read further, please note that this opportunity is intended for scholars and educators in Environmental Humanities. I’m not but, reading this, I wish I was… The University of …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, For Writers, Residency, Writing Opportunities

Ecofiction on Reddit

May 4, 2022 by John Yunker

Our good friend Mary Woodbury has created a subreddit devoted to Ecofiction: A place to find meaningful fictional stories about our natural world and humanity’s connection with it. The subreddit …

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Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

EcoLit Books Roundup

April 24, 2022 by John Yunker

There is only so much time to read all the amazing books we receive here at EcoLit Books. So I wanted to at least mention a few titles in our …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Gardening

79 million U.S. households are now buying plant-based products

April 5, 2022 by John Yunker

Animal agriculture is one of the most environmentally damaging industries on our planet — not to mention unfathomably cruel. And though there are times when I wonder if we as …

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Categories Veganism

The Nature of Cities Festival 2022

March 20, 2022 by John Yunker

In less than two weeks the virtual The Nature of Cities Festival begins. The event is designed and run by The Nature of Cities, a registered not-for-profit based in New York. …

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