AI-powered writer scams make The New York Times
We’ve been writing about the rise of AI-powered scams directed at writers for several months (here and here). And now this issue has made it to The New York Times. …
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Writing opportunity: Catalogue Zine
Environmental literary journal Catalogue Zine has just opened the window for its 4th issue, looking for submissions about “daily life and individual action.” Catalogue zine is an environmentalist literary and …
The most popular book reviews and pages from 2025
EcoLit Books continues to see increases in traffic and email subscribers — we’ve nearly doubled the number of visitors from a year before. And we’re thankful to you. It’s inspiring …
New writer’s residency: Conjunctions
The literary journal Conjunctions is now sponsoring a residency for writers in upstate New York: Conjunctions is proud to announce a new three-week writer’s residency under the auspices of the recently …
2026 Aldo & Estella Leopold Residency now accepting applications
There is a $20 fee to apply but it looks like an amazing residency: The Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency provides a space for writers and respected thinkers to reflect …
New environmental journal: Germinate
There’s a new journal for environmental writers to be aware of: Germinate. Published 4 times a year, the journal is “an open-access, digital publication of the American Society for Environmental …
A Q&A with Kendra Coulter
I was thrilled to have this chat with Kendra Coulter, author of Defending Animals and the newly released novel The Tortoise’s Tale. Dr. Coulter is a professor at Huron University …
Writing opportunity: Ecocene
Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities has issued another call for submissions. Here are the details: Stories are how we come to know the world. They shape our propensity to …
Writers Beware: Another email to watch out for
Judging by the reaction my previous post received I’d say we’re in the midst of an author scam epidemic. Thanks a lot AI for making these emails so much more …
Writers Beware: AI scams are coming for you
Last week I mentioned in our newsletter that we’ve received a few AI-generated emails that are probably the most well-written scams I’ve yet encountered. So much so that I actually …
EcoLit Books Success Story: Rebekah Doyle
At EcoLit Books, we love to celebrate abd share success stories. This one comes to us from Rebekah Doyle. She subscribes to our newsletter where she saw a call for …