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Call for submissions: Turku Book Prize 2021

October 24, 2020 by John Yunker

The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) are sponsoring the Turku Book Prize in environmental history. The winner will receive …

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Terrain’s 11th annual writing contest closes September 7

August 21, 2020 by John Yunker

A quick reminder that Terrain is accepting submissions in poetry, nonfiction, and fiction until September 7 The first-place winner in each genre will be awarded $500 plus publication. Finalists in …

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Green Stories Writing Competition: Stories for children

August 5, 2020 by John Yunker

If you’ve got a children’s story focused on making this world a better place, check out this free writing competition: We are looking for stories for children that in some …

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Announcing the winner of the Siskiyou Prize

April 19, 2021May 8, 2020 by Midge Raymond

We are delighted to announce that Athena E. Copenhaver is the winner of the 2019 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature, for her novel MY DAYS OF DARK GREEN EUPHORIA.  The award’s …

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New Writing Opportunity: Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest

February 21, 2020 by John Yunker

Sponsored by the Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University, the contest organizers are “looking for short stories that help us imagine how humans can live within Earth’s planetary boundaries—at the …

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Waterston Desert Writing Prize now open for submissions

January 6, 2020 by John Yunker

A unique award for a unique ecosystem… Now starting its sixth year, the Prize annually honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy – with …

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Writing Opportunity: The 2020 Calibre Essay Prize

December 11, 2019 by John Yunker

The Australian Book Review has announced its annual $7,500 Calibre Essay Prize. And while the contest may be located in Australia, it is open to writers everywhere. The list of …

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Writing Opportunity: The Wallace Stegner Prize in Environmental Humanities

October 16, 2019 by John Yunker
Wallace Stegner Prize

Here is an excellent opportunity presented by the University of Utah Press: The Wallace Stegner Prize will be awarded to the best monograph submitted to the Press in the broad …

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Writing Opportunity: BeAnimal Autumn Writing Competition

October 2, 2019 by John Yunker

The India-based organization BeAnimal is sponsoring a writing contest with a grand prize of a trip to the Valley of Flowers National Park in India. There is no entry fee. …

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Writing Opportunity: The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature

September 1, 2019 by John Yunker

This is the fifth iteration of the Siskiyou Prize and submissions are open from now until December 31st. There is a $25 reading fee. This year’s judge is Carol J. Adams, …

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Writing Opportunity for Climate Change Poetry

August 20, 2019 by John Yunker

There’s a new poetry prize in town, and it’s designated for “exceptional poems that help make real for readers the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment at present.” …

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