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Writing Opportunity: Terrain Contest in Poetry, Nonfiction and Fiction

July 13, 2019 by John Yunker

Terrain, one of the premier environmental journals, is now holding its 10th-annual writing contest across three genres. The judges are: Camille T. Dungy, PoetryCamille T. Dungy, the award-winning author of Trophic …

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Categories Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Awards, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Writing Opportunities

Writing Opportunity: The Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry

May 7, 2019 by John Yunker

If you’re a poet focused on environmental issues, the Ginkgo Prize is worth investigating. Submissions are not free (the first poem is is £7), but the awards are significant and …

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

Writing Opportunity: Stage plays focused on building a sustainable society

April 13, 2019 by John Yunker

The UK-based Green Stories Writing Competition is looking for full-length plays that address sustainability — and, best of all, the contest is free to enter. Here are the details… We …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, For Writers, Organic Farming, Writing Opportunities

The Sexual Politics of Meat, 20 Years Later

September 29, 2019March 25, 2019 by John Yunker

The other day I saw an ad for a new model of Audi. In it, a woman enters a butcher shop, and the butcher, a female, knowing that this woman …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Bloomsbury, Contest, For Writers, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

Waterston Desert Writing Prize Open for Submissions

January 7, 2019 by John Yunker

I’m pasting below a unique writing opportunity: The Waterston Desert Writing Prize 2019 is now open for submissions. Applicants must submit online via Submittable through April 1,2019. The Prize honors …

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Categories Conservation, Contest, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Call for Short Stories: Our Entangled Future

December 1, 2018 by John Yunker

Here’s an exciting new call for submissions from the UiO (University of Oslo) Department of Sociology and Human Geography: Attention writers and humanities researchers: this is a call for narratives …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Endangered Species, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities
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