The Poetic Animal: An open call for art and poetry
If you haven’t heard of the National Museum of Animals and Society, consider this a heads up. You’re going to hear more about this museum in the years ahead, because …
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Writing opportunity for UK and Ireland residents: New Welsh Writing Awards
People, Place & Planet: WWF Cymru Prize for Writing on Nature and the Environment From the website: New Welsh Review, in association with WWF Cymru and the CADCentre, is thrilled …
Siskiyou Prize update – new award, extended deadline
The winner of the Siskiyou Prize, in addition to a cash prize of $1,000 and book publication, will also receive a four-week residency at the PLAYA retreat in central Oregon. PLAYA is a nonprofit organization supporting …
Writing opportunity for undergrads and grads: Sloth, A Journal of Human-Animal Studies
The Animals and Society Institute has launched a journal exclusively for undergraduate and graduate students, to publish papers, book reviews, essays, and other work. Sloth is an online bi-annual journal …
The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Writing: Only three weeks remaining
Just a brief reminder that we are fast approaching the deadline for the 2014 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Writing. Our final judge is award-winning author Karen Joy Fowler. You …
subTerrain writing opportunity: MEAT (closing Sept. 1)
I just came across an interesting opportunity (via Aerogramme) for writing focused on our relationship with meat: Issue #69 (Winter) — Theme: “MEAT” Humans have hunted, trapped, and killed animals for …
Writing Wild
Writing Wild Forming a Creative Partnership With Nature By Tina Welling New World Library, 2014 My favorite quote from Writing Wild is one Tina Welling borrows from Jesus, of …
Terrain.org 5th Annual Contest is now open for submissions
The environmental literary journal Terrain has opened submissions to its annual contest — for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. You have until September 1 to submit. Here’s the link. I’m happy …
Poecology now accepting ecolit submissions
From now until May 31, the literary journal Poecology is accepting “submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with an emphasis on place, environment, or ecology.” More information
Karen Joy Fowler wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award
We are thrilled to hear the news that Karen Joy Fowler (our judge for this year’s Siskiyou Prize) is the winner of the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for her amazing novel …