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Writing Opportunities

Join us for Writing for Animals

February 5, 2024February 1, 2024 by Midge Raymond

We are thrilled to once again offer a live Zoom class for Writing for Animals, beginning March 2! We wanted to share a little bit about what you’ll be learning … …

See the call: Join us for Writing for Animals

Categories Classes, EcoLit News, Education, Events, For Writers, Success Story, Writing Opportunities

Writing opportunity: 2024 Thoreau Society Fellowships

January 10, 2024 by John Yunker

The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2024 to support scholarly and creative work on Henry David Thoreau, including his writings, life …

See the call: Writing opportunity: 2024 Thoreau Society Fellowships

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The Ecological Citizen is looking for rewilding success stories

October 27, 2023 by John Yunker

The editorial team of The Ecological Citizen is looking for submissions of rewinding success stories: The pieces we publish are short (generally around 750 words) and describe inspiring stories about …

See the call: The Ecological Citizen is looking for rewilding success stories

Categories Conservation, Endangered Species, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Rewilding, Writing Opportunities

Call for EcoLit Contributors

July 9, 2023 by John Yunker

We receive between 3 and 6 book pitches a week. Which, given the limited number of contributors we have, means we have to pass on the vast majority of books. …

See the call: Call for EcoLit Contributors

Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

The More-Than-Human World: Call for Submissions

July 1, 2023 by John Yunker

Here’s an exciting writing opportunity from About Place Journal (no fee)! I might be submitting as well, so don’t everyone rush in… Learn more here

Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Climate Change, Conservation, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

A call for animal-themed stories and essays

January 31, 2023 by John Yunker

The international literary journal Asymptote has put out a call for the submissions of “animal-themed fictional and non-fictional writings for our special feature in the issue of April 2023.” You …

See the call: A call for animal-themed stories and essays

Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

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 …

See the call: Help us surpass 100 literary outlets for environmental literature

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

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 …

See the call: Writing Opportunity: Our Ocean’d Earth

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

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 …

See the call: Green Stories short story competition

Categories Contest, Writing Opportunities

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 …

See the call: Understories Writers’ Workshop is now taking applications

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 …

See the call: Ecofiction on Reddit

Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities
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