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Writing Opportunities

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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Categories Contest, For Writers, History, Writing Opportunities

Upcoming online writing workshops at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

August 22, 2020 by John Yunker

If there is an upside to this pandemic (and I realize I’m grasping) it is that there are a wealth of online writing programs now available. I wanted to draw …

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Categories Ecology, Education, Events, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

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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Categories Children's Books, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

New environmental journal: Ecocene

July 29, 2020 by John Yunker

Always nice to see the emergence of a new environmental publication. This one is called Ecocene and is published by the Cappadocia University Environmental Humanities Center. The inaugural issue is …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Ecomedia, Endangered Species, For Writers, History, Journals and Magazines, Pollution, What we're reading, Writing Opportunities

New writing opportunity: The Moth Nature Writing Prize

July 16, 2020 by John Yunker

This is exciting! The Moth Magazine has announced its inaugural Moth Nature Writing Prize, featuring Richard Mabey as judge: The Prize will be awarded to an unpublished piece of writing …

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Categories Awards, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Writing Opportunity: And Lately, the Sun

March 11, 2020 by John Yunker

Now that so many of us are hibernating these days, there’s more time to write and submit. Such as to this planned anthology… Our project, “And Lately, The Sun”, explores …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

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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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Pollution, Writing Opportunities

New online literary journal: Punt Volat

February 5, 2020 by John Yunker

Punt Volat “would like to see more work that does explore environmental issues, animal rights, and other such terrain in the form of fiction, poetry, or another artistic medium, especially …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

The list of outlets for environmental writing turns 70

January 31, 2020 by John Yunker

As in there are now 70 of them. Thanks for everyone who contributed. We actually just received another contribution today so the list will be turning 71 shortly. The next …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Oceans, Plants, Pollution, Trees, What we're reading, Writing Opportunities

Writing Residency Opportunity: The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

January 10, 2020 by John Yunker

Located a few hours north and west of us here in Ashland, Oregon, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology provides educational courses and residencies to artists. And they’re now …

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Categories Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, For Writers, Writing Opportunities, Writing Residency
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