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
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Edited by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Tim Folger, Series Editor… Science is a scary word. At least, it used to …
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 …
Story Review: Fox 8 by George Saunders
As children, we read short fairytales and fables in which animals joined humans on quests or spoke and explored together. As adults, we may have turned to a reading life …
Book Review: Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
I stumbled on Elliot Schrefer’s young adult novel Endangered while searching my library’s catalog for fiction about endangered species. Other than two genre novels, this was the only hit and …
Opportunity for writers: The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature
Ashland Creek Press has just announced its new book award, The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature. The 2014 prize will be judged by New York Times bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler, whose most …
The Greening of Literature
A week ago I traveled to Seattle to participate at the AWP Conference and Bookfair — the world’s largest gathering of writers and writing programs. Ashland Creek Press hosted a …
Orion Magazine now accepting submissions for a limited time
Orion opens its submission window only for brief periods of time. And this is one of those times. If you’re working on an environmental story, essay, poem — get it …
Book Review: The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams
On a bookshelf or reading list, this classic of vegetarian thought belongs beside Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation. Originally published in 1990 and reprinted in a 20th Anniversary Edition The Sexual …
Falling In Love With Trees
Seeing Trees Discover the Extraordinary Secrets of Everyday Trees. Timber Press, 2011 By Nancy Ross Hugo Photography by Robert Llewellyn “The most effective way to save the threatened and decimated …
