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Writing Opportunity: Reed Environmental Writing Award

August 17, 2024 by John Yunker

Here’s an amazing opportunity for environmental writers focused on the South: The deadline is October 1st. Learn more and apply.

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Waterston Desert Writing Prize now open for submissions

January 6, 2020 by John Yunker

A unique award for a unique ecosystem… Now starting its sixth year, the Prize annually honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy – with …

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Writing Opportunity: The Wallace Stegner Prize in Environmental Humanities

October 16, 2019 by John Yunker
Wallace Stegner Prize

Here is an excellent opportunity presented by the University of Utah Press: The Wallace Stegner Prize will be awarded to the best monograph submitted to the Press in the broad …

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Categories Anthropocene, Awards, Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Endangered Species, For Writers, University of Utah Press, Writing Opportunities

Writing Opportunity: The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature

September 1, 2019 by John Yunker

This is the fifth iteration of the Siskiyou Prize and submissions are open from now until December 31st. There is a $25 reading fee. This year’s judge is Carol J. Adams, …

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Writing Opportunity for Climate Change Poetry

August 20, 2019 by John Yunker

There’s a new poetry prize in town, and it’s designated for “exceptional poems that help make real for readers the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment at present.” …

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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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