The Hopper is open for submissions
The environmental literary magazine has opened for submission for their fall issue: For our Fall 2026 issue, our theme is Ritual. Ritual, ceremony, and practice shape the ways we move through …
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EcoLit Books Success Story: Talitha May
An EcoLit Books success story doesn’t have to be limited to the written word. Reckoning features artwork by Talitha May who discovered the journal through our list of Literary Outlets …
The latest environmental writing opportunities
Today I updated our two lists devoted to environmental publishers and journals. To our list of literary outlets for environmental writing I added a new academic journal: Plant Perspectives. They …
Call for EcoLit Contributors
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. …
Book Review: The Devil’s Element: A Hell of a Mess We’ve Gotten Ourselves Into
While reading The Devil’s Element: Phosphorous and a World Out of Balance by Dan Egan I happened to come across this article in The New York Times about a growing …
Writing Opportunity: Claw & Blossom
Here’s a new journal in our list of outlets for environmental writing. Claw & Blossom is an online seasonal journal of short literary prose and poems that touch upon the …
Terrain’s 11th annual writing contest closes September 7
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 …
New environmental journal: Ecocene
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 …
Learning to love weeds: Beyond the War on Invasive Species
Dandelions. Bull thistle. Kudzu. Japanese knotweed. Himalayan blackberry. From front lawns to woodlands, these are among the most despised of plant species. Species that, we are told, are hell-bent on …
The best environmental books we’ve read in 2019
Looking back on the year, I’m happy to see that a novel that made our best books list in 2018 won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize: The Overstory by Richard Powers …
Book Review: The Humane Gardener
What in the world could be inhumane about gardening? Plenty, it turns out, thanks to this beautifully produced and incredibly important book by Nancy Lawson: The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a …