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Opportunity for UK poets: Future Writers Award

June 3, 2025 by John Yunker

Birmingham City University is sponsoring a special writing contest inspired by vegan author Benjamin Zephaniah. This year’s theme is inspired by Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem ‘Nature Trail’, encouraging budding writers to submit …

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Calling writers aged 18 to 25 for the Bell Prize essay contest

October 12, 2021 by John Yunker

Here is an excellent writing opportunity for young writers passionate about the West. Tom Bell founded High Country News in 1970. The Bell Prize honors thoughtful writing about the West …

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

Green Stories: Upcoming writing opportunities

September 3, 2021 by John Yunker

If you’re an environmental writer and not familiar with Green Stories, now is a pretty good time to start. Because they’ve just announced three new competitions! 1) Orna Ross Green Stories …

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New writing contest: Sassafras Award for Excellence in Environmental Writing

June 15, 2021 by John Yunker

Always exciting to see a new award established for environmental writing. This one is for regionally focused writing in the states of Missouri, Arkansas or Louisiana. The Sassafras Award for …

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UK Writing Opportunity: Sustainability First Writing Prize

June 5, 2021 by John Yunker

A wonderful writing opportunity for those of you in the UK: The Sustainability First Writing Prize 2021 is open to British writers and international writers living, working or studying in …

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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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Writing Opportunity: The 2020 Calibre Essay Prize

December 11, 2019 by John Yunker

The Australian Book Review has announced its annual $7,500 Calibre Essay Prize. And while the contest may be located in Australia, it is open to writers everywhere. The list of …

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Writing Opportunity: BeAnimal Autumn Writing Competition

October 2, 2019 by John Yunker

The India-based organization BeAnimal is sponsoring a writing contest with a grand prize of a trip to the Valley of Flowers National Park in India. There is no entry fee. …

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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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Call for Short Stories: Our Entangled Future

December 1, 2018 by John Yunker

Here’s an exciting new call for submissions from the UiO (University of Oslo) Department of Sociology and Human Geography: Attention writers and humanities researchers: this is a call for narratives …

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Announcing the winner & finalists of the 2016 Siskiyou Prize!

February 23, 2017 by Midge Raymond

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2016 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature: Katy Yocom, for her novel THREE WAYS TO DISAPPEAR. Judge JoeAnn Hart writes, “THREE WAYS TO DISAPPEAR begins …

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