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 …
See the call: Opportunity for UK poets: Future Writers Award
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 …
See the call: Calling writers aged 18 to 25 for the Bell Prize essay contest
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 …
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 …
See the call: New writing contest: Sassafras Award for Excellence in Environmental Writing
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 …
See the call: UK Writing Opportunity: Sustainability First Writing Prize
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 …
See the call: New Writing Opportunity: Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest
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 …
See the call: Writing Opportunity: The 2020 Calibre Essay Prize
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. …
See the call: Writing Opportunity: BeAnimal Autumn Writing Competition
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, …
See the call: Writing Opportunity: The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature
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 …
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 …
See the call: Announcing the winner & finalists of the 2016 Siskiyou Prize!