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Writing Opportunity: Springs

November 4, 2026 by John Yunker

Here’s another exciting opportunity to pass along! Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review is an open-access online publication for peer-reviewed articles, creative nonfiction, and artistic contributions that survey the interrelationship …

See the call: Writing Opportunity: Springs

Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Catalogue Zine is open for submissions

October 20, 2026 by John Yunker

There’s a new issue in the works and submissions are now being accepted through November 30th. Here’s the theme: People, Places, Things! is a study into the nouns and identities …

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Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

New Journal: River Margin

October 19, 2026 by John Yunker

There’s a new environmental journal to be aware of — and they are now taking submissions! River Margin is a new literary magazine with a focus on ecology, botany, wilderness …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Introducing Red Canary Magazine

August 27, 2026 by John Yunker

I was happy to have come across Red Canary Magazine — a beautiful website with amazing articles, stories and interviews, such as Beautiful Illusions and Why You Want a Wolf. …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Q&A, Writing Opportunities

Writing Opportunity: Climate Fiction

July 25, 2026 by John Yunker

It’s Freezing in LA is looking for climate fiction! Call out for our next special edition – a collection of climate fiction (Cli-fi) shorts! Have you been sitting on a …

See the call: Writing Opportunity: Climate Fiction

Categories Climate Change, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

The Moth Nature Writing Prize is open for submissions

July 3, 2026 by John Yunker

The prize is open to one poem or piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) of up to 4,000 words. Submission fee is €16. Learn more.

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

The Hopper is open for submissions

June 7, 2026 by John Yunker

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 …

See the call: The Hopper is open for submissions

Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Writing Opportunity: Mycelia

May 18, 2026 by John Yunker

Here’s a new anthology that is currently taking submissions. Winter Woods Publishing is thrilled to announce our first call for poetry, fiction, and essay submissions for an anthology to be …

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Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

New writer’s residency: Conjunctions

December 30, 2025 by John Yunker

The literary journal Conjunctions is now sponsoring a residency for writers in upstate New York: Conjunctions is proud to announce a new three-week writer’s residency under the auspices of the recently …

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Categories For Writers, Residency, Writing Opportunities

2026 Aldo & Estella Leopold Residency now accepting applications

December 18, 2025 by John Yunker

There is a $20 fee to apply but it looks like an amazing residency: The Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency provides a space for writers and respected thinkers to reflect …

See the call: 2026 Aldo & Estella Leopold Residency now accepting applications

Categories For Writers, Residency, Writing Opportunities

New environmental journal: Germinate

December 1, 2025 by John Yunker

There’s a new journal for environmental writers to be aware of: Germinate. Published 4 times a year, the journal is “an open-access, digital publication of the American Society for Environmental …

See the call: New environmental journal: Germinate

Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities
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