Nature Writing

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a group of people who draw inspiration from and write using the natural world as foil, as metaphor, as place. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry, long form, short form.

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Fact Checking - When is enough, enough?

Started by Adrienne Ross Scanlan. Last reply by Amanda Katherine Jaros on Tuesday. 3 Replies 1 Like

Hello everyone,I'm in the process of finishing my manuscript for a book of essays on restoring nature in urban settings. In the past, I've done all my own fact checking prior to publishing…Continue

Looking for a critique group

Started by Amanda Katherine Jaros. Last reply by Tarla Kramer Jan 11. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Hi all. I am just beginning my adventures in writing/publishing. I am looking to find a group of 3 or 4 people to start an online critique group. As I am posting this in the nature essay group, I…Continue

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book recommendation: Anything Worth Doing by Jo Deurbrouck

Started by Shannon Huffman Polson Sep 26, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

wanted to share a book recommendation by someone I actually met on Twitter of all places...in any event, definitely worth picking up "Anything Worth Doing" by Jo Deurbrouk, really outstanding, a…Continue

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good nature writing publishing and reading

Started by Amanda Katherine Jaros. Last reply by Adrienne Ross Scanlan Jan 18, 2012. 9 Replies 3 Likes

I'm just wondering where you all publish your nature writing? And maybe more importantly, what nature writing are you reading?We can each search out all the venues, books, magazines, blogs, and…Continue

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Comment by Annielaural leFaye on September 2, 2012 at 3:56pm: Seems to have been a while since anyone posted here. Maybe summer nature travel got in the way? :)

I'm a short story writer and a creative non-fiction writer. Nature figures as background to most of my work - winter snowstorms, raging spring mountain torrents, lovely Sierra meadows, overhanging strangler figs in the Australian sub tropical rain forest, lyre birds scratching the duff, red bellied black snakes curled across the track, Patagonia in mid-summer..they all figure in my imagination as well as in my writing.

I'm curious about how others use nature successfully in published works...always looking for like minded souls.

annielaural

Comment by Deborah Hollins on August 28, 2012 at 11:09am: Let this prayer permeate the universe, live fiercely within me and flow determinedly from my tongue.
http://ning.it/NAEwRz

Comment by Charlene Logan Burnett on August 8, 2012 at 5:28pm: Congrats Page and Adrienne!! I sent in but didn't make it so glad to see you both in there!

Comment by Adrienne Ross Scanlan on August 8, 2012 at 1:06pm: Page Lambert and I both have pieces in Sugar Mule's amazingly awesome "Women Writing Nature". Women Writing Nature is available as a pdf download at:

http://www.sugarmule.com/41.htm.

Don't be daunted by Women Writing Nature's 160 poets and essayists.
Contributor names are in alphabetical order in the Table of Contents (TOC), and the TOC's page numbers are hyperlinked directly to each author's poem or essay.

Comment by Adrienne Ross Scanlan on August 7, 2012 at 10:57am: Thanks a great list of book awards, Shannon,thanks for posting it.

Comment by Shannon Huffman Polson on July 10, 2012 at 3:31pm

So...looking for places to submit a new book for nature related writing contests (and actually know nothing about how this works). This is what I found so far- any other ideas? Or tips on how this whole process works? Thanks!

Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism
Washington State Book Award
PNWA Book award
National Outdoor Book Award
Women's National Book Association
Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award

Comment by Page Lambert on July 10, 2012 at 8:28am: Hope the publishing process goes smoothly, Shannon!

Comment by Shannon Huffman Polson on July 10, 2012 at 8:19am: wonderful on all Page, thank you! I will definitely touch base when it's out. And I look forward to reading your book as well!

Comment by Page Lambert on July 10, 2012 at 8:04am: Yes, Shannon, that would be great. I write occasional essays/book reviews on my blog "All Things Literary. All Things Natural." http://pagelambert.blogspot.com/ So make sure you send me a note when North of Hope comes out. You might enjoy my memoir too, In Search of Kinship: Modern Pioneering on the Western Landscape. It was a Rocky Mountain best-seller when it came out (hardcover 1996, softcover 2001). http://www.pagelambert.com/books.html. Congratulations again on your contract!

Comment by Shannon Huffman Polson on July 10, 2012 at 7:53am: thank you Page- I sent him a message and said you'd told me to connect. I appreciate it; he looks like an amazing man and I look forward to reading his book and hopefully meeting all of you one day!