Deadline: 30 September 2024
The Southern Environmental Law Centre is requesting applications for its Reed Environmental Writing Award to celebrate writers who achieve both literary excellence and extraordinary insight into the South’s natural treasures and environmental challenges.
SELC’s annual Reed Environmental Writing Award has two categories: Book, for non-fiction books (not self-published), and Journalism, for newspaper, magazine and online articles.
SELC created the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 1994 to enhance public awareness of the value and vulnerability of the South’s natural treasures and to recognize and encourage the writers who most effectively tell the stories about the region’s environment.
Prize Information
- Prizes of $2,500 are awarded to the winner in each category.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entries are due October 1, 2024, and must have been published between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024.
- For the journalism category, minimum length is 1,000 words per entry. Awards are given to an individual writer or are shared among co-writers.
- It welcome nominations from anyone, including authors and publishers.
- Entries must relate to the natural treasures or environmental challenges in at least one of SELC’s states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginia.
- Journalism entries may be a single article, a series on one topic, or a collection on unrelated topics, as long as each article pertains to the environment in one of the six states listed above. The entry as a whole must meet the minimum word length. Entries must be accompanied by a digital version (URL, or email) to verify word length.
For more information, visit Southern Environmental Law Centre.
