First Prize $500
Two Second Prizes of $100 each
Entries are now invited for the EV nature writing contest. Only winners will be notified and entries will not be acknowledged or returned.
The deadline for receipt of entries falls on October 15 (of each year).
The EV nature writing contest is held to support the cause of writing on the subject of nature and deep ecology. Any outstanding proceeds support the EV project.
First prize: $500.
Second and third prizes: $100 each.
Two (or more) honorable mentions.
This contest is open to any writer in English producing an original short piece of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetic prose, or poetry on a theme of nature, deep ecology, spiritual ecology, or any work that has some element of nature woven into it.
Submissions can be published or unpublished material, length to range between 500 and 2500 words per entry (poetry can be smaller). One title per entry, you can enter as many times as you like, new entry fee to accompany each entry.
Winners will retain all rights, and will be invited to post their entries on the Earth Vision website.
Entry fee: $12 (U.S.)
Please donate $12 through the donation link of this site.
Instructions:
- there is no form for this contest.
- donate $12 through the “donation” link on the EV site.
- email your entry through the address below, as either a Word, or PDF document.
Email: jgev at ymail dot com
- enter "EV contest" on the subject line of your email - and remember to attach your entry.
- include a cover page with title, contact, and author information, plus a short biography.
The deadline falls each year on Oct 15th.
Only winning entries will be notified.
Winners will be posted on this site by November 15th.
The
Earth Vision website presents spiritual ecology, the interweave of nature and humanity, by addressing current environmental issues,
as well as five books that open the reader’s perspective by means of the following approaches to eco-spirituality: geographic; seasonal;
art, history/reincarnation, and humor.
Visit the site at www.evsite.net
Or email nature author Josef Graf: jgev at ymail dot com
The total number of entries last year came to 41 - which means that the Earth Vision project lost money, but still enhanced overall focus on nature, which is of inestimable value.
Many thanks to those who entered this year. There were many entries deserving of award - it was not easy to choose a mere few winners out of so many that deserved so much. In fact, if this world reflected true value, there would be at least two dozen winners of first prize - alas, but for prosperity, all could be awarded to freely.
Douglas Campbell Smoke
on the Palm of Creation
Diane Elayne Dees Missing
the Trees
Kimberly Gavalchik The
Glow that Illumines, the Glare that Obscures
Fallon Kane The Other Side
Gerard Sarnat Wing Quartet
Peter Shepherd Ecoliteracy