Residencies for Nature and Outdoors Writers

Spring Creek - University of Oregon - writer in residence program

Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes Station, California - writer's residency

Taos Summer Writer's Conference - fiction and non-fiction writing conference

Voices of the Wilderness  - artist's residency

Island Institute, Sitka, Alaska - resident fellowships

Sitka Center - residency programs for artists, writers, natural science scholars, musicians


National Park Service Residency Programs on Cape Cod - for artists and writers

Cowboy Poets

Mythmakers of the west and cowboy poets still roll their own and tie a shake a mean lariat.
Join the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in August, 2012.

Keep in mind the next cowboy poets festival in Arizona February 2013.

And what about those cowgirl poets? Don't forget them!  Cowgirl poets wowed the crowd at the Alpine, Texas show reports the  live.work.dream blog.   Go get 'em Billy Jean.

Places to Publish Your Nature Writing

Isle

Outdoors

Outpost

Terrain.org

Trail Runner

Websites on Nature

Selected Opportunities and Resources for Nature Writers

Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, devoted to exploration of relationships between human beings and the natural world, reflected in folklore, literature and other cultural activities with spiritual focus.

The Nature Web from Nature Magazine.

EPA Grants - public environmental education.


Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) 
promotes the exchange of ideas and information about literature that considers human relationships with the natural world.


Forums on nature and birdwatching topics

For freelance writers:  Links to writer’s guidelines for nature related periodicals.