The Southern Environmental Law Centre (SELC) is inviting applicants for its 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award.
Donor Name: Southern Environmental Law Center
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 10/01/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Reed Environmental Writing Award celebrates writers who achieve both literary excellence and extraordinary insight into the South’s natural treasures and environmental challenges.
Nominations for book entries must be works of nonfiction (not self-published), and journalism entries, including newspaper, magazine, and digital writing, must be published by a recognized institution such as a newspaper, university, or nonprofit organization.
Requirements
- 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.
- They 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 SELC.
