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A global, biennial Β£10k prize, originating in the Lake District for essay-length, non-fiction nature writing. www.naturechroniclesprize.com
Entries to this year's Nature Chronicles Prize are now closed.
The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26 key dates.
π Entries to this year's Prize are now closed π
Thank you to everyone who submitted, we're really looking forward to reading your work.
A reminder of key dates can be found below and all other information can be found on our website - good luck!
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A small, wet water vole perched on a mossy log over a calm river in a natural, overcast setting. πΈMike Lane | istock.com
Today we're celebrating #WorldWetlandsDay with our friends at WWTπΎπ§As much as we need air to breathe, we need water to live. The conservation of our wetlands is essential to life on Earth.
Did you know #wetlands are one of the worldβs most biodiverse habitats?
Entries to The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26 close at midnight on Saturday 31st January 2026.
Entry specifications for The Nature Chronicles Prize.
Entry specifications for The Nature Chronicles Prize continued.
There's still time to enter this year's Prize!
The deadline for entries is at midnight on Saturday 31 January
Good luck with your submission π
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Entries to The Nature Chronicles Prize close in one week.
The Nature Chronicles Prize entry criteria. https://naturechroniclesprize.com
The Nature Chronicles Prize entry criteria. https://naturechroniclesprize.com
There's only one week left to submit to this year's Prize! Entries close on 31st January π
Visit our website for more information and scroll through our previous posts for writing tips and prompts - good luck!
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The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 23-25 January 2026.
The Big Garden Birdwatch is back! π¦
The Big Garden Birdwatch is the worldβs largest garden wildlife survey. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people take part, helping to record how garden birds are faring.
Visit @rspb.bsky.social to find out more!
#BigGardenBirdwatch #RSPB
The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 23-25 January 2026.
The Big Garden Birdwatch is back! π¦
The Big Garden Birdwatch is the worldβs largest garden wildlife survey. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people take part, helping to record how garden birds are faring.
Visit @rspb.bsky.social to find out more!
#BigGardenBirdwatch #RSPB
Entries to The Nature Chronicles Prize close in two weeks. Submit by 31st January 2026.
π Entries to this year's Prize close in less than two weeks π
Visit our website for all the important information and scroll through our previous post for writing tips!
Good luck!
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Nature Chronicles Prize writing tips and prompts.
Nature Chronicles Prize writing tips and prompts.
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Nature Chronicles Prize, Writing Tips and Prompts.
Nature Chronicles Prize, Writing Tips and Prompts.
Nature Chronicles Prize, Writing Tips and Prompts.
Nature Chronicles Prize, Writing Tips and Prompts.
1/2 Interested in submitting to the Prize but unsure where to start with your writing?
Our writing tips and prompts are here to help π
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Entries to this year's Nature Chronicles Prize close in three weeks.
Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize.
Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize.
πΏ Entries to this year's prize close in just under three weeks! πΏ
A reminder of the entry criteria is below, but please visit our website for more detailed information and the important Ts & Cs!
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We're so excited to read your work!
#Booksky #NatureWritingPrize
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Have you entered The Nature Chronicles Prize yet?
Details in the post below! π
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Itβs that timeβ¦Big Garden Birdwatch is BACK! ππ
The birds are ready. Weβre ready. Are you?
Sign up is open nowβ¦go go go!
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder. https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder. https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder. https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
As the closing date draws nearer, here's a reminder of the Prize's key dates and entry criteria π
Please do read the full Ts&Cs on our website before submitting your entry.
Good luck, and we can't wait to read your work π
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Applications are invited for three fully-funded Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA). Deadline is 9th February 2026.
Proposed projects must be arts & humanities-led
#PhD @findaphd.bsky.social @dcahf-met.bsky.social
More details:
#PhD www.mmu.ac.uk/study/postgr...
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder. https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder. https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
The Nature Chronicles Prize key dates and entry criteria reminder. https://naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-conditions
As the closing date draws nearer, here's a reminder of the Prize's key dates and entry criteria π
Please do read the full Ts&Cs on our website before submitting your entry.
Good luck, and we can't wait to read your work π
naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-co...
#Booksky #NatureWriting
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The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926β2019).
The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926β2019). Prudence Mary Milligan was born in 1926 to a naval family. She was given a Quaker education and then trained as a nurse. In 1952 she married and in 1961 moved to the Lake District where she brought up her four children, mostly as a single parent. It was a quiet, contained sort of existence, which immersed her children in nature: hedgehogs, Fell ponies, curlews. She was a great reader, and sometimes painted and sometimes wrote poetry β but always she kept up with her journals.
The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926β2019). She died in London on 1 September 2019, aged 93. I count the days happiest when I have ridden a horse, baked a cake, bathed the children, written for an hour or two, and read before sleeping. (July 1964).
Our Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926β2019)
The Nature Chronicles Prize is also a memorial to Prudence Scott, a lifelong nature diarist who died in 2019. Her Trust is the Prizeβs sponsor.
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Heartily recommend this anthology for the nature lover in your life. (Okay -- I have an essay in it -- but you can always skip that one if you don't want to read about insects, parenting, and existential angst.)
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The Nature Chronicles Prize: 2 anthology, published by Saraband.
Our friends at @saraband-books.bsky.social have included the Nature Chronicles Prize 2 anthology in their Christmas shop!
Treat a loved one, a friend (or even yourself) to this beautiful book of winning essays from the 2024 Prize π
saraband.net/2025/11/12/s...
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'Sharing the adventure through words, wanderings and wonder', the @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social is starting next week!
Have you got your tickets yet?
www.kendalmountainfestival.com/highlights/l...
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Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship.
Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship.
Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship.
We are proud to announce the Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship
The sponsorship will be awarded to ten aspiring or established nature writers for whom the cost of entry is a bar
To qualify β on a first come first served basis β please contact christine@naturechroniclesprize.com
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Hedgehog eating food at night
Be careful if building a bonfire this Halloween and Bonfire Night. Hedgehogs love to hibernate in piles of sticks and branches β so build a bonfire on the same day you plan to burn it, and check it carefully for hiding wildlife.
More :
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/nat...
Our #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is on the Whooper Swan.
These elegant swans fly in from Iceland, their trumpet-like calls echoing across UK wetlands as they gather for winter.
The Nature Chronicles Prize terms and conditions. Visit the prize website to read in full. www.naturechroniclesprize.com
The Nature Chronicles Prize terms and conditions. Visit the prize website to read in full. www.naturechroniclesprize.com
There are just three months left until entries to the prize close!
A reminder to please read the full Ts&Cs on our website before submitting π
We're really looking forward to reading your work, good luck!
www.naturechroniclesprize.com
#naturewriting #natureprize #booksky
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Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Entries are open now and close on the 31st January 2026. 1st August 2026 longlist announced. 1st September 2026 shortlist announced. November 2026, prize-giving and book launch.
A reminder of our key dates ποΈ
π Entries are open now!
π 31st January 2026 - Closing date
π 1st August 2026 - Longlist
π 1st September 2026 - Shortlist
π November 2026 - Prize-giving and book launch
For more information and how to submit, please visit our website:
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Advice and insight into what Linda Cracknell is looking forward to as a judge on this year's Nature Chronicle's Prize.
Some brilliant advice and insight into what Linda Cracknell is looking forward to as a judge on this year's Prize!
Have you submitted yet? All the information you need can be found on our website
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Seriously, it's a fabulous & deeply generous prize β and what a terrific judge.
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Dr Anjana Khatwa commenting on being a judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
Interested in submitting to the prize this year? We asked
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social what she's looking forward to as a judge!
Find out more, and how to submit, on our website:
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Matt Sowerby commenting on being a judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
We spoke to 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize winner, @sourbee-matt.bsky.social on what he's looking forward to as a judge on the 2025/26 Prize!
Read more about the Prize, and how you can enter, here:
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#naturechroniclesprize #naturechronicles #naturewriting
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Ladybird on a green plant
This autumn, please consider leaving dead plants in your garden rather than 'tidying' them up. Over the winter they will provide sheltered spots for hibernating ladybirds and lots of other creatures π
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