Celebration of Southern Writing
SELC was pleased to host award-winning author Silas House at the Virginia Festival of the Book in March 2011.
SELC presented Charles Maynard with its annual environmental writing award.
SELC presented Sam Evans with its annual environmental writing award for the Journalism category.
In the long, proud tradition of southern literature, writers have often drawn on the region's unique natural heritage for inspiration and insight - from the haunting cypress swamps of Georgia, to the tall mountains of western North Carolina, to the rolling fields of the Virginia piedmont. As the South grows and changes, southern writers are increasingly exploring the relationship between nature and man. SELC's Reed Writing Award honors these story tellers who capture in words our landscapes and traditions in transition.
About the Reed Writing Award
The Reed Writing Award is given annually for published works in two categories, Non-fiction Book and Journalism, and is judged by some of the top environmental writers, journalists and activists of our time. Learn More
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SELC is now accepting submissions for the 17th annual Reed Environmental Writing Awards. Deadline for entries is January 13, 2012. See "Contest Requirements" for more information.
We are delighted to welcome three outstanding conservationists to our judges panel this year:
- Bruz Clark is president and treasurer of the Chattanooga-based Lyndhurst Foundation, and has been a leading environmental philanthropist in the South for many years.
- Silas House is an award-winning author of such books as The Coal Tattoo and co-author of Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal, and is associate professor of Appalachian Studies at Berea College.
- Paul Sloan is former Deputy Commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and a founding board member Cumberland Region Tomorrow
Please see our press release for a full listing of judges and more information.