The Nature Chronicles Prize
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A global, biennial £10k prize, originating in the Lake District for essay-length, non-fiction nature writing. www.naturechroniclesprize.com
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We're delighted to announce that entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize open today!

The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social
Entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize are now open, as of 1st August 2025. Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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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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Dr Anjana Khatwa commenting on being a judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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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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Matt Sowerby commenting on being a judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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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 🐞
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Hello! If you click the X at the top right on the pop-up box, you should be able to view without accepting. Good luck with your submission!
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Have you submitted your entry yet? 🍃

The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social

Find out more: naturechroniclesprize.com

#naturewriting
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Looking for some inspiration for this year's prize? Why not read through the winning entries from 2024 🌿

Read more about the anthology, and how you can get a copy, here:

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The Nature Chronicles Prize: 2: Winning entires, published by Saraband.
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Congratulations to the 2025 #WainwrightPrize winners 🎉
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We’re delighted to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize Winners!

From powerful storytelling to vital conservation work and bold illustration, this year’s winners reflect the richness, urgency, and joy of writing about the natural world.

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We're delighted to announce that entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize open today!

The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social
Entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize are now open, as of 1st August 2025. Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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Completing our judges introductions is Patrick Walsh, agent and founder of Pew Literary Agency.

His clients have won and been shortlisted for numerous literary awards!

Read more about Patrick on our website:

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Patrick Walsh, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Bio for Patrick Walsh, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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My author's journey started with entering a nature writing competition. Yours can too! Read below for a chance to win £10k & a chance to break through barriers with an idea that could change the way we think about the natural world. Good luck! 🤞🏾🤩 #naturewriting
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Our next judge we'd like to introduce you to is
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, a multi-award-winning earth scientist who has worked for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and the National Trust

Read more about Anjana on our website

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#Booksky #NatureWriting
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Anjana Khatwa, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Anjana Khatwa's bio, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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Our fourth judge is @sourbee-matt.bsky.social, an environmental writer, poet, and activist, and the winner of the 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize!

Read more about Matt on our website

www.naturechroniclesprize.com

#Booksky #NatureWriting
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Matt Sowerby, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Bio for Matt Sowerby, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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Our next judge we'd like to introduce you to is
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, a multi-award-winning earth scientist who has worked for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and the National Trust

Read more about Anjana on our website

naturechroniclesprize.com

#Booksky #NatureWriting
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Anjana Khatwa, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Anjana Khatwa's bio, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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We're continuing to introduce you to our 2025/26 judges, and next up is Kevin Duffy!

Kevin has spent over thirty years in the publishing industry, and in 2006 founded the publisher @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social based in Hebden Bridge.

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Kevin Duffy, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Bio for Kevin Duffy, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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Over the coming weeks we're going to introduce you to our judges!

First up is Linda Cracknell, a writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction.

She is inspired by place and memory, and walking is essential to her creative process.

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Meet the judge, Linda Cracknell. Meet the judge, Linda Cracknell.
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The Nature Chronicles Prize was conceived to mark the global pandemic and serve those who witnessed it. It is also a memorial to Prudence Scott, a lifelong nature diarist who died in 2019.

Interested in submitting to the prize? Read the entry criteria and full terms and conditions on our website.
Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize. Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize. Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize.
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And the judges for 2025/26 are 🥁

🍃 Linda Cracknell, nature & place writer
🍃 Kevin Duffy, co-founder @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
🍃 @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, award winning earth scientist
🍃 @sourbee-matt.bsky.social, writer & environmental activist
🍃 Patrick Walsh, founder & agent at PEW Literary
Meet the Nature Chronicles Prize Judges 2025/26. Linda Cracknell, nature and place writer
Kevin Duffy, co-founder of Bluemoose Books
Anjana Khatwa, award winning Earth Scientist, writer and presenter
Matt Sowerby, writer and environmental activist, and the 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize winner 
Patrick Walsh, founder and agent at PEW Literary
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We're delighted to announce that entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize open today!

The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social
Entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize are now open, as of 1st August 2025. Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
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We're excited to announce that entries for the 2025/26 #NatureChroniclesPrize will open a week today!

More information to follow or keep up-to-date via our website:

www.naturechroniclesprize.com

#Booksky #Nature #NatureWriting
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The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26.