The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26

🍃 Entries to this year's Prize are now closed 🍃 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! naturechroniclesprize.com

Happy Dark Sky Week 💫 International Dark Sky Week is a global celebration of the night and is taking place this year from the 13-20 April. The 2026 theme is Go Dark. Visit @IDADarkSky to discover more and how you can get involved! #DarkSkyWeek #DarkSkies

Happy World Wildlife Day 🌸🐯 The 2026 theme is Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods Read more about #WWD2026 here: wildlifeday.org/en/about

Entries for this year's Prize close at midnight tonight! Good luck with your submission 🍃 #NatureChroniclesPrize #NatureWriting #NaturePrize #BookTwitter naturechroniclesprize.com

There's only one week left to submit to this year's Prize! Visit our website for more information and scroll through previous posts for writing tips and prompts - good luck! naturechroniclesprize.com

The Big Garden Birdwatch is back! The Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people take part, helping to record how garden birds are faring. Visit rspb.org.uk to find out more! #BigGardenBirdwatch

Entries to the Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26 close two weeks today! naturechroniclesprize.com

Writing tips and prompts continued 📝 naturechroniclesprize.com

Interested in submitting to the Prize but unsure where to start? Our writing tip and prompts are here to help 📝 naturechroniclesprize.com

🌿 Entries to this year's prize close in three weeks! 🌿 A reminder of the entry criteria is below, but please visit our website for more detailed information and the important Ts & Cs! naturechroniclesprize.com We're so excited to read your work!

🍃 Entries close a month today! 🍃 Until have until the 31st January 2026 to submit to the Prize. Please visit our website for entry details and to read all the Ts & Cs. Good luck! naturechroniclesprize.com

❄️ Happy Winter Solstice❄️ We hope you find some time to slow down and find inspiration for your writing. Read more about entering The Nature Chronicles Prize on our website. naturechroniclesprize.com

Our Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019) The Nature Chronicles Prize is also a memorial to Prudence Scott, a lifelong nature diarist who died in 2019. Her Trust is the Prize’s sponsor. naturechroniclesprize.com

@MoniqueGadella Hello! On a topic you consider to be contemporary nature writing. Further information can be found on our website naturechroniclesprize.com

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As the closing date draws nearer, here's a reminder of the Prize's key dates and entry criteria 🍃 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 📝 naturechroniclesprize.com/terms-and-cond…

Our friends at @SarabandBooks 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 🍃 saraband.net/2025/11/12/sto…