Reed Environmental Writing Award nominations

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Winners of the 2025 Reed Award will be announced in early February and invited to read from their winning entry at a special SELC event during the Virginia Festival of the Book, held every March in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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 the 2026 award will open this summer for the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award.

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.