2027 Reed Environmental Writing Award: Nominations

Nominate your work or that of someone you know for the 2027 Reed Environmental Writing Award.

Winners of the 2027 Reed Award will be announced in January and invited to read from their winning entry at a special SELC event held in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 18, 2027.

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 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.

Nomination deadline is October 1, 2026.