Welcome to Writing for Animals
We are thrilled to launch a self-paced version of our Writing for Animals class. If you’d like to get an overview about the class and what you’ll learn, we’ve created a 3-minute overview:
On publishing
Announcing MY DAYS OF DARK GREEN EUPHORIA
We are delighted to reveal the gorgeous cover of A.E. Copenhaver’s novel, MY DAYS OF DARK GREEN EUPHORIA, coming February 1, 2022. This stunning cover was designed by Matt Smith, with the illustration, Nasturtium Garden, by Lea Yunk. Winner of the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature, this satirical novel follows thirtysomething Cara Foster, “a …
2021 Siskiyou Prize now open for submissions
Submissions are open for the sixth Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature, judged this year by Deb Olin Unferth and sponsored by Ashland Creek Press and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. The 2021 Siskiyou Prize is open to published books and unpublished book-length manuscripts in fiction and nonfiction, including novels, memoirs, and short …
Writers: Be careful out there
As if it isn’t difficult enough to be a writer these days, a growing number of scammers are looking to take advantage of us with promises of writing gigs and so forth. This scam alert comes to us via Poets & Writers: Recently we’ve become aware of an e-mail scam involving someone posing as a …
An interview with Catherine Kelaher, author of SAVING ANIMALS
Q: What inspired you to write this book, and how long did it take you to write it? A: I had published my fictional book, Amanda the Teen Activist, in 2006 and began to sell it at markets around Sydney. Whilst the book was well received, people would often say, “Will this tell me how to be an …