We are excited to share this new call for submissions...
...to THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: POEMS ON AMERICA'S LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER NATURAL WONDERS (co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler) — a companion to the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1), forthcoming in Fall 2025 from Paloma Press, in collaboration with the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and Poets for Science.
About the Project
Partly inspired by the National Climate Assessment (NCA), the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is conducting the nation’s first ever National Nature Assessment (NNA1) under the authority of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The NNA1 report will focus on themes surrounding Conservation and Natural Resource Management, Economic Interests, Human Health and Well-Being, and Safety and Security, with the cross-cutting areas of Climate Change and Equity woven throughout proposed themes as identified through federal agency, public, and Tribal engagement efforts. Learn more about NNA1 here.
The Anthology
As an additional opportunity to highlight the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1), the editors of the anthologies, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, a companion to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (Paloma Press, 2023), and Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic (Kent State University Press, 2022) are issuing a call for submissions for a forthcoming poetry anthology to be published in Fall 2025, to coincide with the scheduled public release of the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1) draft. Additionally, NNA1 authors will have the option of citing excerpts from the anthology as epigraphs in the NNA1 final report which will be released in 2026.
EDITORS
Luisa A. Igloria & Aileen Cassinetto, Co-Editors, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (with Dr. Jeremy S. Hoffman), a companion to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (2023)
David Hassler, Co-Editor of Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic (2022)
Call for Submissions
We are looking for poems that speak to the immense value of nature—for our children and future generations, for our own and the planet’s well-being, and the resilience and survival of our communities. We are looking for poems that query our current practices and what needs to change in our consideration of the natural world, and that show new understandings of what it means to co-exist in it.
Note:
Submissions accepted for the online gallery will automatically be entered into consideration for the print anthology.
Editors will make final selections for the latter at or around the end of February 2025.
Submission Deadline
On or before 15 January 2025
Send us your writing - submission portal HERE
And please bookmark our webpage for future reference and sharing.
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POETS FOR SCIENCE is a participatory project and installation exploring the connection between science and poetry.
Are you interested in collaborating with Poets for Science? Contact David Hassler, Executive Director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University.
PALOMA PRESS is the first Southeast Asian publishing house founded on the San Francisco Peninsula. Its mission is to publish literary works that have the power to inspire and reshape our creative futures.
DISCLAIMER
The U.S. Government, including the USGCRP and the NNA, does not endorse any products, services, activities, positions, statements, or policies of this project, and disclaims any appearance of improper or prohibited fundraising, partisan, or lobbying activities. No part of this project was initiated or funded by the U.S. Government. All project participants are acting in their individual capacities and are not representatives of the U.S. Government.
About the Project
Partly inspired by the National Climate Assessment (NCA), the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is conducting the nation’s first ever National Nature Assessment (NNA1) under the authority of the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The NNA1 report will focus on themes surrounding Conservation and Natural Resource Management, Economic Interests, Human Health and Well-Being, and Safety and Security, with the cross-cutting areas of Climate Change and Equity woven throughout proposed themes as identified through federal agency, public, and Tribal engagement efforts. Learn more about NNA1 here.
The Anthology
As an additional opportunity to highlight the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1), the editors of the anthologies, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, a companion to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (Paloma Press, 2023), and Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic (Kent State University Press, 2022) are issuing a call for submissions for a forthcoming poetry anthology to be published in Fall 2025, to coincide with the scheduled public release of the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1) draft. Additionally, NNA1 authors will have the option of citing excerpts from the anthology as epigraphs in the NNA1 final report which will be released in 2026.
EDITORS
Luisa A. Igloria & Aileen Cassinetto, Co-Editors, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (with Dr. Jeremy S. Hoffman), a companion to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (2023)
David Hassler, Co-Editor of Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic (2022)
Call for Submissions
We are looking for poems that speak to the immense value of nature—for our children and future generations, for our own and the planet’s well-being, and the resilience and survival of our communities. We are looking for poems that query our current practices and what needs to change in our consideration of the natural world, and that show new understandings of what it means to co-exist in it.
Note:
Submissions accepted for the online gallery will automatically be entered into consideration for the print anthology.
Editors will make final selections for the latter at or around the end of February 2025.
Submission Deadline
On or before 15 January 2025
Send us your writing - submission portal HERE
And please bookmark our webpage for future reference and sharing.
***
POETS FOR SCIENCE is a participatory project and installation exploring the connection between science and poetry.
Are you interested in collaborating with Poets for Science? Contact David Hassler, Executive Director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University.
PALOMA PRESS is the first Southeast Asian publishing house founded on the San Francisco Peninsula. Its mission is to publish literary works that have the power to inspire and reshape our creative futures.
DISCLAIMER
The U.S. Government, including the USGCRP and the NNA, does not endorse any products, services, activities, positions, statements, or policies of this project, and disclaims any appearance of improper or prohibited fundraising, partisan, or lobbying activities. No part of this project was initiated or funded by the U.S. Government. All project participants are acting in their individual capacities and are not representatives of the U.S. Government.