The Best American Science and Nature Writing
Submission Information:
The Best American Science and Nature Writing is open to submissions from publishers, editors, readers, and writers. (Writers are welcome to nominate their own work, though I appreciate if you keep it to three pieces or fewer.)
Submissions for work published in 2024 are now closed. To submit a piece published in 2025, use this form. Please do not send submissions via email.
Eligibility: Pieces must have been published, online or in print, by an American or Canadian periodical in 2025. They must be about science, nature, or the environment. There are no length restrictions or requirements. Essays are eligible, poetry is not, nor are excerpts from books. Submissions are open through December 20, 2025. (Work published between 12/20 and 12/31 may be submitted until 12/31.)
Publications are encouraged nominate their best handful of pieces via the form above. If you have questions, you can email me at BASNSeries@gmail.com.
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