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PFN – Call for Submissions to Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature. Theme: Ecology
Ecology: /ɪˈkɒlədʒi, ɛˈkɒlədʒi/ origin: late 19th cent. oecology, from Greek oikos ‘house.’ Noun 1. The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. 2. The political movement concerned with protection of the environment.
For this issue, we seek stories that respond to ecology in all its forms, from its earliest roots to present-day ecologies which span people, organisms, systems, and worlds. Work that follows in the footsteps of authors such as John Muir, Rebecca Solnit, and David Olusoga is encouraged.
Guidance
We require a cover letter for all submissions, with certain information provided [introduction, background, publication history, social handles]. We also ask that all submitted work be sent as a Word Doc attachment, double-spaced, with page numbers. We are unable to accept work within emails, or sent as PDFs. We regret that due to the number of submissions we receive, submissions that do not meet our guidelines are declined. For more on our guidelines, read our FAQs and Submissions page. All emails should be sent to the section editor as indicated, and titled as requested and all submissions should follow our Style Guide.By following our guidelines, you can help us accept your work more quickly. Thank you.
Due to the number of submissions we receive, and our goal of publishing as many writers as possible, writers may only submit or query one work per issue. If your submission or query is declined for an issue, and the submission call is still open, you can submit another work or query again to that issue. Please submit all work via Submittable.
Sections open to the public for the ECOLOGY issue:
Travel memoir: we seek works of nonfiction travel memoir with a strong narrative arc. 1500 to 6000 words. Please send completed works to Nonfiction Editors Kerry Beth Neville, Samuel Autman, and Joelle Renstrom through Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to travelmemoir@panoramajournal.org, title email Ecology/Travel Memoir.
Decolonising travel: In this issue, we’re not interested in service articles about ecotourism or sustainable travel, but rather in essays that use travel to complicate our relationships with our surroundings or to redefine natural or constructed environments. For example, investigations into hidden ecologies beneath the surface, migrations/returns to altered landscapes, or narrative maps that offer new ways of seeing place. As always, we encourage voices from the global majority and writing that’s aware of power dynamics in travel and challenges imperialist tropes and language. Roughly 1,000-3,000 words. Please send completed works to Decolonising Travel Editor Faith Adiele through Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to decolonisingtravel@panoramajournal.org, title email Ecology/Decolonising Travel.
General and speculative nonfiction: we seek all forms of nonfiction writing. For ECOLOGY, we are particularly interested in the crossing-over that travel provides, whether in the aspect of the journey or the destination. Share your literal or metaphorical journey. 1500-6000 words. Please send completed works to Nonfiction Editors Sarge Lacuesta, and Tolu Daniel through Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to nonfictioneditor@panoramajournal.org, title email Ecology/Nonfiction.
New nature writing is a genre-fluid form that encompasses memoir/travel/and nature writing with an especial foregrounding of the challenges of the Climate Crisis. It is a form that loves to transgress borders. We would be delighted to receive writing with an ethical dimension and ecological awareness that encourages the reader to mindfully negotiate the shared landscapes of the human and more-than-human. 1500-3000 words. Below your title include a 50-word ‘taster’ paragraph that captures the essence of the piece in italics. Think of this as the carny pitch to hook curious passersby. What will they experience inside? Please send completed works to the New Nature Writing Editor, Dr Kevan Manwaring through Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to newnaturewriting@panoramajournal.org, title email: Ecology/New Nature Writing.
Travel flash: we seek short works of travel memoir and nonfiction for the Travel Flash section. Pieces must be between 150 and 300 words, after edits, and no longer than 350 words before edits. Preference will be given to those pieces that present a strong sense of detail and place and a fleshed-out narrative. Make every single word count. For the Ecology issue, we are looking for work that highlights interactions between humans and their surroundings. There should be a focus on human travel’s impact on the environment, be it urban or wilderness, real or imaginary, large or small, past, present, or future. Submit your work to Flash Editor Paula Read via Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to flasheditor@panoramajournal.org with the title Ecology/Travel Flash.
Streetview: we seek views from your own street, your neighbourhood, your town, or village. Travelling is more than visiting another place – it can happen anywhere, even close to home. We look forward to receiving essays that take familiar surroundings and everyday experiences, transforming them into something momentous, poignant, and universal. Pieces run from 1500 words to 2000 words. All submissions via Submittable. Clarifying questions can be sent to streetview@panoramajournal.org, title email: Ecology/Streetview.
Travel fiction: we seek works of fiction that reimagine ecology. Fictional works must include a journey to a place. Hybrid works (a blending of fiction and nonfiction) will be considered as well as experimental works. We are open to science fiction submissions for this issue as well as earth-land sea-air fantastical journeys of any kind, as long as they are travelogue style and modelled on traditional journeys. 1500-3000 words. Please send completed works to Fiction Editor Vimi Bajaj through Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to fictioneditor@panoramajournal.org, and title email Ecology/Travel Fiction.
Flash fiction: we also seek flash fiction works for the Flash Fiction section. Pieces must be between 150 and 300 words, after edits, and no longer than 350 words before edits. Preference will be given to those pieces that present a strong sense of place. For the Ecology issue, we will look for works that explore connections, interactions, and impacts between humans and other living things, however large or small. Show us what eco-fiction can do, and make every word count. Submit your work to Flash Editor Paula Read using Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to flasheditor@panoramajournal.org with the title Ecology/Flash Fiction.
Poetry: we seek poetry with a strong eco-narrative. 1-2 pages. Please send completed works to Senior Poetry Editors David Ishaya Osu and Devi Laskar and Poetry Editor Amanda White through Submittable. Include a short bio and introduction to your work in your cover letter or submission document(s). Clarifying questions can be sent to poetryeditor@panoramajournal.org, title email Ecology/Poetry.