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A global, biennial £10k prize, originating in the Lake District for essay-length, non-fiction nature writing.

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As the closing date draws nearer, here's a reminder of the Prize's key dates and entry criteria 🍃

Please do read the full Ts&Cs on our website before submitting your entry.

Good luck, and we can't wait to read your work 📝

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December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Our Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019)

The Nature Chronicles Prize is also a memorial to Prudence Scott, a lifelong nature diarist who died in 2019. Her Trust is the Prize’s sponsor.

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The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019). The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019). Prudence Mary Milligan was born in 1926 to a naval family. She was given a Quaker education and then trained as a nurse. In 1952 she married and in 1961 moved to the Lake District where she brought up her four children, mostly as a single parent. It was a quiet, contained sort of existence, which immersed her children in nature: hedgehogs, Fell ponies, curlews. She was a great reader, and sometimes painted and sometimes wrote poetry – but always she kept up with her journals. The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019). She died in London on 1 September 2019, aged 93. I count the days happiest when I have ridden a horse, baked a cake, bathed the children, written for an hour or two, and read before sleeping. (July 1964).
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Our friends at @saraband-books.bsky.social have included the Nature Chronicles Prize 2 anthology in their Christmas shop!

Treat a loved one, a friend (or even yourself) to this beautiful book of winning essays from the 2024 Prize 🍃

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The Nature Chronicles Prize: 2 anthology, published by Saraband.
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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We are proud to announce the Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship

The sponsorship will be awarded to ten aspiring or established nature writers for whom the cost of entry is a bar

To qualify – on a first come first served basis – please contact christine@naturechroniclesprize.com

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Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship. Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship. Jamie Normington Memorial Sponsorship.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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There are just three months left until entries to the prize close!

A reminder to please read the full Ts&Cs on our website before submitting 📝

We're really looking forward to reading your work, good luck!

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The Nature Chronicles Prize terms and conditions. Visit the prize website to read in full. www.naturechroniclesprize.com The Nature Chronicles Prize terms and conditions. Visit the prize website to read in full. www.naturechroniclesprize.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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A reminder of our key dates 🗓️

🍃 Entries are open now!

🍃 31st January 2026 - Closing date

🍃 1st August 2026 - Longlist

🍃 1st September 2026 - Shortlist

🍃 November 2026 - Prize-giving and book launch

For more information and how to submit, please visit our website:

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Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Entries are open now and close on the 31st January 2026. 1st August 2026 longlist announced. 1st September 2026 shortlist announced. November 2026, prize-giving and book launch.
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Some brilliant advice and insight into what Linda Cracknell is looking forward to as a judge on this year's Prize!

Have you submitted yet? All the information you need can be found on our website

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Advice and insight into what Linda Cracknell is looking forward to as a judge on this year's Nature Chronicle's Prize.
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Interested in submitting to the prize this year? We asked
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social what she's looking forward to as a judge!

Find out more, and how to submit, on our website:

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Dr Anjana Khatwa commenting on being a judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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We spoke to 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize winner, @sourbee-matt.bsky.social on what he's looking forward to as a judge on the 2025/26 Prize!

Read more about the Prize, and how you can enter, here:

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Matt Sowerby commenting on being a judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
October 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Have you submitted your entry yet? 🍃

The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social

Find out more: naturechroniclesprize.com

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September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Looking for some inspiration for this year's prize? Why not read through the winning entries from 2024 🌿

Read more about the anthology, and how you can get a copy, here:

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The Nature Chronicles Prize: 2: Winning entires, published by Saraband.
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Completing our judges introductions is Patrick Walsh, agent and founder of Pew Literary Agency.

His clients have won and been shortlisted for numerous literary awards!

Read more about Patrick on our website:

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Patrick Walsh, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Bio for Patrick Walsh, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
September 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Our fourth judge is @sourbee-matt.bsky.social, an environmental writer, poet, and activist, and the winner of the 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize!

Read more about Matt on our website

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Matt Sowerby, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Bio for Matt Sowerby, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
August 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Our next judge we'd like to introduce you to is
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, a multi-award-winning earth scientist who has worked for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and the National Trust

Read more about Anjana on our website

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Anjana Khatwa, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Anjana Khatwa's bio, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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We're continuing to introduce you to our 2025/26 judges, and next up is Kevin Duffy!

Kevin has spent over thirty years in the publishing industry, and in 2006 founded the publisher @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social based in Hebden Bridge.

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Kevin Duffy, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize. Bio for Kevin Duffy, judge for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
August 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Over the coming weeks we're going to introduce you to our judges!

First up is Linda Cracknell, a writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction.

She is inspired by place and memory, and walking is essential to her creative process.

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Meet the judge, Linda Cracknell. Meet the judge, Linda Cracknell.
August 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The Nature Chronicles Prize was conceived to mark the global pandemic and serve those who witnessed it. It is also a memorial to Prudence Scott, a lifelong nature diarist who died in 2019.

Interested in submitting to the prize? Read the entry criteria and full terms and conditions on our website.
Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize. Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize. Entry criteria for The Nature Chronicles Prize.
August 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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And the judges for 2025/26 are 🥁

🍃 Linda Cracknell, nature & place writer
🍃 Kevin Duffy, co-founder @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
🍃 @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social, award winning earth scientist
🍃 @sourbee-matt.bsky.social, writer & environmental activist
🍃 Patrick Walsh, founder & agent at PEW Literary
Meet the Nature Chronicles Prize Judges 2025/26. Linda Cracknell, nature and place writer Kevin Duffy, co-founder of Bluemoose Books Anjana Khatwa, award winning Earth Scientist, writer and presenter Matt Sowerby, writer and environmental activist, and the 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize winner Patrick Walsh, founder and agent at PEW Literary
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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We're delighted to announce that entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize open today!

The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. The winning and shortlisted entries will be included in The Nature Chronicles Prize: 3 anthology, published by @saraband-books.bsky.social
Entries for the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize are now open, as of 1st August 2025. Key dates to enter the 2025/26 Nature Chronicles Prize.
August 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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We're excited to announce that entries for the 2025/26 #NatureChroniclesPrize will open a week today!

More information to follow or keep up-to-date via our website:

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The Nature Chronicles Prize 2025/26.
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM