Call for Entries: Audubon Canyon Ranch is excited to announce that the Last House Writing Contest is accepting submissions on the theme of WATER. A $500 prize will be awarded to the grand prize essay.
Writers of all ages are invited to submit original, unpublished essays or short stories that explore the theme of this essential element. There is no life without water. Over 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water, mostly saltwater, with a very small percentage that is fresh and available for use by plants, insects, wildlife, and humans. Freshwater comes in many forms as rain, snow, ice, and more and lives in soil, rivers, streams, lakes, and glaciers.
Deadline for entries: 5/19/2025, 5:00 p.m. (PDT). No fee to enter.
Register at Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/LHwritingcontest
Prizes: First, Second, and Third-Place winners will be announced on egret.org and social media (@auduboncanyonranch). $500.00 will be awarded to one grand prize winner. Submission will be featured in Audubon Canyon Ranch publications.
The judging panel, coordinated by Northern California NPR host and consultant Clark Wolf with assistance from Susan Ryan, Director of Operations of Russian Riverkeeper, Bookseller, includes: Luke Barr, author, grandnephew of M.F.K. Fisher; Ellen Cavalli, program manager of Farm Trails, farmer, writer, cider maker; Tom Gardali, CEO, Audubon Canyon Ranch, conservation scientist; Kennedy
Golden, retired educator, trustee M.F.K. Fisher Literary Trust, daughter of M.F.K. Fisher; Dr. Gayle P. Meyers, cultural anthropologist, founder of Farms to Grow; Rob Schwenker, executive director of Russian Riverkeeper; Phoenix Strasen, environmental science student; Michael Sutton, executive director of The Goldman Environmental Prize; and Alex Wright, writer, successor trustee M.F.K. Fisher Literary Trust, grandson of M.F.K. Fisher.
The contest honors the style and spirit of iconic American writer M.F.K. Fisher, who lived on the Bouverie Preserve for the last two decades of her life. Learn more about Last House >
