Whole Terrain editors post announcements and guest posts. We hope you enjoy our web content, and we look forward to receiving submissions from you for our print journal and website.
by David Smith Guest Contributor I grew up in the United Kingdom at a time when environmental affairs were far from the top of people’s agendas. The country faced concerns during the 1970s and 80s that were considered far more pressing than…
Sophy Tuttle has added beautiful illustrations to the pages of Whole Terrain‘s last five volumes. Her illustrations bring life and depth to each written piece, and she has a gift for encapsulating the heart of each author’s offering, accentuating it with a…
We are in the midst of a series that will profile the authors and artists featured in our latest volume, Breaking Bread. Learn more about the Breaking Bread volume here. Click this link to order Breaking Bread and previous volumes. See also our profiles of Trust contributors…
by Will Falk Guest Contributor I was broke for Christmas. In September, I helped to file the first-ever federal lawsuit in the U.S. seeking the rights of nature for a major ecosystem, the Colorado River. For the rest of the fall, to…
We are pleased to announce the publication of Whole Terrain’s volume 23, Breaking Bread. Order your copy of the print volume using this order form (PDF). The volume includes original essays, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art from talented writers, artists, activists, practitioners,…
Our final call for our About Time volume, as well as the New Terrain Award for undergraduates associated with that volume, ends on December 31, 2017. We seek essays, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art connecting the theme “about time” with…
Check out our call for web content on the theme About Time. This call is for briefer and more focused pieces than our full call for submissions for volume 24, our print volume on About Time. We enjoy posting web content on…
by Tammy Cloutier Editor, Whole Terrain Extinction is forever. Or is it? Yes, Jurassic Park may initially come to mind for many when the term “de-extinction” (DE) is used. However, and perhaps to the dismay of some, Tyrannosaurus rexand woolly mammoths will not be populating…
Originally posted on July 28, 2017 Image: A rare January huckleberry harvest. Photo by Tom Leskiw by Tom Leskiw Guest Contributor When my wife, Sue, and I were looking to buy a home in northwestern California in 2000, we felt our combined experience in…
Originally posted on May 31, 2017 by Tammy Cloutier Editor, Whole Terrain A pair of unamused eyes stare back at the reader. Although this gaze does not personally belong to author Michael P. Branch, the avian expression on Branch’s Rants from the Hill (Penguin Random House, 2017) book cover offers a feathered representation of the author’s…