THE MOTH NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2025
Deadline: 30 Sep 2025
The Moth Nature Writing Prize aims to encourage and celebrate the art of nature writing. It is awarded annually to unpublished pieces of prose or poetry which best combine exceptional literary merit with an exploration of the writers’ relationship with the natural world. Each year a single judge is asked to choose winners from entries worldwide. The prize is open to anyone over the age of sixteen, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished.
1st prize €1,000 and a week at The Moth Retreat in Ireland
2nd prize €500
3rd prize €250