The Nature Chronicles Prize: Winning Entries

“A richly layered reading experience……Not only did ‘A Parable of Arable Land’ make us think deeply, but we had the sense that Prudence Scott might also have chosen it.” (On the winning essay by Nicola Pitchford) -- The Nature Chronicles Prize Judges “A refreshing essay on queerness, sexuality, and love.” (on Jenny Chamarette’s ‘Q is for Garden’) -- The Nature Chronicles Prize Judges “So stylishly written that it could have been fiction … an essay about boundaries and relationships written in sharp and vivid imagery.” (On Laura Coleman’s ‘The Fence’) -- The Nature Chronicles Prize Judges “This unflinching essay has a hot, wild breath … a brisk, braided [that] transports readers.” (On Ben Crane’s ‘The Flight of the Goshawk’) -- The Nature Chronicles Prize Judges "This gritty essay is about displacement, loss, and overconsumption in the desert ecosystem of Las Vegas … finds solace in knowing what does belong.” (On Joanna Pocock’s ‘None of This Should Be Here’) -- The Nature Chronicles Prize Judges “Neha Sinha brought a vital global perspective, putting the pandemic at the heart of the story and graphically revealing the different ways it was experienced.” (On ‘City of Covid Trees’) -- The Nature Chronicles Prize Judges