The Moth Nature Writing Prize

The Moth Nature Writing Prize is an international prize. It aims to encourage and celebrate the art of nature writing and is awarded annually to unpublished pieces of prose or poetry which best combine exceptional literary merit with an exploration of the writers' relationship with the natural world. The winners are chosen by a single judge each year, who reads the entries anonymously.

Previous judges include Richard Mabey, Helen Macdonald, Max Porter, Kathleen Jamie and Cal Flyn. An entry consists of a single poem of any length (not a collection of poems) or a single piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) of up to 4,000 words. 1st prize €1,000 and a week at The Moth Retreat, 2nd prize €500, 3rd prize €250. The winning pieces are published in the Irish Times online. This year's judge is award-winning poet Sean Borodale.