The biennial ASLE book and graduate student paper awards in the areas of ecocriticism and environmental creative writing recognize excellence in the field. The first awards were given at the 2007 Biennial Conference, and the eleventh biennial awards will be presented at the Authors’ and Awards Reception at our next conference, to be held at the University of Maryland from June 22-24, 2027.

Book Awards 2027 ASLE Book Awards Call (PDF)

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment invites submissions for its 2027 ASLE Book ...

ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment is the journal of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, published quarterly by Oxford University Press. ISLE seeks to explore the relation between human beings and the natural world, and publishes articles engaging the environmental humanities, spanning from literature to visual culture and beyond. The journal also publishes creative writing—poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction—engaging the environment.

ISLE is a leading journal in the environmental humanities. It continues to grow and evolve. As part of ...

ASLE Ecomedia SIG leaders Michelle Yates and Sara Crosby have organized these upcoming events as part of a Spring 2026 Ecomedia Virtual Lecture Series. Follow the link below to register for one or more. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

Friday February 20 @1pm EST (12pm CST/10am PST)  “Cool Climate Stories at Brazil’s Fiery COP30″ with Everett Hamner, Professor of English, Western Illinois University “Documenting Settler Time: The James Bay Project in the Films of Boyce Richardson” with Jane Robbins Mize, ...

ASLE’s Regional Collaboratories (RC) chair Pamela Carralero invites you to a virtual gathering for ASLE members interested in regional connection and collaboration. We have had to reschedule the original date (March 27).

Please join us on April 10 at 1pm EDT. Register Now

ASLE’s RC group is fairly new, so we have the opportunity to co-create its programming. The meeting will be low-stakes (there’s no need to commit to anything) and open to flexible understandings of “region” (geographic, bioregional, thematic, hybrid). The goal is to:

Meet ...

We are delighted to announce another round of ASLE Grants are available in 2026.

ASLE is providing up to FIVE grants, funded at a maximum of $1,000 each, to support:

Subvention grants for innovative projects in ecocriticism and environmental humanities such as art installations, documentary film projects, digital humanities web projects, and book or article publication; Translation grants funding a translation into English, or from English into other languages, of relevant ecocritical or environmental humanities work that has been previously published.

 

REQUIREMENTS AND INFORMATION FOR BOTH GRANTS: Materials ...

The ASLE Mentoring Program connects graduate students and early career scholars with experienced members of our community for career guidance and professional support. Mentorship can take many forms, including guidance in academic scholarship or creative writing, service as outside readers on dissertation committees, help navigating the job market, advice for publishing, and support for faculty members in early career tenure-track and precarious positions.

We Need Mentors!

We are currently experiencing a significant shortage of mentor volunteers. While we have received numerous requests from graduate students ...