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By Simmons Buntin, December 23, 2007 4:45 pm

Kim Whitehead’s story “The Split,” appearing in Terrain.org’s current issue (No. 20) has been selected for the Best of the Web 2008 Dzanc Books print anthology.

Congratulations Kim!

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By Simmons Buntin, October 17, 2007 4:05 am

We’re delighted to report that International Listings Blog has included the Terrain.org Blog in its just-released “Top 100 Architecture Blogs” list.

View the full list at http://www.intlistings.com/articles/2007/top-100-architecture-blogs/.

Of course, that makes us feel a bit guilty that we don’t update this blog as often as we should. Ah, shame is always good incentive….

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By Simmons Buntin, October 7, 2007 4:21 pm

Simmons B. Buntin, the editor of Terrain.org, was recently interviewed for MiPOesias’s Men of the Web Wide Poetry World blog. An excerpt:

7) Where do you see your publication/editing in 5 years?

In five years Terrain.org should just about be on Issue No. 30. I envision more interactive features–Flash-based poems and video essays, for example, and article/essay commenting from readers. We’re also considering online chapbooks and annual contests. The web is moving to handheld devices, so a “mobile” version of Terrain.org seems in order.

What I hope you won’t (continue to) see is advertising.

Read the full interview at:

http://menoftheweb.blogspot.com/2007/10/simmons-b-buntin.html
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By Simmons Buntin, June 28, 2007 5:05 am

Simmons Buntin, editor and publisher of Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, will moderate a panel titled “The Future of Environmental Essay” at the 2008 AWP Conference in New York City, January 30 to February 2. Terrain.org will also have a table at the Bookfair.

The panel features writers/editors/teachers/scientists Alison Hawthorne Deming, David Gessner, David Rothenberg, and Lauret Savoy.

Panel Description:

Global warming, urbanization, deforestation—these are only a few of the global dilemmas that environmental writing attempts to tackle. Historically, environmental essay—beginning with writers like Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson—has taken a place-based, often spiritual approach to environmental issues. But what does the future of the environmental essay hold? Four prominent creative nonfiction writers and editors will provide insight, exploring environmental essay as both craft and motive.

If you’re at the AWP Conference, please plan to join us for what promises to be an exceptional panel.

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By Simmons Buntin, May 24, 2007 5:08 am

We are pleased to announce the Terrain.org 10th Anniversary Reading, and hope you’ll join us:

Thursday, January 31, 2008
6-8 p.m.
Cornelia Street Cafe
New York City, New York

The reading coincides with the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Bookfair, where Terrain.org will have a table.

Scheduled and invited readers include:

Scott Edward Anderson
Simmons B. Buntin
Scott Calhoun
Philip Fried
Deborah Fries
Suzanne Frischkorn
Dennis Must
Shann Palmer
David Rothenberg

Mark your calendars now!

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By Simmons Buntin, March 13, 2007 5:00 pm

Terrain.org was recently featured on the Grist Blog’s (Gristmill) “In Cities Is the Preservation of the Word” discussion thread.

Specifically, one of the commentors said:

A wealth of Metro-Natural Lit

“For anyone who is not familiar with it; if there is a central hub on urban nature writing I believe it is terrain.org, the free online journal of the built and natural environments. I’m a big fan of the site. This is a journal that kind of evolved from the terra nova journal of the early nineties.

“If you look at their contributor’s list, it can act as a who’s who of the sub-genre.

“I think it has some of the best literature that addresses all of the five thematic questions that Ms. Price suggested, as well as several that she didn’t. It also has a complete archive of all it’ past issues available.

“There is such a wealth of great work here that it may change your opinion that not much is being written on the issue.”

View and learn more about the Gristmill, “A blogful of leafy green commentary,” at http://gristmill.grist.org/.

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By Simmons Buntin, February 24, 2007 8:37 pm

Look for Terrain.org flyers at the annual AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 1-3, 2007.

There you can also find Terrain.org’s editor, Simmons Buntin, who is leading the “What’s the Conversation Rate of Euros? Americans Publishing Abroad” panel on Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. That’s at North Court East, 2nd Floor, Hilton Atlanta.

And check out the Tucson Literary Orgs “Tucson Heat: A Big Sexy Reading” on Thursday, March 1, from 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. at the Midtown Tavern, 554 Piedmont Avenue. Terrain.org editorial board member Deborah Fries is one of many poets who will read. Get more info at AWP Bookfair table #270.

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By Simmons Buntin, February 21, 2007 5:08 am

Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments is one of the featured “path to poetry” online markets in the April 2007 issue of Writer’s Digest.

Take a peek, and you’ll also see an article wrapped around the online markets list titled “Poetic Sustenance,” written by Michael J. Vaughn. It’s an article/interview with four poets: Grace Cavalieri, Jane Hirshfield, Doranne Laux, and Terrain.org editor Simmons B. Buntin. The interview’s theme: getting your poetry out into the world.

Go buy a copy, won’t you? :~)

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By Simmons Buntin, January 21, 2007 4:30 am

Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments is the featured environmental organization in the current issue of Bioneers Buzz, with its emphasis on ecological design. Check it out at:

http://www.bioneers.org/node/1237#article1

What are Bioneers, you ask? “Bioneers are biological pioneers who are working with nature to heal nature and ourselves. They have peered deep into the heart of living systems to devise strategies for restoration based on nature’s own operating instructions.”

Learn more at http://www.bioneers.org/.

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By Simmons Buntin, October 14, 2006 10:08 pm

Welcome to the new Terrain.org blog, where in addition to updates on Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, you’ll find posts about environmental and literary happenings that impact us and our readers.

Here you’ll also find book overviews and reviews, EarthTalk: A Weekly Column courtesy E/The Environmental Magazine, photography, and general ramblings by Terrain.org’s editor and publisher, Simmons Buntin.

Finally, this may become a forum for comments on Terrain.org contributions. We hope so; but if not, that’s okay, too.