Quaker Arts Network is launching a new special initiative to explore and express advocacy for a wild and free natural world to which many have lost connection. From a Quaker perspective, we can “rejoice” and see the wonder, complexity, and simplicity. We can resonate with the sounds of nature, but feel the deeper silence. We can reflect on our place on this planet of diverse beings and know “we do not own the world.” Conversations with Nature is calling for British and international Quakers and non-Quakers alike to submit poetry and short poetic prose (max. 400 words) that builds new connections and ideas, creates empathy, explores justice and diversity, and discovers ourselves as part of the natural world. Many find it healing to be in and to write about nature. Nature, too, needs to heal from the wounds we have inflicted.
The Submission Process
The submission window opened on 1 July 2026 and closes on 1 October 2026 with a suggested donation of £3 for up to three poems. This helps with the website and the print anthology costs.
For more information on this initiative and how to make a submission https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/
Amanda Jones