Win a Prize in our Urban Nature Contest
Out Walking the Dog announces our first URBAN NATURE CONTEST!
THE PRIZE
Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York
edited by John Waldman, Fordham University Press
This newly published collection on a subject close to my heart features essays and articles that explore the relationship between nature and New York City. Writers include Robert Sullivan, Betsy McCully, Christopher Meier, Tony Hiss, Kelly McMasters, Dara Ross, William Kornblum, Phillip Lopate, David Rosane, Anne Matthews, Devin Zuber, and Frederick Buell.
Out Walking the Dog is proud to have a personal connection to the book through this painting by Charlotte Hildebrand.
Painting by Charlotte Hildebrand.
Out Walking the Dog originally commissioned the painting to illustrate Urban Hawk Snatches Chihuahua? In that post, we pondered the line humans like to draw between meat animals and pet animals, and the reactions of city dwellers when one of our more revered wild animals, a red-tailed hawk, ignores our distinction. The illustration was spotted on Out Walking the Dog by the editors of Still the Same Hawk, and appears (in black-and-white, but still looking fine) as an illustration to Robert Sullivan’s essay, My Time Spent in the Nature that People Would Rather Not Think About.
THE RULES: HOW TO ENTER
Send me a description of an encounter you’ve had with urban wildlife. This may be as simple or elaborate as you like. You may write a sentence, a paragraph, a page, a poem, a dialogue, a haiku, whatever strikes your fancy. Be sure to include your name and mailing address, so that, should you be the lucky winner, I can mail you your prize without delay. Send via email to: Outwalkingthedognyc@gmail.com.
THE SELECTION
One winning entry will be selected at random. All entries will be read with interest, but interest will have no bearing on your chances.
THE DEADLINE
Entries must be received by Tuesday, December 18th at 7 PM.
The drawing will take place later that night or the following morning. The prize will be mailed via Priority Mail on December 19th. This means that, if the United States Post Office does its part and if you reside in North America, you’ll probably receive the book in time for Christmas. (I will send the book anywhere in the world, but no guarantees of when it will arrive.)
AN EXHORTATION
December 18th is around the corner, folks. So get those entries in, and please help me spread the word.
Good luck!
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December 19, 2012 at 9:20 am
[…] Out Walking the Dog is pleased to announce that Megan Draheim of Arlington, Virginia is the winner of our first Urban Nature Contest. […]
December 17, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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Only two more days to enter our urban nature giveaway. Deadline is tomorrow, Tuesday December 18th, at 7 PM. We’ve received some lovely entries, and would love to receive a few more. All you have to do is send me a brief description of an encounter with nature in the city. Send to: outwalkingthedognyc@gmail.com. Read on for details about the giveaway and what you might win.
December 10, 2012 at 12:37 pm
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