The Fourth River is the literary journal of Chatham University’s MFA Programs, published annually in print and monthly online. We welcome submissions of creative writing that explore the relationship between humans and their environments, both natural and built, urban, rural or wild. We are looking for writing that is richly situated at the confluence of place, space and identity–or that reflects upon or makes use of landscape and place in new ways.
–Sheryl St. Germain, Chatham MFA Program Director and Executive Editor, The Fourth River
Contact Us
If you have questions about our submission process or would like to order a copy of our journal, you can contact us at 4thriver[at]gmail[dot]com.
Additional information about environmental magazines and organizations:
- Archaeology Magazine
- Association For The Study of Literature & Environment
- Audubon Magazine – National Audubon Society
- Directory of Environmental Programs
- Earth 911: Environmental information and where to recycle
- The Ecological Society of America
- EnviroLink Network
- Granta Issue 102: The New Nature Writing
- Independent Media Center
- Natural History Magazine
- Nature links: Pages devoted to nature writing
- Orion: The Magazine of Nature, Culture, and The Human Experience
- The School of Sustainability and the Environment at Chatham University
- Scorecard.org – Facts on local pollution
- Sierra Magazine / Sierra Club
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
Writing Resources
- Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Brevity – A Concise Journal of Creative Nonfiction
- Poetry Society of America
- Poets & Writers Magazine
- Web del Sol
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