ASLE is a nonprofit professional association with one part-time professional staff member and a volunteer leadership team. ASLE thrives because of the commitment of members to carrying out our work; therefore we invite our members to sustain this vital work and to shape our future by considering serving as an officer or coordinator.

This fall, ASLE will hold elections for:

Vice President Two At-Large Executive Council seats Graduate Student Liaison (junior)

If you would like to nominate yourself or another ASLE member for one of these positions, please ...

ASLE is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Subvention and Translation Grants!

This year we were able to fund four subvention grants and one translation grant, each for $1000. Congratulations to our winners!

Subvention Grants

Marvellous Taiwo

The Virtual Ken Saro-Wiwa Project

The Virtual Ken Saro-Wiwa Project is a digital humanities project that uses digital technology to recreate the censored speech of renowned environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa at the sentencing of Saro-Wiwa and eight other indigenous activists, known as the Ogoni Nine. The project ...

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 ...