Editorial Focus
Appalachia welcomes narrative, historical, and science essays on the following topics: mountain, wilderness, and backcountry adventure; technical climbing; canoeing and kayaking; nature and climate change; and land ethics. It accepts fiction stories of up to 5,000 words and plans to publish one fiction story per issue. The magazine works far ahead and publishes twice a year. The editors accept submissions all year, but response time can be quick from April-June and October-December. They sometimes will take months to respond but welcome a check-in.
Tips From the Editor
The journal publishes short pieces about adventure in the Skyline Sketches department. Sometimes newsier pieces about mountains, rescue, and science.
It sponsors the Waterman Fund Essay Contest for emerging writers on wilderness topics. Deadline usually mid-March. Appalachia cosponsors with the Waterman Fund. See watermanfund.org. Those who have not published major work on the journal's subjects may submit 2,000- to 3,000-word essays on the role and place of wilderness in the modern world. First prize is $1,500. Second prize is $500.