2023 #JBAawards #RiverbyAward to Luminous by Julia Kuo (Greystone Books Greystone Kids )

2023 #JBAawards #RiverbyAward to A Warbler's Journey by Scott Weidensaul, with paintings by Nancy Lane. (The Gryphon Press)

2023 #JBAawards #RiverbyAward to Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, adapted by Monique Gray Smith (Monique Gray Smith) illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt (ZestBooks)

The 2023 Riverby Award Books are Exceptional! johnburroughsassociation.org/news/events/it… via John Burroughs Assoc

Christina Rivera Cogswell (@seekingsol) wins #JBAawards 2023 Nature Essay Award for “The 17th Day”. (Pub in Terrain.org) Join us in NYC on April 3rd to celebrate. Link in bio. #NatureWriting #Essays #Tahlequah #orca

2023 John Burroughs Medal Awarded to Kelby Ouchley for Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp: A Naturalist's Memoir of Place. (Pub: LSU Press) Please join us on April 3rd to celebrate at our annual luncheon. (Link in bio) #JBAawards #NatureWriting

Thank you to the John Burroughs Assoc for honouring Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults with the 2023 Riverby Award. 💕Lerner Books

Proud to see a Terrain.org essay win the 2023 John Burroughs Assoc top prize An important first for this fabulous nonprofit publishing project—that I'm glad to be an advisor for w/ @aimeenez & others—& it won't be the last! At #awp2023? Find us at booth #1113 terrain.org/2023/news/2023…

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A Breath of April by John Burroughs. fullreads.com/essay/a-breath… #April1st #NatureWriting

Today's the day! Check back later for photos from our annual #JBAaward luncheon.

The #JBAaward luncheon is usually the 1st Monday in April to be close to the actual birthday of John Burroughs. Today IS the day. Happy Birthday JB!

Congratulations to 2022 Louisiana Book Festival participant Kelby Ouchley on being awarded the 2023 Burroughs Medal for distinguished natural history writing in book form! Presented by John Burroughs Assoc, it recognizes “Bayou D’Arbonne Swamp: A Naturalist’s Memoir of Place.” (Publisher: LSU Press)

The first shipment of submissions for the #RiverbyAward have been sent to our jurors. #JBAawards #NatureWriting #Science #YoungReaders #YoungNaturalists

"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days." ~John Burroughs

Join us for the Awards luncheon. Monday, April 1st. High Noon. NYC. Buy tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/2024-literar…

Our #RiverbyAward jurors look forward to October every year. These boxes contain some of the submissions for the award for young readers. Winners announced in April. #scienceliteracy #nonfiction #youngnaturalists