Submissions
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
The Ultima Thule, Adventures in America’s Northernmost Lands, is a website and anthology dedicated to education about and preservation of Alaska’s public lands in the Arctic. Featuring a blog of two trips to the Arctic this summer, one in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and one to the Western Arctic, the Ultima Thule is expanding to include your stories and experiences in these special and remote places in order to bring people a variety of experiences representative of the vast and varied nature of this important part of our state, and its need for protection. Because it is a website, the Ultima Thule will also showcase selected photography and multi-media, as well as representation of artwork in other media. All artists submitting work which is accepted will be featured on the Artists’ Bio page. Previously published work is welcome. We are developing plans to publish selected submissions as a print anthology within the next two years.
2010 is the 50th Anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The coastal plains are still not protected. With Canada’s dwindling Beverly herd to the east, the threat of development to these fragile eco-systems is real. The next two years will bring increased focus to legislation to protect these special areas. Because so few have visited, it is important to share all of our experiences.
We hope you will consider sharing your work, written or other artistic media, for the Ultima Thule web anthology. Please send your submission (short submissions welcome, or essays up to 5,000 words, or ten photographs or other media images) along with a short bio and picture, to Shannon Polson at ps (at) polsons dot com.
Thank you for helping to bring awareness to our northernmost public lands!
Shannon,
I just came across this page and I am really excited you have started this. I will keep checking back and maybe I will try to submit something eventually. I’m in AK right now headed out on a float trip on the Kokolik River.
I was wondering if you could add the Sierra club as a partner? Linking to our http://www.chillthedrills.org webpage
Also on the resources could you add my friends business Arctic Wild http://www.arcticwild.com
thanks again and good luck
what is the deadline for the submissions?
Dan, I’d be happy to! Thank you for finding us- we’d LOVE to have you submit any stories or photos from your trip (or both!)
Look for updates tomorrow.
shp
Hi, and thanks for asking! We accept submissions on an ongoing basis, and are hopeful to bring many new stories this fall as we approach the 50th Anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge! Please send to ps@polsons.com. Thanks!
Please feel free to submit your work at any time! Thank you for considering The Ultima Thule.
I work with Audubon Alaska, and I’d like to contact one of your contributors, Josh Ferris, about the possibility of using one of his photos in an upcoming publication about the Western Arctic. Is there a way to contact him? I’ve tried through the response window on his page with the image I’m interested in, but it was posted a while ago and I don’t think he’s checking it any more.
Thanks for your help!
Beth Peluso
Beth, I’ve forwarded your comment to the email I have on file for him. Thanks!