COMMUNICATIONS · FULL-TIME
EarthPercent — Fundraising and Communications Assistant
You will be working across fundraising, communications and community, and providing administrative, operational and project support. All the details you need to apply are here.
DEADLINE: 2 pm, September 22, 2026
PAY: £30,000 per year
LOCATION: Hybrid/West London

COMMUNICATIONS · PART-TIME
Washington Conservation Action — Communications Contractor
They are looking for an experienced comms professional to develop stories, write outreach material and provide material strategy support. It’s a contract role till the end of December but could be extended till spring next year. Read the details and apply here.
DEADLINE: September 11, 2026
PAY: $100 per hour, up to ten hours a week.
LOCATION: Remote (US)
CONTACT: [email protected]

COMMUNICATIONS · FULL-TIME/PART-TIME
Biodiversity Council — Digital Communications Officer
You will help implement the communications strategy, repackage material and handle daily deliver across social media, email, webinars and the website. More details about the role and how to apply can be found here.
DEADLINE: 10am AEST Monday, September 21, 2026
PAY: $80,000 - $88,000 per annum (pro-rata if part-time)
LOCATION: Australia

COMMUNICATIONS · PART-TIME
Conservation Indica — Communications Head
They want some experience in conservation communication, content creation and managing social media pages. Check out their post here.
DEADLINE: September 20, 2026
PAY: Undisclosed
LOCATION: India

EDITORIAL/CREATIVE · FREELANCE
Rose McAdoo — Editorial/Creative Director
You would be helping Rose McAdoo, founder of the Edible Climate Archive, to help design and expand a large body of work which includes polar fieldwork, glacier guiding, art expeditions, and science communication. The work begins with an initial project with the goal of a long-term collaborative partnership. The original post is here, and all the details required to apply are at this link.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2026, position open until filled.
PAY: The initial project range is $1,200-$2,000, flexible depending on experience.
LOCATION: Remote

STORYTELLING · GRANT
Jamma Conservation & Communities — Human-Centred Conservation Storytelling Grant
The grant supports strong, original stories that employ a human-centred lens to explore conservation in an African context. Open to experienced journalists, writers, filmmakers, photographers, audio producers, and multimedia storytellers based anywhere in the world. Check out the details and apply here. T&C here.
DEADLINE: September 29, 2026
PAY: Multiple funding tiers up to USD 12,000
LOCATION: Open worldwide
CONTACT: info@jamma.org

JOURNALISM · FELLOWSHIP
Pulitzer Center — Ocean Reporting Network Fellowship
Freelance or staff journalists with experience in investigative work and a deep understanding of ocean issues can apply to join the Ocean Reporting Network. This is a year-long fellowship that includes funding for your reporting project, a community of peers, mentorship, and training opportunities. Here are all the details.
DEADLINE: September 13, 2026, at 11:59pm EDT
PAY: A reporter’s salary + additional reporting expenses of up to USD $10,000.
LOCATION: Open worldwide, but they say they “particularly welcome applications from the Global South, and seek more reporting in particular from Asia-Pacific and east Africa.”

VISUAL STORYTELLING · FELLOWSHIP
ASAR & Climate and Care — Close Encounters with Heat
This is an open call for applications from artists, illustrators and visual storytellers to co-create visual work drawing on feminist experiences of heat stress. Those with lived experience of extreme heat or climate stress, or from marginalized backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. The fellowship will run from October 2026 to March 2027. Read the original post here.
DEADLINE: September 25, 2026
PAY: Stipend for 6 months (amount undisclosed) + co-authorship credit
LOCATION: India

WRITING · PITCH CALL
Orion — Digital-exclusive stories
Orion is accepting pitches for essays that will exclusively appear online. They are looking for “short essays on general topics, food-related pieces, enumerations, conversations, graphic stories, and art portfolios.” Read their pitch call here. Submit here.
DEADLINE: September 15, 2026
PAY: Unknown
LOCATION: Open worldwide

POETRY · OPEN CALL
Orion — In-print poetry
Another one from Orion! They have issued an open call for poetry submissions for their Spring 2027 print issue themed ‘Memory and Place’. Read their pitch call here.
DEADLINE: September 15, 2026, or until they reach 800 submissions.
PAY: $200
LOCATION: Open worldwide

WRITING · AWARD
Madras Naturalists’ Society — The M. Krishnan Memorial Award for Nature Writing 2027
The theme this year is ‘Life on Drylands’. Open to Indian citizens aged between 18 and 30. Each participant should enter one piece in accordance with the rules, which can be found here. Find the application form here.
DEADLINE: November 30, 2026
PAY: Winner gets cash prize of Rs. 15,000 + certificate and citation
LOCATION: India

PHOTOGRAPHERS · AWARD
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation — The Environmental Photography Award
You can enter up to 5 images in each of the 5 categories: Polar Regions, Forests, Ocean, Changemakers, and Humanity vs Nature. Entrants must be 18 years or older as of November 1, 2026. All the details you need to apply are here.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2026
PAY: Prizes range from €500 to €5,000
LOCATION: Open worldwide

PHOTOGRAPHERS · OPEN CALL
The Water Museum — Photography Contest
Photographers from around the world are invited to submit for an upcoming exhibition at an upcoming museum which will be a dedicated space for contemporary art and photography around ‘Water’. Check out the original post here.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2026
PAY: Prizes ranging from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 50,000 + winners and selected entries will be presented at The Water Museum.
LOCATION: Open worldwide

ARTISTS · OPEN CALL
ALT EFF X IMMERSE — Climate and ecological immersive projects
They are looking for immersive projects exploring climate realities, biodiversity, ecological justice and our relationship to the natural world. Your work could be a complete project or one nearing completion, and could use VR/AR/XR, spatial audio, projection mapping, or could be another form of interactive and multi-sensory work. Selected works will be showcased during the ALT EFF festival this December across Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Apply here.  
DEADLINE: September 21, 2026

SOUND ARTISTS · OPEN CALL
Labverde & The National Institute Of Amazonian Research — Sound Art Residency in the Amazon
Labsonora is a collaborative and immersive residency program for musical composition and sound production scheduled for April 2027. The goal is “to explore how sound and music can promote environmental justice, weaving together dimensions of sustainability, socio-biodiversity, innovation, and climate.” While the program fee is USD $4600 for international artists and R$ 18.000 for Brazilian artists (inclusive of expeditions, lectures, accommodation, meals and transfer during the 10 days), the Labverde grant waives the program fee for participants. Artists from the Global South are welcome to apply for the grant. Check out all the details and apply here.
DEADLINE: September 21, 2026
CONTACT: [email protected]

BONUS!
Sentient Media — Food and Farming Storytelling Fund
Applications are not open yet but you can register your interest in the Food and Farming Storytelling Fund which will distribute $360,000 in grants to storytellers covering food and agriculture over the next two years.

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Thumbnail image: Mountainous Landscape with Approaching Thunderstorm, Anonymous, German, 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.