Literary journalism is welcome. Orion is published by The Orion Society, a nonprofit organization working for change in our ways of living with the natural world. Distribution of Orion is national by membership to The Orion Society, and by newsstand and bookstore sales. Readership is about 20,000. Orion , a separate publication of The Orion Society, publishes stories and profiles of organizations and individuals who are exploring creative new models for effecting change through grassroots and community-building work.
Guidelines are available upon request.
Recent themes include hunting, science, gardening, sense of place, rivers, cities, and parenthood. An assortment of essays, stories, and photoessays. Please be sure your name and a page number appear on each page of your submission, and that we have your phone number. We consider articles that have already received a very limited or regional audience. Orion does not use footnotes.