Wildlife biologist Paula MacKay and her husband, on their way into the backcountry to research the elusive wolverine, are stopped short on day one. “Lessons in Survival,” is coming this June in Deep Wild 2022. To learn more and reserve your copy visit deepwildjournal.com.

We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2022 Deep Wild Graduate Student Essay Contest! deepwildjournal.com/2022/05/10/our… Thank you to all who contributed. We enjoyed all your essays and wish we could have honored more of them.

Eric Aldrich and his friend Axl on a hike encounter a ranger who warns them of a bear frequenting the place. Axl, who is on a side-trip of his own, blurts out, “What‘s the bear’s name?” Which provokes a reflection by the author in upcoming Deep Wild 2022 deepwildjournal.com

My essay about bears will be in the next issue of Deep Wild Journal. Looking forward to read the other pieces in this issue.

There is no “pride” felt in this story, no celebration of selfhood befitting LGBTQ+ Month; rather, there’s fear, as two gay women heading into the woods for the weekend are beset by thoughts of other women who have been assaulted and killed while camping. deepwildjournal.com/2022/06/07/out…

For Father’s Day: Steve Oberlechner’s "Taking the Shot" from Deep Wild 2022. "Perhaps this summer-long hike is an effort to get back to the pleasure I felt sitting in the woods... when I felt no pressure to kill, when there was only his company..." deepwildjournal.com/2022/06/18/for…

Over 300 copies of the 2022 issue of Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry are shipping out this coming week, to points near and far and very far (England, Northern Ireland) Visit deepwildjournal.com to join in! Excerpts from the 2022 issue can be read on our blog.

Delighted to have a poem included in volume 4 of Deep Wild. Such a beautiful issue and I am so grateful this previously published poem was let breathe again🙏 Thank you Deep Wild Journal for including my work. #poetry #POEMS #poetrycommunity #writeyourlife @rare_swan_press

I really can not get enough of this dude..! Thank you Michael Garrigan & Deep Wild Journal … for making my time “off trail” agreeable

It’s a bit too hot to head for the hills on these August afternoons, and a lot too hot to hike in the desert. Refresh yourself instead with some cool words from Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry in our Summer Swelter Sale. Here are the options: deepwildjournal.com/2022/08/08/dee…

Submissions for Deep Wild 2023 open September 1! We seek well-shaped wild words, all genres, infused with the spirit of the backcountry. There are no fees to submit and previously published work is welcome. Visit us at deepwildjournal.com/submissions for full guidelines.

Deep Wild Journal is Open for Submissions! Until November 30, for our 2023 Issue, to be published next June. We look forward to reading your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from and about places where there are no roads. deepwildjournal.com/submissions/

Your path to publication could be Deep Wild: Writing from the Backcountry, the home for creative work inspired by journeys to places where there are no roads. Our submission window is open until November 30 for your well-made poems, stories, and essays, deepwildjournal.com/submissions/