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Campfire Stories Volume II—and Call for Submissions!

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Announcing Campfire Stories Volume II — and a chance to include your national park stories!

We are absolutely blown away by the enthusiasm for our first volume, which has now sold over 25,000 copies at retailers like LL Bean, REI, Parks Project and national park stores across the country! Most importantly, we’ve enjoyed hearing from many of you about the book—how it’s joined you on family camping trips, or helped you escape from the couch during quarantine.

We’ve heard from many readers you want stories from more parks, so we’re thrilled to finally spill the beans and share that we are working on Campfire Stories: Volume II!

While the first volume of Campfire Stories featured writing from the past 100 years of our national parks, the new Campfire Stories: Volume II will share all new stories of today from the following parks & scenic trails:

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL
PACIFIC CREST NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL

With this emphasis on sharing contemporary stories, we are opening up a Call for Submissions to invite everyone and anyone to submit stories to be considered for this new anthology. We are looking for creative writing pieces that capture the essence and experience of the selected parks (listed above), and prioritizing stories from writers who are Black, Indigenous, LGBTQ, and people of color—though this opportunity is welcome and open for all!

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