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![]() Explore Texas -- A Nature Travel Guide ~ published by ~ Texas A&M University Press Includes nearly 300 full-color photos by awarding-winning nature photographer, Jeff Parker |
Explore Texas -- A Nature Travel Guide
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Images for Conservation - Book Two: Coastal Bend, Texas EditionMary O. Parker – Lead Writer:Mary O. lives near Austin, Texas, with her husband Jeff, a professional nature/wildlife photographer. Her non-fiction pieces focus on wildlife, habitat conservation, nature tourism, and outdoor family fun. |
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Wildlife in Focus V: The Art of SurvivalMary O. Parker – Contributor |
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![]() This college textbook takes a genre approach to teaching writing and features a lesson based on Mary's article, "Bingo!" Published by Pearson Education |
Choices Writers Make |
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![]() The non-profit Images for Conservation is an organization dedicated to the conservation of private lands through the economically sustainable business of nature photography.
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Images for Conservation – Book Three: Borderlands of Laredo, Texas EditionMary O. Parker – Co-Writer: Mary O. (as she's known), a freelance writer, novelist, and nature-lover, lives on a 13-acre nature preserve on the outskirts of a small central-Texas town. Her work includes dozens of articles on topics that include travel, family, nature, conservation, education, and pieces with appeal to general audiences. |
Go to topFiction / Prose Poetry

- Edge literary journal, Fall 2016 - Prose Poetry - "Dancing Down"
- Riptide Journal, University of Exeter, Spring/Summer 2016, "Pearl Pitches a Fit"
- pacificREVIEW 2013, San Diego State University - Spring 2013 - Flash Fiction - "Mighty Old Horses"
- Iridum Sound: The Again, #8 - February 2013 - Short Story: "Chirp!"
- Texas Observer - 2012 Short-Story Contest - Honorable Mention for "Speaking in Tongues"
- Texas Observer - 2011 Short-Story Contest - Honorable Mention for "Pearl's Red-Icing Fit"
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Creative Non-Fiction

- Kenyon Review, 2021 - Creative Nonfiction - "Currents & Eddies" - RUNNER-UP, Prize for Short Creative Nonfiction 2020
- Fourth Genre, 2020 - Essay - "Sanctuary"
- Mississippi Review, Summer 2019 - Creative Nonfiction - "Cache & Consequence" - WINNER, Mississippi Review Prize for Creative Nonfiction, 2019
- Reed Magazine, Spring 2016 - Creative Nonfiction - "Darling Niki in Chicago"- WINNER, Gabriele Rico Challenge for Creative Nonfiction, 2015
- Main Street Rag, Spring 2014 - Essay - "40 What?"
- Sheepshead Review, University of Wisconsin - Spring 2013 - Creative Nonfiction - "Aliens"
- Writers' Digest - 2010 Honorable Mention, Magazine Feature Article category for "Natural Passions of Children"