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Blue Heron Review Pushcart Prize Nominations

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Congratulations to all of our poets nominated for a Pushcart Prize this year!  It is always very difficult to choose just 6 poems.  I am so proud of the very fine work published in every single issue of Blue Heron Review!

Cristina M. R. Norcross
Editor, Blue Heron Review

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Blue Heron Review Pushcart Prize Nominations

From BHR Issue 18 / Spring 2024
(*To read all selections, visit the BHR Issue 18 page.  Simply scroll down to find the work of each author within the issue)

Karen Elizabeth Sharpe / “The Sixth Type: A Prescription”

Cynthia Knorr / “Portent from the Space Between the Stars”

Dianna MacKinnon Henning / “In the Collage of My Mind I’m a Simple Design”

Tova Kranz / “Fermentation”

Kirstin Eventyr / “How to Live Through the Impossible”

Melissa Huff  / “Talking with Trees”

OUR NEXT READING PERIOD FOR BHR ISSUE 19 / SPRING 2025 WILL BE JANUARY 1-15, 2025

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READING PERIOD FOR BHR ISSUE 19 / SPRING 2025 WILL BE:

JANUARY 1-15, 2025 

THEME: OFFERINGS

What will your offering be to the world?  What have you received as an offering that has made a difference in your life?  Reflect on this topic of what we give (and what we receive), and how this makes a difference.  It could be mentorship, volunteerism, friendship, love, support, kindness, one’s vocation. (*Note: please do not send submissions prior to January 1st.  They will not be read or considered.  Please visit the submission guidelines page for a complete list of instructions.)

I look forward to reading your poems!

—Cristina M. R. Norcross
Founding Editor, Blue Heron Review