Our Blue Heron Speaks featured poet for February 2014 is:

Rebecca Seymour

Rebecca Seymour has lived in and around Southeast Wisconsin’s Lake Country area for nearly 40 years.  A writer and photojournalist, Rebecca has had hundreds of works published in award winning newspapers and magazines, including 30West, Metro Parent and the Oconomowoc Arts Center’s On the Arts.  Her award winning column, Pebbles in My Pocket, published in the Oconomowoc Focus newspaper, is a reflection of living and loving in this little corner of Wisconsin.

A teacher naturalist, Rebecca spent five months living in a tent, working as a wilderness guide and camp cook in the most remote areas of the Grand Teton Wilderness in Wyoming.  She developed and taught outdoor nature programs for children and families, has volunteered at the Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha and is an active member of the Wildlife In Need Center in Oconomowoc.

Visit the Blue Heron Speaks page on this site to read Rebecca Seymour’s poem, “Dakota Moon,” from her book, Connecting With Wisconsin Wildlife.

Our Blue Heron Speaks featured poet for January 2014 is:

Kristina Moriconi

Kristina Moriconi received her MFA in creative writing from Pacific Lutheran University’s Rainier Writing Workshop in Tacoma, Washington. Her work has appeared most recently in Mobius: The Journal of Social Change and The Hive: Apiary, and her chapbook, No Such Place, is due out in the fall of 2013 (Finishing Line Press). She teaches writing in the Philadelphia area and runs a writing workshop with Mothers in Charge for women who have lost children to violent crime.

Visit the Blue Heron Speaks page on this site to read two of Kristina Moriconi’s latest poems.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN for the 2nd issue of Blue Heron Review.  Please see general guidelines on the SUBMISSIONS page of this website.  All submissions will be read with great care.  Responses will be sent out approximately 6-8 weeks after receiving a submission.

Summer issue reading period = November 2, 2013 through March 1, 2014

Please send all submissions to Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor at:  blueheronsubmissions@gmail.com