*CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*

Blue Heron Review SPECIAL BONUS ISSUE!

Submissions will be open from
Jan 20, 2021— UNTIL midnight Feb 10, 2021 

THEME: NURTURING HOPE

In order to provide space and support for what we are all going through with the current pandemic, I wanted to temporarily re-open Blue Heron Review for people to write and share stories of hope, whether it be comfort received from friends and family, the healing power of the creative arts as an outlet, the restorative aspects of nature, or stories of kindness during this time.  This issue is all about offering hope to others.  Please carefully read the guidelines below before submitting:

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

All submissions will be read with great care.  Responses will be sent out approximately 8 weeks after receiving a submission.  Please do not send your submission until we are open on January 20^th, 2021.

Please compose the subject of your e-mail as:  Submission/Blue Heron Bonus Issue/Your Last Name

Please send ONLY 2-3 poems (previously unpublished work—NOTE: poems shared on a personal blog or social media are fine, but do NOT send poems previously published in a print or online journal.) Send poems in the BODY of your e-mail.  Short, poetic prose will also be considered.  NO attachments, please.  NO simultaneous submissions.

Left aligned, single spaced poems are preferred.  Poems with “creative” use of indents and wonky spacing within lines are also NOT encouraged.

Please include a brief author bio of 3-4 sentences, in the 3rd person.

Please include a brief cover letter, with your poems, in the body of the e-mail. 

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

 

(Extra Note: Blue Heron Review is a not-for-profit, online-only literary journal.  We are not able to offer payment for publication of work in our issues.  There is no submission fee.  Staff members do not receive any income from working on Blue Heron Review. )

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― Rumi, Essential Rumi

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