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River Heron Review

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Online poetry journal & community of poets publishing well-crafted poems that speak to readers who expect excellence & variety. Connect with Zoom readings, workshops, monthly newsletters. www.riverheronreview.com Links: https://linktr.ee/riverheronreview

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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 7d

The contest awards $900 in prizes, publication and a Zoom reading! We are all about celebrating your win with you. Join our River Heron community. Link in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 9d

Enjoy the nominated poems! www.riverheronreview.com/awards

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 11d

Submissions! Submissions! Open call for our regular and our contest issue. We're reading for both with a quick turnaround. Check the guidelines and contest prizes! See you in the submission queue. Link in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 15d

TONIGHT! A free Zoom reading with the winners of the River Heron Poetry Prize. Registration is required. Link in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 23d

Free Zoom reading of the winners of the RH Poetry Prize on Thursday, September 25 at 7PM (ET). Registration is required at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... Spend an hour of your evening enjoying the dynamic poetry of these winners. Also, link in profile.

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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 24d

We're Open. We're Reading. We're Waiting for your Poems!
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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · 25d

Distracted from your writing these days? Current events flooding your thoughts? Learn & experience how to write poetry in these difficult times with workshops that will cut through the clutter and get to the matter. Workshop is currently discounted 10%. Register now—2 openings remain. 🔗in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Sep 10

Our Memoir Level 1 class is starting up again. Join in & create stories a page at a time, vignettes that weave together the tapestry of your life. Plus, the class is currently on sale at 10% off! This small class is supportive and encouraging while you build your memoir skills & voice. 🔗 in profile

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Sep 9

Poetry Critique class has 2 openings for the evening class. AND it's discounted 10%! Meet with this small group of 6 and analyze your poems for strengths and possible alternatives. A very positive and supportive class to improve your skills and vision. Link to workshops in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are open and reading! We'd love to see your work, too. 🔗 to submissions in profile.

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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Sep 3

This class is so much fun AND it is on sale at 10% off. Register now for September 10 start date. Support your writing and sign up for a class today. Your blank paper will thank you! 🔗 to workshops in profile.

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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Sep 2

✨ Workshop Sale: 10% Off! ✨ Discover Your Secret Power: Tapping into Your Senses. Over 6 weeks, we’ll awaken one sense at a time—reading published work, experimenting with writing exercises, and tuning into the details that make poems resonate. Small, supportive workshop. Begins Sept 11. 🔗in bio.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Sep 1

Submissions open today! Sometime between that burger and the corn on the cob, take a minute or two to submit to River Heron Review. Both the winter issue and the Editors' Prize are open and waiting for your poems! Link in profile.

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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 31

ON SALE. 10% OFF. JUST IN TIME FOR FALL REGISTRATION. All of our workshops, new and favorites are on sale. Limited openings in our small group workshops. Generative, instructive, supportive. Check out our offerings. 🔗in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 30

This Free Memoir Class is an introduction to a unique technique that is supportive, generative, and progressive. Learn from an experienced facilitator whose free class will get you started on the path of writing your vignettes right from the beginning. Happens on Sunday. 🔗 to workshops in profile.

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River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 29

Getting ready? Opens September 1. Link in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 28

All genre, all level workshop! Create first drafts in this supportive, prompt-driven class. Work at your own level. Receive feedback that is positive and encourages growth & development. A safe environment in which to test out your drafts. And it's on sale for 10% off advertised price. 🔗in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 26

10% off Sale now! Evening openings only for RH's poetry critique workshop. Join a small group of poets to read & comment on each other's poems. Build skills, voice, & technique. Facilitated with sensitivity & support. 🔗in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 25

Brush off those poems! Choose the winning ones and submit in one week! to River Heron's Editors' Prize Contest. Top prize is $500 with 4 finalists' prizes of $100. Plus, we'll celebrate with a Zoom reading in the Spring. We are excited to read your work and find our next prize winners. 🔗 in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 24

SALE! 10% off all Fall Workshops! Now is the time to sign up for an innovative and generative poetry or memoir workshops. Check out our workshop descriptions to see what suits you. From critique to memoir to ekphrastic and poetry for these difficult times, there is a class for you. 🔗 in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 23

Let us introduce you to our Memoir Workshops with a FREE class. You will get a feel for the methods and instructor. Hands on. 🔗to workshops in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 21

Workshop Sale! 10% off.
Each week of this workshop, we'll focus on one of our senses, discussing examples from a range of published work & sharpening awareness through exercises and discussion. Small group workshop dedicated to infusing your work with resonant details. Link to workshops in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 19

If not now, when? This is a difficult time, no matter your political persuasion, opinions, beliefs. How to effectively write about them is taught with skill & sensitivity. Learn to use anger or grief to embolden the poem, not overwhelm & open up your writing to new & difficult themes. 🔗 in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 15

Poetry Critique Group forming now for fall. Sharing and commentary each of 6 weeks. Only a few openings remain. And...there is a sale! 10% off the advertised price below. Lots of good reasons to sign up soon. Link to workshops in profile.

River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social · Aug 14

Starting another series of Memoir classes with Level 1 w/optional follow up Levels 2 & 3. Develop full set of skills for your memoir or CNF writing. Taught with compassion & talent, our instructor will guide you toward new ideas for the next step in creating your vignettes. Workshop link in profile.