The contributors have been selected, and we are thrilled with the quality and variety of prose and poetry for our first annual Nature’s Gifts anthology. More than twenty pieces, from haiku to villanelles, from essays to short stories, will delight nature lovers everywhere. Take a walk in a garden or hike in a national park. Reflect on the moon. Learn something new. Laugh—and cry—with our writers as they discover the beauty, the joys, and the raw power of nature.

 

The Nature Conservancy will receive a donation of 50 percent of the profits for every book sold in both print and e-book editions for one year. Dedicated to protecting our rapidly vanishing natural environment, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 million acres of land in 28 countries.

 

The selected poets and authors are:

 

Kathi Anderson      Douglas G. Campbell      Malcolm Campbell     

Sam Cash      Chelle Cordero      Helen Fanick      JEGlaze      S. Kelley Harrell     

Robert Hays       Donna Henes      Lisa Houff       Victoria Howard     

Leah Mooney      Thom Newnham        Deanne Quarrie      Connie Spittler

Smoky Trudeau       Kimberlee Williams        Scott Zeidel

You can learn more about The Nature Conservancy at their website:  http://www.nature.org


All selected contributors, in addition to receiving the print copy of the published anthology in which they appear, will also be announced on this Website, and on Facebook, MySpace, and Xanga blogs, as well as inclusion in the donation letters each period to The Nature Conservancy, and be invited to participate in the Vanilla Heart Publishing Earth Day 2010 Celebrations.

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