After being in Oakland for 2.5 weeks I’m back home in Virginia, nearly unpacked in our new home.

August has been a busy  month already. My poem, Dirty Blood, was published by HEArt Literary Journal. Please note this poem may be triggering for some, read with caution. I also received a copy of Common Ground Review which features my poem, Category Five. 

Category Five by Courtney LeBlanc

It also featured the poem, Listen up, girl, by Meghan DePeau. This poem won the journal’s poetry contest. Well deserved in my opinion.

Listen up, girl. by Meghan DePeau

If you’d like your own copy of Common Ground Review (Spring/Summer 8.1) please send me $10 and your mailing address.

My poems, Filter and Siamese Sister, were published by Door is a Jar literary journal. You can read them here.

I applied to a prestigious writing retreat, I had seven poems accepted for publication (those are forthcoming), and I’m putting the final touches on my chapbook manuscript, All in the Family. All in all, it’s been a very busy August.