Orange County Nature Writing

A literary celebration of the natural beauty of this place

All photos by Thea Gavin unless otherwise credited. Web site  created by  Thea Gavin (who should perhaps stick to making compost).  ©2008 ocnaturewriting.com. Last update 8/24/08.

ANTHOLOGY

Be  part of a new anthology  of nature writing about Orange County.

The Santiago Creek Watershed spans  a significant portion of Orange County, CA.  Housing tracts and wild hills, roadside gutters and rocky creek beds make up this 100 square miles  where the raindrops fall and finally  flow together to Santiago Creek, and ultimately, the Santa Ana River and Pacific Ocean.

Do you live or work here—or visit to hike, ride, fish, birdwatch, relax, play? Have you felt a connection to the splendid hills, arroyos, parks and neighborhoods where  Santiago Creek and its tributaries flow?

To celebrate the natural beauty of the Santiago Creek Watershed, you are invited to share your unique perspective via poems, stories (both true and made-up) and drawings.

SHARE

YOUR STORY

 

· What creatures—plants— rocks—are part of the memories you have made in these urban, suburban and wild lands?

 

· Send up to three line drawings, three poems or one story—fiction or nonfiction—under 3,000 words.

 

· Please include your name and email on each page submitted.

 

· Send your work to ocnaturewriting@sbcglobal.net for possible publication in The Santiago Creek Watershed: 100 Square Miles of Connection.

Santiago Creek Watershed Places: Trabuco Ranger District/Cleveland NF—Irvine Park— Santiago Oaks Regional Park—Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary—Grijalva Park—Irvine Lake—Black Star Canyon—Hart Park—Riverview Golf Course—Cambridge Restoration Area—Irvine Ranch Conservancy—Barham Ranch—Yorba Park—Santiago Park Nature Reserve—El Modena Open Space

Crossing the creek below Irvine Lake Dam. Spring ‘05.