A literary celebration of the natural beauty of this place

Orange County Nature Writing

Anthology

Santiago Creek Watershed: 100 Square Miles of Connection

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


Photo: Creek Below Irvine Lake Dam

Crossing Creek Below Irvine Lake Dam. Spring 2005.

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