Jockey’s Ridge Dunes

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

Jockey’s Ridge Dunes

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

Currituck Lighthouse

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

Body Island Lighthouse

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

Picture of the Week

♦As of today, each week I will feature a piece of artwork or photography that I have come across while browsing the web that has captured me.  This week I am honored and very proud to feature the photography of author, editor, artist, and photographer Mary Deal. I ran across Mary’s work on facebook and just fell in love with the realism and use of color in her artwork, and her keen eye stunning shots in the photography that she captures. I truly respect her work and I am very proud to share it with everyone.

 

Na Pali Coastline, Kauai, Hawaii

©Mary Deal

   Mary’s Website: http://www.writeanygenre.com/

The Great Smokey Mountains, NC 3

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

*This photo was previously published in the January 2009 issue of Word Catalyst Magazine.

The Great Smokey Mountains, NC 2

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

*This photo was previously published in the January 2009 issue of Word Catalyst Magazine.

The Great Smokey Mountains, NC

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

*This photo was previously published in the January 2009 issue of Word Catalyst Magazine.

Bryson City, NC

©Shawn Nacona Stroud

*This photo was published in the January 2009 issue of Word Catalyst Magazine.

My poem “Finishing” published in Up the Staircase

My poem “Finishing” has been published in the winter issue of Up the Staircase.  I will provide links to their journal below. Up the Staircase is a literary review that publishes quarterly and they are currently open for submissions. I would also like to congratulate my friend and fellow poet S. Thomas Summers for the publication of his poem “This is My Part” in this same issue, make sure you check his work out!  

Up the Staircase

Submission Guidelines

Finishing