All focus on Louisiana. In the area of poetry, the press has published one book and seven chapbooks. Four of these chapbooks are part of the Blue Heron Press Chapbook Series, started in 1995. Through this series, two chapbooks are published annually. The Chapbook Series is not limited to Louisiana poets and subjects, though they are given preferential consideration.
Submissions are by invitation only.
The publisher and owner of Blue Heron Press is Carolyn Portier Gorman. A Garland for John Finlay Edited by David Middleton, this collector's chapbook includes poetry by 20 distinguished poets in honor of poet John Finlay. The Secret Proximity of Everywhere by Leo Luke Marcello, Shearman Academic Professor, McNeese State University. The poet seeks the mystery in foreign things, but his heart, his loneliness, is his constant. Grady Ballenger, Louisiana Literature - Spring '96.