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'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.” ― Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/06fed5ce-194d-4f9f-b195-247d5847346e/heidi2021-8857home2.jpg About - Hi, I’m Heidi. My writing explores often-overlooked places and people, finding beauty and meaning in the messiness of life. Oftentimes it’s as a celebrant, where life and death intersect, that this beauty and mess take on significance. My lived experiences ripple through my work, and consequently, I write about everything from photosynthesis to cancer, adoption, fairy tales, and medieval mystics. I value seeing with our hearts, coming to the page with sadness that is not sentimental, and reverence for the sacred. My career path has taken me from agricultural science to work in the nonprofit sector. In the early 1990s at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association I helped steer the response strategy during the BSE/Mad Cow crisis, and then made a hard left and worked for a street agency for many years. I wrote curriculum for immigrant youth and coordinated a writing program for women new to Canada. It’s been my joy to teach creative writing, spiritual writing, and humanities courses at Calgary universities as well as literacy for adults returning to learning. As for my writing journey, I was co-editor of the (M)othering Anthology, recognized by CBC in 2022, and have published in Canadian and US literary journals. I’m excited to be seeking representation for my first novel and working on a second. 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My lived experiences ripple through my work, and consequently, I write about everything from photosynthesis to cancer, adoption, fairy tales, and medieval mystics. I value seeing with our hearts, coming to the page with sadness that is not sentimental, and reverence for the sacred. I was co-editor of the (M)othering Anthology, and I was recognized in the 2025 International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir. I’ve taught in the University of Calgary’s Continuing Education Creative Writing Program, mentoring and editing students’ manuscripts in their capstone course, as well trauma and spiritual writing in community. Alongside my writing, I officiate memorial services and celebrations of life, love kayaking, walking in pine forests and the smell of cedar, and finding flowers in unlikely places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/d8fb6c50-0e76-4fa3-aa09-c8e12bf11f3a/mothering-home.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1628355869110-9LWZJFX2OS8722SICP4G/grogan-boobs.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.heidigrogan.ca/writing daily 0.75 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1624555087114-TASBMR2OH5ZYJGXF8YXI/heidi-beige-banner.jpg Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1624555087114-TASBMR2OH5ZYJGXF8YXI/heidi-beige-banner.jpg Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1627406990211-S8N2XTNT5UYIFVFXJ1L0/heidi-beige-banner.jpg Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/0d980a2c-bb0e-45a5-88d9-c6d362407e8a/IMG_2156.jpg Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1627411151655-RWZ9HW6O4DO11HD8RRAQ/IMG_2381-kayak.jpg Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/52d1a2ad-6b59-4e8d-80cf-d56f9499af36/Image_Writing+Places1.jpg Writing - Make it stand out Photo: Ghost River in Waiparous Alberta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1186ae9b-1318-4b50-81ef-e731899c4fef/Image_Writing+Places4.jpg Writing - Publications Creative Non-Fiction “Where is the M in (M)other?” Word City Literary Journal. Online. May 2021 Where is the (M) in Mother? Memoir by Heidi Grogan – WordCityLit “From Scar to Sacrament” in Boobs: Women Talk about What it Means to Have Breasts. Caitlin Press, Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia: 2016 (Anthology) “Mirror Mirror on the Wall” in Boobs: Women Talk about What it Means to Have Breasts. Caitlin Press, Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia: 2016 (Anthology) “A Sacred Seeing” in Weavings, Vol. XXXI, Number 1 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Nov/Dec 2015/Jan 2016 “A New Hunger So Vast” in Weavings, Vol. XXX Number 4 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Aug/Sept/Oct 2015 “This is My Body” in Weavings, Vol. XXIX, Number 2 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Feb/Mar/Apr 2014 “Cry of the Streets” in Weavings, Life Vol. XXVII, Number 2 “Bring Good News to the Poor” The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Nov/Dec 2013/Jan 2014 “Adoption: A Kaleidoscope Community” in Weavings, Vol. XXVIII, Number 2 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Nov/Dec/Jan 2013 “Kiln-Fired Hope” in Weavings, Vol. XXVII, Number 2 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Feb/Mar/Apr 2012 “From Scar to Sacrament,” in ROOM Magazine 33.4. Vancouver: British Columbia: 2010 Fiction “Bring Me Out in the Woods,” in The (M)othering Anthology. Inanna Publications, Toronto: 2022. Non-Fiction Feature Article: “Birthing Truths Into The World,” co-authored with Anne Sorbie. For the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, West Word Magazine, October – December 2020 issue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/70022ffd-d66e-4a97-ada3-5afddb1da2f5/Image_Writing+Places23.JPG Writing - Of Note Second Place – 2015 Brenda Strathern award: “The Shape of a Boy” Honourable Mention – 2014 Brenda Strathern award: “Shine” First Place– 2014 The Word Guild national award: “Cry of the Streets” in Weavings, Vol. XXVII, Number 2 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Nov/Dec 2013/Jan 2014 Second Place - 2013 Alexandra Centre short story competition: “What Took You So Long?” Quarter-Finalist – 2013 Ruminate Magazine competition: “Climber Boy” Short Listed– 2012 The Word Guild national award: “Adoption: A Kaleidoscope Community” in Weavings, Vol. XXVIII, Number 2 The Upper Room, Nashville Tennessee: Nov/Dec/Jan 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f985575279c210f2bbeace1/1719362744094-GYWKFPKRA0F6JQRZWAA7/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Currently Writing It’s a Fine Line This experimental lyric autofiction is about Ciara, a young funeral celebrant whose draw to an alternative lifestyle is well outside of her parent’s expectations and plans for her. 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