Writer Bridget
Bridget Hayes lives in Northern California with her wife and two orange cats. She holds an MA in Education and an MS in Library and Information Science. As a tech librarian and lifelong educator, she specializes in helping people overcome their fear of technology. She loves hiking, books, traveling, tropical fruit and flowers. She is a member of the International Women's Writing Guild, Writers.com Community, and StoryCenter Alumni Writing Group.
Publications
• Peace Sign, Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry & Prose - Colonel Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards Vol. 2, Nov. 2025
• Lifetimes Ago, 50-Word Stories of 2025 ~ 50 Give or Take #5, Nov. 2025 & email #1854
• I Hope You Enjoy Your Venison, The Quarter(ly) Journal, July 2025
• The Sweep of Time The Sitting Room Work Anthology, 2025
• Snow In The Jungle, Pithead Chapel, May 2025
• Dress, Roanoke Review, February 2025
• Predator, Bear Paw Arts Journal, issue 2, 2024
• Keep Your Feet Above The Blue, BarBar, Vol. IV, 2024 Simulacra
• Just Play A Song, Ink In Thirds Magazine, vol. 5, i.2, 2024
• 10 Poems, Ginosko Literary Journal, issue 32, 2024
• Tracking, Ionosphere, issue 2, 2024
• 3 Poems, Vision & Verse ~ California Writers Club Ekphrastic Anthology, 2024
• Sacred Passage, The Sitting Room Women Travel Writers Anthology, 2024
• Flowers 2, Wild Roof Journal, June 2024
• The Stretch of the Call, Yellow Arrow Journal, spring 2024
• The Sponge, The Letters Home Collection, 2024Awards
• Peace Sign, 1st Place Poetry Colonel Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Award Line of Advance Literary Journal, 2024
• Two 3rd-place ribbons for poetry, 2025 Sonoma County Fair
• 1st-, 2nd-, and 4th-place ribbons for poetry, 2023 Sonoma County Fair
Readings & Podcasts
• The Art Box Podcast Episode 396: Gators, Prose and Why Rhyme - Meet Bridget Hayes~ January 2026
• National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Open Mic ~ January 29, 2026
• Night of Fire: Reflections on CA Wildfires @ Barrel Proof Lounge ~ September 30, 2025
• Barrel Proof Lounge Open Mic ~ August 26, 2025
• Lady Blume Microbakery Guest Poet ~ August 24, 2025
• Sonoma County Fair Open Mic ~ August 9, 2025
• Lit Crawl Sebastopol ~ Stacks & Stories: Library Staff Who Write; The Sitting Room Writers ~ May 2025
• Speakeasy @ Santa Rosa Arts Center Open Mic ~ March 2025
• Lit Crawl SF ~ Page Street Writers, Without a Net: 20 supershort, pieces written in the last hour ~ October 2024
• Veterans For Peace National Convention ~ August 2024
• Yellow Arrow Journal ~ June 2024
Contact
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