Accepted original stories and poems for the Heart of a Woman book include: Dilip Abayasekara, Penny Abshire, Eln Albert, James Alburger, Patrice Baker, Debbie Barnett, Lee A. Barron, Lydia Boyd, Natalie Brecher, Cynthia Brian, Helice Bridges, Heather Brittany, Linda Cammarata, Colette Carlson, Renee Carter, Jane Ilene Cohen, Betty Colston, Jo Condrill, Margaret Connery, Mel Creighton, Barbara DeAngelis, Lisa Delman, Emily DeShazo, Cath Kachur DeStefano, Becky Fartash, Linda Ferber, Anne Frodsham, Barbara Glanz, Gregory Godek, Nikki Goldman, Judith Parker Harris, Lesa Heebner, Hein Heinlich, Blanche Katz, Cynthia Kersey, Christine Kloser, Rosalie Ferrer Kramer, Lynn Gahman Marshall, Sharon McCarthy, Jan Mills, Stephanie Moles, Mona Moon, Catherine Ann Nary, Jack Nichols, Cassandra Northington, Becky Palmer, Debra Pestrak, Leland Pound, William Remsen, Marcia Reynolds, Kurt Rightmyer, Alison Roush, Joanne Roush, Julia Roush, Mary Gay Roush, Michelle Roush, Serina Roush, Sheryl Roush, Laura Rubinstein, Sydney Salt, Barb Sanfilippo, Sandra Schrift, Jennifer Rousseau Sedlock, Debra Simpson, Marilyn Sprague-Smith, Jana Stanfield, Terry Sweeney, Judy Tejwani, Carol Copeland Thomas, Catherine Tilley, Linda Ulrich, Gloria VanDam, Christie Ward, Francine Ward, Rheba Lindsey Washington, Joni Wilson, and Connie Yambert. The opening poems were penned by Rosalie Ferrer Kramer, and Catherine Tilley.