It was such a pleasure to meet Risa Denenberg in person for the first time last year at AWP in Portland. She does so much incredible work for the literary community and truly is just a delightful and kind person. I couldn’t be more honored that she would […]
Memoir workshops are ideal for introducing the beautiful art of poetry writing. Many of my students have not yet experienced the joys of writing free verse. This blog post illustrates how I teach this workshop. Free verse is not just another vehicle to tell your story. It’s so […]
A Moment Of Your Time is a daily podcast of short episodes, two to six minutes long, where contributors read a short story, poem, original dialogue, or share music. The underlying theme is positive or through a lens of solidarity and hope. You can listen to the first […]
Writing Knights Press is an indie press publishing chapbooks, full length, and mixed media printed books of poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction and/or visual art. Compensation is 10 author copies and royalties. See my interview with the press staff and a link to submission guidelines below. HOPKINSON: Tell me […]
Not everyone in modern times truly appreciates poetry. It's often linked to old sonnets and pretty love rhymes. But as a poet, you know there's much more to it than meets the eye. Just like short stories, novellas, and books, poetry has different genres, styles, and rules. Marketing […]
Buddhist Poetry Review is “a quarterly online journal dedicated to publishing fresh and insightful Buddhist poetry. [Their] vision encompasses the full spectrum of Buddhism, and we welcome submissions from authors who write from any perspective.” I was curious how and why this poetry review began, so I asked […]
ang(st) zine is an intersectional, transnational, diverse, inclusive, and queer feminist zine. They publish two themed issues a year in April and October and are currently open for prose, poetry, and visual art, “but we are open to interstitial and hybrid pieces: micros, personal essays, visual poetry, etc.” […]
Wicked Gay Ways is an online art and literary journal seeking to create connections across the many dimensions of queer sexual desire as embodied in art and the creative process. They publish work from both new, emerging and established artists and are currently open for submissions of flash […]
The Racket is a new weekly online journal originally started as a local reading series in San Francisco founded in 2017. They are always open for submissions of prose, poetry, non-fiction and art. Their issues are available as downloadable PDFs so you can see the types of work […]
Paper Dragon is the new online literary magazine for Drexel University and is currently open for their first themed issue coming out this fall. The theme is Recovery and Resilience. They are accepting submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and art until September 1, 2020. See my interview […]
