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Trish Hopkinson

Trish Hopkinson is a poet and literary arts advocate. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com and provisionally in Colorado, where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets, curates Poetry Happens for KRCL 90.9 FM, and is a Poetry Reader for The Adroit Journal. Her poetry has been published in several magazines and journals, including Sugar House Review, Glass Poetry Press, and The Penn Review; and her fourth chapbook Almost Famous was published by Yavanika Press in 2019. Hopkinson happily answers to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, and craft beer.

88 no fee & fast response literary magazines/journals to submit to

UPDATED 11/20/2017 Below is a list of 88 no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I […]

88 no fee & fast response literary magazines/journals to submit to

UPDATED 11/20/2017 Below is a list of 88 no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I […]

3 Years of Brown Bags: How to Keep a Poetry Group Going – guest blog post by Erica Goss

When I became the second Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, California, I wanted to continue the poetry workshop that the first Los Gatos Poet Laureate, Parthenia Hicks, had started. That group met on a weekday evening, once per month. Some of the attendees told me that they would […]

"I am tired of being a woman": Trish Hopkinson's Footnote – by Lis Pankl via 15 Bytes

Thank you so much to Lis Pankl and David Pace of 15 Bytes for this lovely review of my chapbook Footnote. I was particularly pleased with Pankl’s focus on one of my most widely published poems “Waiting Around” and her thoughtful connections to other women writers such as […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Glass' Poets Resist, DEADLINE: Always open

Glass’ Poets Resist is a current events poetry series, edited by Catherine Chambers, published by Glass Poetry Press as part of Glass: A Journal of Poetry. They are “looking for poems that reflect the immediacy of the world around us. . . . poems that are targeted, and […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Glass’ Poets Resist, DEADLINE: Always open

Glass’ Poets Resist is a current events poetry series, edited by Catherine Chambers, published by Glass Poetry Press as part of Glass: A Journal of Poetry. They are “looking for poems that reflect the immediacy of the world around us. . . . poems that are targeted, and […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Summerset Review, DEADLINE: Always open

The Summerset Review is a quarterly online literary journal originally founded in 2002. They publish unsolicited fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. I really like the approach they took with their guidelines, which are brief, informative, and link to additional resources, such as Recommended Reading and Additional Advice. I wondered how and […]

Need a word association generator? These are free & better than your average thesaurus . . .

My favorite of the three is Visuwordsâ„¢ online graphical dictionary -- “Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.” These two also do the trick and are simpler with less visual flare: […]

My new poems "hurricane" & "Not my flag" published in Tuck Magazine + no fee submission call

I’m honored to have such a good home for my brand new poems “hurricane” and “Not my flag” inspired by recent events. Tuck Magazine is an online political, human rights, and arts magazine. The magazine includes opinion/news, poetry/fiction, music/film/tv news, art/photography, and articles on human rights and politics. According […]

My new poems “hurricane” & “Not my flag” published in Tuck Magazine + no fee submission call

I’m honored to have such a good home for my brand new poems “hurricane” and “Not my flag” inspired by recent events. Tuck Magazine is an online political, human rights, and arts magazine. The magazine includes opinion/news, poetry/fiction, music/film/tv news, art/photography, and articles on human rights and politics. According […]