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.
I’m pleased to have such a good home for my found poem “Denial” created by remixing words and phrases from Susan Griffin’s A Chorus of Stones. “Denial” was originally published by The Fem and is the second poem in my feature at Califragile this month. The third and […]
Why do you read poetry? This question might seem a bit odd, doesn't it? I mean, why am I even asking good poets like you such an insane question? People aren't just called poets for nothing. If anyone ever called you a poet it is because you write […]
This list from Authors Publish is the cream of the crop–the envy of all creative writers when it comes to dream lit mags or journals where they’d like to see their work published. Have I submitted to some of these? Yes. Have I been rejected? Of course. You’ve […]
“The team at Street Light Press is honored to have had the opportunity to interview accomplished poet and creative facilitator Trish Hopkinson. In this coming issue of Street Light Press, Trish discusses the emotionally draining power of good writing, how to deal with rejection, and how publishing has […]
Pretty Owl Poetry “is a journal that publishes new, emerging, and established writers in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts.” The issues are published in PDF format and are free to read online. Last year I reviewed Pretty Owl Poetry's Summer issue for The Review Review. Here's a snippet from my review: The […]
Cordella is a beautifully designed quarterly online magazine with a broad-themed focus for each issue. They publish the work of cis women, trans women, and nonbinary artists, writers, and creatives and are currently open for submissions of poetry, short fiction, essays, memoir and other creative non-fiction, as well as visual art. […]
The memories of September 11 are certainly overwhelming and I’m thankful for the timing of my feature this month in Califragile to share my poems reflecting on post-war recovery. Though originally focused on the events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII, the sentiments surrounding the recovery post-9/11 are […]
The memories of September 11 are certainly overwhelming and I’m thankful for the timing of my feature this month in Califragile to share my poems reflecting on post-war recovery. Though originally focused on the events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII, the sentiments surrounding the recovery post-9/11 are […]
One of my favorite ancient sites in the American Southwest is Tuzigoot, a pueblo ruin located in Arizona's Verde Valley. Resting atop a 120 foot limestone ridge, which provided the white stones used to construct the pueblo's many rooms and multistory central tower, Tuzigoot stands against the sky, […]
Gold Dust magazine is a biannual magazine of short stories, poetry, and writing advice. Issues can be read online or ordered in print. They graciously extended their current submission call for the next issue to September 30 just for my readers! Another unique thing about this magazine is that […]
