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.
In September of 2016, I published my fifth poetry book, the winner of Moon City Press's book prize, Field Guide to the End of the World, all about surviving and navigating the world post-apocalypse. When I started writing these poems, it was way before the light-comedy apocalypse television […]
Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity is the blog and writing resource site by writer Erica Verrillo. Her site is loaded with great articles for writers and the writing life, including listings of publishers, agents, where to get reviews, submission calls, free contests, writing conferences and more. […]
For the Sonorous is a new “literary journal dedicated to empowering and publishing women and non-binary people of color.” They publish three online issues of poetry, prose, and art each year. Additionally, they are supporting women and non-binary poets and writers by providing detailed feedback from their editors on […]
To read more about Four Chambers Press or for more about their editors, read their Staff page here. Four chambers is a fairly new press and print literary magazine that published their first issue in 2013 as “an independent community literary magazine based in Phoenix, AZ whose mission is to give greater visibility to […]
There’s just nothing better than opening a box of brand new books, especially ones with your name on the cover! I have a limited number I can sell as signed copies. Currently only 10 are available, so if you’d a copy of Footnote, addressed to you personally and signed, […]
What is poetry? Galway Kinnell says, "To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment." Robert Frost writes, "Writing a poem is discovering.” Madeleine LeCense, an 18-year-old National […]
Outlook Springs is a new bi-annual, print and online literary journal “transmitted from the town of Outlook Springs, New Hampshire, which may or may not exist in one or more alternate dimensions.” They don’t charge submission fees and they pay their contributors, $25 fiction/non-fiction and $10 per poem + a contributor copy. […]
Outlook Springs is a new bi-annual, print and online literary journal “transmitted from the town of Outlook Springs, New Hampshire, which may or may not exist in one or more alternate dimensions.” They don’t charge submission fees and they pay their contributors, $25 fiction/non-fiction and $10 per poem + a contributor copy. […]
Submishmash allows writers and other artists to view open submission calls randomly, by type (writing, art, sound, film) or by deadlines. It’s a fun and interesting way to visually wade through the many submission calls available. Built by our friends at Submittable, “Submishmash is a living catalog of […]
It’s so important to do your homework before sending your manuscript to a publisher. Make sure to take notes for each publisher you research. You will most likely want to compare them to each other before deciding where you want to submit. Make sure the press is the […]
