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.
The literary magazines/journals listed below are recently established or considered to be "fledgling" on Duotrope. All offer some form of payment and are currently open to submissions. Fledging journals are a great way to cut your teeth if you've never been published, often have faster response times, and […]
Poets write because we have ideas, passions, and impulses inside of us that demand expression. We are artists. That said, when placing your work you have to be a little more practical--one part artist, one part real estate agent. Finding a lasting home for your poetry can be […]
Fire Poetry currently an inclusive, biannually-published online poetry journal, releasing issues in the Winter and Summer. They “understand the combustible nature of the written and spoken word . . . and want your work that smolders.” I wondered how and why this lit mag came to be, so I […]
Fire Poetry currently an inclusive, biannually-published online poetry journal, releasing issues in the Winter and Summer. They “understand the combustible nature of the written and spoken word . . . and want your work that smolders.” I wondered how and why this lit mag came to be, so I […]
The next Silver Birch Press prompt and series! Send in your poems/short prose about yourself in a hat. Love the ideas they come up with for these.
My poem “Offspring,” which was originally published by Stirring in the their July 2016 issue, is featured below in this digital broadside by artist and writer Orooj-e-Zafar. I’m so pleased with the result! Many thanks to Orooj-e-Zafar for creating such a gorgeous representation of my poem. You can see more of […]
As a poet, you are probably looking for support, suggestions, and some advice about getting your work published. When you decide you're ready to share your work and join a writing group, keep a few points in mind. Poets can be a sensitive lot so try to put […]
This poetry contest is sponsored by 501c3 nonprofit The Fitzgerald Museum, which operates out of the last extant house the Fitzgeralds lived in as a family during their lives. Before he became a famous novelist, before he met the intrepid Zelda Sayre, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a poetic […]
If you read one thing today… this engaging poem by friend and fellow poet Shloka Shankar up on Silver Birch Press this month.
I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. They are a twice-yearly literary and art journal published by the MFA community of Antioch University of Los Angeles, a program that is devoted to the education of literary artists, […]
