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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.

Where to submit formal verse (rhyming, blank verse, villanelle, sonnet, etc.) – 6 new listings!

UPDATED JULY 7, 2016 Most editors are happy to answer questions regarding submissions. If a lit mag seems like a good fit for your work and it happens to be a specific form, such as rhyming, blank verse, villanelle, sonnet, pantoum, light verse, etc. contact them via email […]

NO FEE Submission call for Luna Luna special issues, DEADLINES: July 11 & Aug. 15, 2016

Luna Luna is an online magazine “divided into two very generalized sections: dark and light. It is not a perfect binary; much of what we explore falls in between. For us, the light is where we talk art and opinion, growth and creativity. The dark may be those things […]

NO FEE Submission call for Luna Luna special issues, DEADLINES: July 11 & Aug. 15, 2016

Luna Luna is an online magazine “divided into two very generalized sections: dark and light. It is not a perfect binary; much of what we explore falls in between. For us, the light is where we talk art and opinion, growth and creativity. The dark may be those things […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call and interview – Feminine Inquiry, DEADLINES: July 5 & July 20, 2016

Feminine Inquiry is a feminist literary and arts zine founded in Austin, Texas by a group of like-minded folks. They are an intersectional zine focused on highlighting the work of women, trans* folk, genderqueer people, people of color, those under the LGBT umbrella, those disabled, etc. They want to […]

PAYING/NO FEE Submission call and interview – Feminine Inquiry, DEADLINES: July 5 & July 20, 2016

Feminine Inquiry is a feminist literary and arts zine founded in Austin, Texas by a group of like-minded folks. They are an intersectional zine focused on highlighting the work of women, trans* folk, genderqueer people, people of color, those under the LGBT umbrella, those disabled, etc. They want to […]

Fireworks and political science by Rob Carney, guest blog post on Terrain.org

Rob Carney shares a story of working at a fireworks stand and the interesting way the fireworks were titled and promoted in his July blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of writing inspiration. This post provides […]

My poem "Temple City listens to Orlando" published in Quail Bell + call for tribute poems, DEADLINE: July 31, 2016

This poem was inspired by a recent prompt at the Utah Arts Festival Iron Pen competition and helped me process the events in Orlando that I had not yet been able to put into words. We have a strong LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City and there are […]

My poem “Temple City listens to Orlando” published in Quail Bell + call for tribute poems, DEADLINE: July 31, 2016

This poem was inspired by a recent prompt at the Utah Arts Festival Iron Pen competition and helped me process the events in Orlando that I had not yet been able to put into words. We have a strong LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City and there are […]

Call for Submissions for Lunch Ticket, DEADLINE: July 31, 2016

Lunch Ticket’s Amuse-Bouche "Spotlight" showcases individual writers or artists. Submit your best poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, flash prose (any genre), young adult (13+), literary translation & multi-lingual texts, and visual art (painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation, performance, and video). Submissions accepted in July only, so send soon! […]

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Trish Hopkinson