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 was placed in a cold, brightly lit room, six months pregnant, although at the time you could barely tell. Due to the extreme stress I had been under, I had actually lost weight throughout this pregnancy. Nearing the end, this was becoming worrisome. Wearing the same clothes […]
I read A LOT of submission guidelines, contest guidelines, and especially I spend A LOT of time wading through contests that charge fees to insure that when I spend my hard earned dough to submit to a contest, the press is not only legit, but offering a good […]
Founded in 1999, by Sundress Publications, Stirring: A Literary Collection is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet. Stirring is a strictly electronic journal that publishes monthly issues on the first of each month. All of there past issues are available online in their Archives. To view their […]
Honored to have an essay up at The Fem! It’s all about why poetry is important . . .
Honored to have an essay up at The Fem! It’s all about why poetry is important . . .
Calypso Editions is a cooperative, artist-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit press dedicated to publishing quality literary books of poetry and fiction with a global perspective. They are “committed to unearthing literary gems from previous generations, translating foreign writers into English with integrity, and providing a space for talented, new voices.” To […]
If you're angsty. Because you want details, not narrative. Because you want to sound smarter than you are. Because you want to, no one can make you. You're Charles Dickens. These are some of the answers my high school students offered me when I asked why they think […]
We all receive many more rejections than acceptances. I recently learned that there are ways to help interpret the rejections literary magazines and journals send your way. Rejections actually come in many forms, including standard forms, tiered, and personal. Specifically, a “tiered” rejection means the lit mag sends out […]
The British Library via Flikr now offers a huge variety and multiple albums to browse through of illustrations and art that are completely public domain and free to use! From beautiful typography, to bazaar illustrations, book covers, cycling, architecture, decorative papers, and so much more–the possibilities are endless. I’m […]
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