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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.

Have you seen the 6 submission calls up at Zoetic Press? #nofee #payingmarket — Next DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

Zoetic Press currently has 6 submission calls open! Plus, they are looking for a volunteer associate editor. Lots of great stuff happening with this press. Their huge variety of calls are for both poetry, prose, reviews, art AND are for individual pieces OR full-length manuscripts! Plus, their editors are the amazing […]

FREE Poetry Contest, Floodmark Poetry – DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your best poem to the free White Elephant poetry contest sponsored by Floodmark Poetry. The winner will receive a White Elephant inspiration bag filled with all kinds of handpicked goodies! The coolest part… each qualifier will receive feedback on their poetry submissions. Really, that’s cool. You […]

Nat’l Poem in Your Pocket Day is tomorrow! –April 21, 2016 #NaPoMo

Participating in National Poem in Your Pocket Day is easy and fun! Put a poem (your own or one of your favorites) in your pocket today and share it with: friends, family co-workers go to an open mic in your area Looking for a local poetry slam, open mic, […]

Nat'l Poem in Your Pocket Day is tomorrow! –April 21, 2016 #NaPoMo

Participating in National Poem in Your Pocket Day is easy and fun! Put a poem (your own or one of your favorites) in your pocket today and share it with: friends, family co-workers go to an open mic in your area Looking for a local poetry slam, open mic, […]

April Poet Profiles: Trish Hopkinson

HUGE thanks to Emily and her awesome blog for featuring me as one of her poet profiles for National Poetry Month! You can read three of my poems and two include audio. #NaPoMo

My review of chapbook Puzzle Pieces published by Yellow Chair Press + their free weekly poetry contest!

My chapbook review of Puzzle Pieces by Bernard Grant just went up on Yellow Chair Review! This chapbook was a wonderful read. If you’re interested in writing reviews, browse through some of the reviews on their Reviews/Articles page to get a feel for how they are written. Also, many presses/authors […]

"Why I Read Poems When They Are Often Quite Bad"–guest blog post by Vincent Francone

I just finished Rosemary Tonk's posthumous collection of poems, Bedouin of the London Evening.  I wanted to read Tonks ever since I saw this quote: "The main duty of the poet is to excite - to send the senses reeling."  I quite agree.  Sadly, I disliked the book.  […]

“Why I Read Poems When They Are Often Quite Bad”–guest blog post by Vincent Francone

I just finished Rosemary Tonk's posthumous collection of poems, Bedouin of the London Evening.  I wanted to read Tonks ever since I saw this quote: "The main duty of the poet is to excite - to send the senses reeling."  I quite agree.  Sadly, I disliked the book.  […]

3 poems, a prompt + submission call–Terrain.org, DEADLINE: May 30, 2016

Rob Carney treats us to three poems (with audio!) for his guest blog post up at Terrain.org this month. Previous posts are full of great ideas to get you writing and what’s more inspiring than poems during National Poetry Month! You can view all his blog posts here. Response poetry […]

NO FEE Submission Call w/ $200 in awards–Four Chambers Press, DEADLINE: April 30, 2016

To read more about Four Chambers Press or for more about their editors, read their Staff page here. Four chambers is a fairly new 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 the literary […]