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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.

What is an “Inventory of Weird” and how can it push your writing to the next level?

Rob Carney explains exactly what he means by “Inventory of Weird” in his Evolution blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of poetry wisdom. This one focuses on how to watch for the weird and then […]

What is an "Inventory of Weird" and how can it push your writing to the next level?

Rob Carney explains exactly what he means by “Inventory of Weird” in his Evolution blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. The blog posts are short and full of poetry wisdom. This one focuses on how to watch for the weird and then […]

Split Lip Welcomes New Poetry Editor

More on Split Lip… spend some time with this online lit mag, if you know what’s good for ya :).

FREE short memoir contest ($200 prize!) – Split Lip, DEADLINE: Nov 16, 2015

Split Lip Magazine “is an online journal driven to help literature mingle with pop culture and to allow art to serve as an alternative means to mainstream journalism, which is filtered and reveals only surface-level truth. Split Lip is a punk rock publishing collective, and we are unfiltered, unrefined, […]

NO FEE/REPRINTS Submission Call – Snapdragon, DEADLINE: Oct 31, 2015

Snapdragon, a journal of art and healing, is currently open for themed submissions of poetry and creative nonfiction. The current theme is “The Art of Creating.” They ask that you “send us your unusual, abstract, over-the-top work that talks about creativity, the act and art of it, especially if it’s connected […]

Poetry Super Highway 2015 Contest Winners Announced!

If you missed the live broadcast yesterday, you can still listen to it and hear all the poets that placed in the top ten spots. You may recognize several of the names, and some called in to read their poems as well. I’m honored to have received the […]

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Book Trailer for IDES: A Collection of Poetry Chapbooks

Some amazing poets featured here… specifically fellow poets Sonja Johanson and Robert Okaji. Congrats to all of them and to Silver Birch Press for putting together such a beautiful collection!

Call for Submissions for Wildness, DEADLINE: Nov. 1, 2015

To read more about Wildness and their editors, read their Masthead page here. Wildness is a new online literary magazine and a project of Platypus Press “open to a variety of genres and styles. Just remember, we want to be left breathless.” For more info on how to submit to literary magazine […]

Stars More Massive Than The Sun | Taylor Pavolillo

This is a stunning, gorgeous poem. Another great selection from the editors of The Fem!

Trish Hopkinson