Trish Hopkinson is a poet, blogger, and advocate for the literary arts. You can find her online at SelfishPoet.com and provisionally in Utah, where she runs the regional poetry group Rock Canyon Poets and folds poems to fill Poemball machines for Provo Poetry. Her poetry has been published in several lit mags and journals, including Tinderbox, Glass Poetry Press, and The Penn Review; her third chapbook Footnote was published by Lithic Press in 2017. Hopkinson will happily answer to labels such as atheist, feminist, and empty nester; and enjoys traveling, live music, wine-tasting, and craft beer.
There are plenty of listings online to find a local poetry group or event, such as open mics, readings, poetry slams, poetry societies, and more. Here are some popular listings to get you started. If you come across any other national type listings, please share the link below […]
The Review Review recently posted an interview with Seth Amos, Katelyn Delvaux, Michelle Lee, and Maw Shein Win—Editors of Rivet: The Journal of Writing That Risks. If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my Facebook page. Other than reading the journal itself, reading […]
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“National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives.” Read more…
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West Branch doesn’t charge fees for submissions, but they do pay contributors. Per their submission page, “Payment is awarded for accepted works in the amount of $50 per submission of poetry, and $.05/word for prose with a maximum payment of $100. Additionally, we provide…
Sellby’s List is an international list of lit mags who are open to experimental poetry and art submissions. The extensive list is international and you can view listings for the following regions: US Mags & Related Canada UK & Ireland Australia & NZ EU, South America, et al […]
Looking for ways to promote your writing and get your name out there? I recently was listed with two major writing resource sites: – My listing on Poets & Writers – My listings on Winning Writers: Markets and Contests for Writers Recommended Authors If you are listed on […]
Originally posted on PoetryPasta:
It so happens, I am tired of being a woman.And it happens while I wait for my children to growinto the burning licks of adulthood. The streaksof summer sun have gone, drained between gaps into gutters,and the ink-smell of report cards and recipe boxescringes me…
