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’m honored to be a feature artist for this amazing mag on the literary fringe. The Rain, Party, and Disaster Society posts experimental, found, and other interesting poetic forms “not for the faint of heart.” This feature includes my previously unpublished essay which takes a non-traditional approach to describing […]
National Poetry Month is the perfect time to immerse yourself into the poems that first brought you to love poetry. Read some of the beautiful lines below and take the time to remember your most beloved poems. Comment here or go to the article and share your favorite […]
You still have time to submit your Ode to Your Zip Code for this special project sponsored by WLRN in Miami. “O, Miami and WLRN-Miami Herald believe it's time to pay tribute to the least poetic definition of where you live: The ZIP Code. This April, we're asking […]
One of these is a paying markets. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines. Before submitting, read my Submission Tips and to check other paying markets for emerging writers and how they are […]
It's not too late to make a plan for poetry month! Whether you want to sign up to write a poem a day or unofficially just plan to crank out some poetry in April, there are plenty of prompts and resources to keep you going strong all month. […]
Still time to write and submit your bra/breast poems to Les Femmes Folles! The prompt for today was to Day 16 – make art/write a found poem from advertisements for bras. ‪#‎NaPoWriMo‬ ‪#‎amwriting‬ #30/30
Poetry Super Highway is sponsoring a Prompt-a-Day for National Poetry Month. There’s still time to get in on the fun this month and become inspired to write! Not to mention all of the incredible poetry being shared. You can check out Poetry Super Highway’s prompts here and post […]
Why limit yourself to being published in lit mags in the U.S., Canada, or the U.K? There are many countries with English-language lit mags you can also submit your work to. For example, my poem “My Monkey Grammarian” was published in Hong Kong and even included in a […]
Poetry Now is a new series from the Poetry Foundation. The audio recordings provide an introduction to the featured poet, commentary from the poet regarding the poem, and then a reading of the poem. They have quite a lineup, including Jamaal May, Rae Armantrout, and Wendy Xu. If […]
Recently, I signed up for a workshop course entitled The Day After: Poems of Peace, Provocation, and Witness, taught by Meg Day in Salt Lake City. At the time, I was not yet familiar with Meg or her work. It’s been a remarkable experience, as I told a friend of mine, […]
