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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.

Three of my poems published in Verse-Virtual's April issue . . .

So pleased to have three of my poems published in Verse-Virtual’s April issue: "Cherry Colored," "Sex and Light," and “The Day We Found a Meadow and Played Frisbee Buck Naked.” Also, make sure not to miss the editor’s note, in celebration of National Poetry Month, the editor contacted several […]

Get Ready! National Poetry Month 2015 is coming up in April

Only three more days until National Poetry Month! Lots of great ways to participate…

Paying Call for Submissions – West Branch pays $50, Deadline April 1, 2015!

Still a few more days to get something in to this paying market!

Waiting Around (after Walking Around by Pablo Neruda) by Trish Hopkinson

My poem “Waiting Around (after Walking Around by Pablo Neruda)” was published on PoetryPasta today as part of their Women’s History Month series. Special thanks to Valeri Beers for posting it!

Online LIVE Poetry Open Mic!

This monthly open mic is happening today folks! Tune in to listen or read one of your own poems.

FREE Online Poetry Class from Stanford!

This course starts on March 31! Still time to register. “Professor Eaven Boland provides an introduction to poetry though the works, and the life stories, of ten women.”

Journals that Review Books of Poetry

Great article by Becky Tuch founding editor of  The Review Review, which is a valuable resource for detailed reviews of many others publications, as well as access to calls for submissions and other writer resources. If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my […]

"A Crash Course in Shameless Book Promotion" Tips from Blue Light Press

Blue Light Press provides an easy to read list with great advice on how to shamelessly promote your poetry book or chapbook. Tips include things like: sending out review copies setting up readings publication parties attending open mics having an elevator speech ready And many more! This is […]

“A Crash Course in Shameless Book Promotion” Tips from Blue Light Press

Blue Light Press provides an easy to read list with great advice on how to shamelessly promote your poetry book or chapbook. Tips include things like: sending out review copies setting up readings publication parties attending open mics having an elevator speech ready And many more! This is […]

FREE Online Poetry Class from The University of Iowa!

There’s still time to sign up! Class starts on March 23. Get your poetry on for National Poetry Month!

Trish Hopkinson