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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.

How to Write a Book Review in Ten Easy Steps (just kidding; it's not always easy) – guest blog post by Eileen “Mish” Murphy

Wild Nights--Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! This Emily Dickinson quote was the "Hook" that started one of my favorite poetry book reviews, my review of Enter Here by Alexis Rhone Fancher, published in the Blog of the Los Angeles Review of […]

NO FEE Submission call & editor interview – Duende, DEADLINE: June 30, 2020

Duende is currently open through June for their themed Ritual Issue. “When the editors decided to read for an issue focused on Ritual, we could scarcely have imagined the extent to which the rituals of our lives would be disrupted, or rearranged, because of the Covid-19 outbreak. We […]

Where to Submit Book Reviews–60 Lit Mags/Journals!

The listings below are literary magazines and journal I found which do not charge submission fees and accept unsolicited submission of book reviews. A few are paying, some are print publications, some require a query before you send a review to make sure it’s not a book for […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Whale Road Review, DEADLINE: June 30, 2020

Whale Road Review is an online literary journal that “takes its name from an old kenning. The ocean is the whale road. Whale road. Those words conjure an image of whales moving in patterns through the waters of the world.” They are currently open to poetry and short prose. They […]

Suggestions on How We Can Do Better via Creative Nonfiction's Sunday Short Reads

This is an incredible list from The Creative Nonfiction Foundation via their email series Sunday Short Reads, including suggestions for how we can do better and make our society more just, equitable, empathetic, and inclusive. There’s so much information being shared, I appreciate this list of key articles, […]

Suggestions on How We Can Do Better via Creative Nonfiction’s Sunday Short Reads

This is an incredible list from The Creative Nonfiction Foundation via their email series Sunday Short Reads, including suggestions for how we can do better and make our society more just, equitable, empathetic, and inclusive. There’s so much information being shared, I appreciate this list of key articles, […]

Where to Submit in June – Aug 2020 by Entropy–filtered for poetry & no fee!

Entropy is a “website featuring literary & non-literary content. A website that seeks to engage with the literary community, that becomes its own community, and creates a space for literary & non-literary ideas.” They recently posted an article on where to submit June through August. Click here to read […]

Got writer's block? 66 writing experiments + tons of other writing resources and prompts!

Language is a Virus is a well-organized web site of vast writing prompts, online tools, and resources for poets and writers. Each day a new writing prompt is posted on their main page, which also includes menus of unlimited writing resources . . . Writing Prompts - generate a […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call & interview – Typehouse, DEADLINE: July 11 & 25, 2020

Typehouse Literary Magazine is a print and PDF publication, founded in 2013 that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork, as well as hybrid works. They are currently open for their 20th issue, with a specific section dedicated to Black writers and artists. Editor-in-Chief Val Gryphin filled us in […]

PAYING/NO FEE submission call & interview – Fractured Literary, DEADLINE: Always open

Fractured Literary is a new short fiction online literary magazine seeking micro and flash fiction. Flash fiction issues are published every Monday and other content is published throughout the week, including writing that “explores the roots and the future of the flash form and genre, including essays, interviews […]

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