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.
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. […]
Rough Cut Press is an new online literary journal (with plans to soon release print issues) publishing visual art and short prose and poetry of 650 words or less. I wanted to know more about what they are up to, so I asked them a few questions to […]
How do you go about discovering your own writing voice or writing style as a poet? Where do you get your inspiration from as a writer? Are you aware of the kind of audience that would be keen to read your poetry? What can you do to help […]
New Smut Project is an new online literary magazine with the tagline “A kind of funny name for people very serious about quality, diverse erotica.” They are interested in erotica that is also literature: “We love smut, but we also love language; we love lyrical sentences that sing […]
Vagabond City is an online literary journal featuring “poetry, art, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews by marginalized creators.” The feature a visual artist for each issue and a variety of literary work. The issues are just the right size to read in one sitting and the artwork is always […]
The Aunt Flo Project is an upcoming anthology of poetry, short stories, and creative non-fiction featuring writing about all aspects of menstruation. They are looking for previously unpublished poems (up to six poems in a single document), fiction, and creative non-fiction up to 3,000 words. Submissions can deal […]
A little over a year ago, I was living in a buddy's house, squatting, looking over the place while he was taking care of his elderly mother down in Meridian, Mississippi. Of course, I didn't mind because the rent was cheap and he had a nice place for […]
I received an amaryllis bulb from my mother for Christmas last year, which was unlike others I'd received or bought before. This one came encased in shiny red wax, stuck upon a metal stand, and required no planting, no soil, no water--all I had to do was put […]
Coffee & Oranges (formerly Kahini Magazine) is the literary monthly print magazine for Kahini members: submissions, however, are open to all and accepted year-round. Contributors receive a subscription to the magazine and $5,000 payment! (No, that is not a misprint and it is very real. A generous donor […]
I had an amazing time speaking with Joshua Corwin who recently and singlehandedly created the poetry podcast Assiduous Dust where he hosts a poetry interview and performance with guests. He asks guests to make up poems on the fly or read their own. For episode #4, I chat […]
