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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.

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Penn Review, DEADLINE: Nov. 7, 2025

The Penn Review was founded in 1951, making it the oldest continuously published literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. It was very exciting to have my poems “Three Miracles” (included in my new book A Godless Ascends) and “Preparation” previously featured at The Penn Review. They are […]

Monsters in the Window: Celebrating a Year of What We Do In The Hollows – guest post by Renée K. Nicholson

Last year, just in time for the spooky season, visual artist Sally Jane Brown and I produced an art and poetry book about West Virginia cryptids, What We Do In The Hollows. Because we’d been longtime collaborators in our day jobs, working together on Hollows was a natural […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Quasar Review, DEADLINE: Always open

The Quasar Review is a global literary magazine dedicated to publishing people’s voices and broadcasting them across the world. It exists as a publisher for both accomplished and amateur creators, and its very name, Quasar, stands as a symbol of the strength of everyone’s voice when used to […]

2 poems published in Wailing & Gnashing, subs always open!

Many thanks to Wailing & Gnashing for publishing two of my poems: “Footnote to a Footnote” from my collection Footnote (Lithic Press, 2017) of response poems; and “Unlikely Companion” which won the Utah Arts Festival IronPen competition last year. There are so many incredible things about this new […]

My duplex poem “Dear Judy” published in New Verse News, open for current event poems!

My sincerest gratitude to New Verse News for publishing my duplex poem “Dear Judy” earlier this week. The events of September 10 were heartbreaking. Two people died that day. One person assassinated in the state where I lived most of my life and one in my new home […]

What is an “after” poem? – guest post by Jeanne Griggs

A poem with “after” and another poet’s name underneath the title is an “after” poem. A good example is Jane Zwart’s “All my Life I was a Bride married to Amazement,” after Mary Oliver’s “When Death Comes.” Identifying a previous poem that a new poem is “after” indicates […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Wailing & Gnashing, DEADLINE: Always open

Wailing & Gnashing is a new poetry journal for outsiders. They are always open, accept reprints, and while standard response time in the future will be around three months, you can expect much faster response times for their first upcoming issue. Read more about why they created the […]

Why you should experiment with a new poetic form – guest post by Loretta Bushell

Humans are creatures of habit. It’s tempting to find one or two poetic forms you like and stick with them for the rest of your life. But don’t let yourself get complacent! No matter where you are on your poetry journey, it’s always useful to experiment with new […]

Where to submit reprints (just updated!)

If you have poetry or other writing which has been previously published, but the readership was low or perhaps it was only in print and not online, you may want to submit it to literary magazines and journals that accept work as a reprint. There are two lists […]

Where to submit your poems Sept – Nov, 2025 via Tell Tell Poetry

Tell Tell Poetry “is a poetry resource site dedicated to bringing you news about poetry, interviews with poets, and editing services.” They recently posted a great where to submit list for the the next few months. It includes links to each submission opportunity, whether its a call or […]

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