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 reading two books right now. The first is Elizabeth Kolbert’s Pulitzer-winning The Sixth Extinction, which painstakingly documents how humans are causing catastrophic die-offs of everything from coral reefs and forests to amphibians and mammals. Kolbert elucidates how this biodiversity loss is quickly approaching the scale of the […]
Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each issue, we work with artists who contribute companion illustrations for each piece represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that horror is an incredibly complicated, […]
Pine Hills Review is the literary magazine of The College of Saint Rose and was established in 2014. “Named for the Pine Hills neighborhood in Albany, NY, Pine Hills Review publishes artful, honest, and compelling work of new and established writers, from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to visual art, interviews, and […]
This pitch call is for GuestStack, the creative column inside From the Desk of Amy Suto — a Substack newsletter and writing job board with over 7,600+ readers. Amy is a six-figure freelance writer, author, and helping writers make storytelling their full-time job. From the Desk of Amy […]
Celebrate poetry month with me and Castle Rock Writers with this free cliché busting poetry workshop. The definition of cliché is “a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.” In this virtual workshop, we’ll use cliché-busting writing exercises and prompts to generate […]
Zoom in to help us kick off National Poetry Month! I’ll be featuring at the Bardic Trails virtual poetry reading and open mic on Tuesday, April 1 at 7pm MT. Join us to share your own work, hear new poems from me from my most recent projects, and poems […]
I am honored to have my poem “I Know I Have Loved Patricia” published in issue #39 of NonBinary Review, the literary journal of Zoetic Press. “I Know I Have Loved Patricia” was originally published inTAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics. NonBinary Review’s themed issues are fantastic and […]
Bloodletter Magazine is a feminist horror magazine publishing the work of nonbinary, trans, and women writers and artists. “For each biannual issue, we work with one artist who contributes companion illustrations for each of the 20 pieces represented in the magazine. Bloodletter was founded on the principle that […]
Tremendous thanks to THE NOMAD for publishing two of my poems ” First Sighting” and “Waiting Around” along with my commentary about the poems and an audio reading. They also sent me a gorgeous print edition for being a contributor! The Nomad is a literary magazine for people […]
#AWP25 is happening in-person and/or virtually in Los Angeles from March 26-29, and there are so many great events! Including an exceptional way to kick off AWP with an off site event organized by Kai Coggin of Wednesday Night Poetry in conjunction with WriteGirl to raise money to […]
