How Poets Can Gain Recognition – guest blog post by Featured Poet founder Katie Kahn

Poets notoriously have a hard time gaining traction and establishing themselves; we're called starving artists for a reason. Even wildly successful writers rarely have their name recognized outside of literary circles. School curriculums have also taken a nosedive when it comes to poetic appreciation; my daughter brought Katy […]

My poem "Mixed tape" published in Crab Fat Magazine + they are open for submissions!

I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Mixed tape” published in the special August 2016 issue of Crab Fat Magazine. Crab Fat recently switched to a monthly journal format, including a best of anthology every year in June. Their August issue is an intriguing variety of art, poetry, and short […]

My poem “Mixed tape” published in Crab Fat Magazine + they are open for submissions!

I’m so pleased and honored to have my new poem “Mixed tape” published in the special August 2016 issue of Crab Fat Magazine. Crab Fat recently switched to a monthly journal format, including a best of anthology every year in June. Their August issue is an intriguing variety of art, poetry, and short […]

NO FEE Submission call and interview – SHANTIH Journal, DEADLINE: Sept. 2, 2016

SHANTIH Journal is a new online lit mag and seeking submissions of poetry, prose, drama, visual art, and translations for their second issue. I wondered how and why this new lit mag came to be, so I asked founder David White and he kindly replied. See my interview with White and submission guidelines below. […]

Episode 58 – Trish Hopkinson!

Gigantic thanks to Scott C and SAFTAcast for such a fun experience! We covered a lot of ground in this hour long interview…

NO FEE Submission Call for Poetry WTF?! – Remix, Sculpture, and Mutated poetry . . .

Poetry WTF?! is now accepting submissions for artistic and inventive poetry forms. You can see examples of of the poetry they publish on their site. Below is the beginning of each form’s definition from their About (click here to see the rest) page: Remix Poetry “Remix poetry is the literary […]

Deadline extended to 8/31/16 for WHEN I MOVED Poetry and Prose Series

Still time to submit to this awesome series!

The SAFTAcast with Scott "C" Fynboe (A Sundress Academy for the Arts Production)

If you have yet to tune into a SAFTAcast episode, you’re truly missing out! This completely different approach to interviewing poets and writers is nothing but a good time. Host Scott “C” Fynboe interviews guests without really talking about writing. Instead, he has lively conversations about anything and everything […]

The SAFTAcast with Scott “C” Fynboe (A Sundress Academy for the Arts Production)

If you have yet to tune into a SAFTAcast episode, you’re truly missing out! This completely different approach to interviewing poets and writers is nothing but a good time. Host Scott “C” Fynboe interviews guests without really talking about writing. Instead, he has lively conversations about anything and everything […]

Listen to the PSH conversation with the poetry contest judges: M. Brett Gaffney, Trish Hopkinson, and Helen Townsend

If you missed listening to the Poetry Super Highway conversation with the judges live, it’s now available as a recording to listen to at your earliest convenience! You can hear what we’re looking for in the poetry contest entries, who our favorite poets are, and hear us reading […]

Trish Hopkinson