Poet of the Week along with M. Brett Gaffney, Helen Townsend on Poetry Super Highway

Click the image below to read two of my poems, “Wouldn't a flyswatter be easier” and “South Side,” along with excellent work from fellow poetry contest judges M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend on Poetry Super Highway. Watch for my official announcement of the Poetry Super Highway poetry contest later this […]

NO FEE Submission call and interview – Matador Review, DEADLINE: August 31, 2016

Matador Review is a fabulously designed online literature and art quarterly based in Chicago, Illinois. They publish poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art and are currently open for submissions of all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations that are accompanied by the original text) as well as many […]

5 NO ENTRY FEE Contests open in August, next deadline: Aug 3, 2016

Make sure to check out the blog Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity. They post regular lists of places to submit on their Calls for Submissions page. End of July they posted an awesome list of free contests running in August. I've filtered the list to the remaining open contests and […]

NO FEE Submission call and prompt for Golden Walkman Magazine, DEADLINE: August 31, 2016

This is a really cool prompt and submission opportunity from the folks at Golden Walkman Magazine for a project they are calling “Dialogue Submissions.” Every few months, they will publish a Dialogue Starter Issue with poetry and prose inspired by an original, contributor-provided piece of instrumental music. “Writers will have (1) […]

Queering the Word

Loving this essay out in the new issue of Peculiar, Utah’s only queer lit mag. This one is by friend and local poet Matthew Jonassaint. Enjoy!

Land Bound, poem by Trish Hopkinson (BEACH AND POOL MEMORIES Poetry and Prose Series)

So pleased to have this little poem published in Silver Birch Press today…

7 NO ENTRY FEE Contests open in July, next deadline: July 20, 2016

Make sure to check out the blog Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity. They post regular lists of places to submit. Like this one: 24 Calls for Submissions in July 2016 - Paying Markets. End of June they posted an awesome list of free contests also running in […]

PAYING Submission Call, NO FEE until 9pm ET tonight! – Black Warrior Review

TODAY ONLY UNTIL 9PM EASTERN Black Warrior Review is not charging submission fees! get those subs in! After 9pm tonight and through September 1, 2016 Black Warrior Review (BRW) doesn’t charge subscribers fees for submitting, but they do charge non-subscribers a small admin fee of $3 to submit. Per […]

Call for submissions: WHEN I MOVED Poetry & Prose Series

Next prompt and call from Silver Birch Press… Deadline is August 15, 2016!

Call for submissions: WHEN I MOVED Poetry & Prose Series

Next prompt and call from Silver Birch Press… Deadline is August 15, 2016!

Trish Hopkinson