Some Myths About Your Litmag Submissions

Some really valuable advice in this article… please poets, don’t post your work on Facebook or your personal blog. Read it at open mics, share with your friends privately, workshop it with poet peers, and then when it is ready, submit!

4 FREE online poetry classes/workshops Feb – April, 2016

Poetry month is right around the corner and if you are looking to learn something new, sharpen your poetry skills, learn how to read and understand poetry, further your exposure to a variety of poets, or workshop with your peers, there are many options available! Most of these […]

Waiting Around

A big thanks to Cat Conway at Thank You for Swallowing for publishing my poem “Waiting Around” which is a response poem to Pablo Neruda’s “Walking Around.” You can read Neruda’s original poem here with three different translations: https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/MiscPoemsNeruda.htm

Two of my poems published in Verse-Virtual's February issue

It’s always a pleasure to be published along side so many amazing poets in Verse-Virtual, and February’s issue is no exception. This issue includes two of my poems. Click here to read “Lonely Soup” and “Closure.” To learn more about the Verse-Virtual community read the About page here. This issue includes some poems with […]

Two of my poems published in Verse-Virtual’s February issue

It’s always a pleasure to be published along side so many amazing poets in Verse-Virtual, and February’s issue is no exception. This issue includes two of my poems. Click here to read “Lonely Soup” and “Closure.” To learn more about the Verse-Virtual community read the About page here. This issue includes some poems with […]

Cultured Vultures now pays contributing writers!

Cultured Vultures recently announced they are now able to pay contributing writers! Current rates are $.50 (fifty cents) per 500 page views over the course of a month. What’s really amazing is that the staff at Cultured Vultures “can work with you to help build your social profile, show […]

NO FEE/REPRINTS Submission call for audio art journal – Rocky Mountain Revival, DEADLINE: Feb. 15, 2016

Rocky Mountain Revival is a fairly new audio art journal and podcast “born from the love of three things: stories, songs and podcasts.” Their submission guidelines are detailed and describe the type of work they are looking for, “Well-told, well-written, polished, poignant, captivating, one-of-a-kind stories. No matter what genre, we […]

Poetry, collaboration, and feminism . . . Les Femmes Folles interviews Trish Hopkinson

Many, many thanks to Les Femmes Folles for all they are doing for women writers, artists, musicians, and performers. I so enjoyed the interview process with their curator Sally Deskins. Keep an eye on this organization–they are accomplishing great things! The interview includes two of my poems, “Waiting Around” […]

Call for chapbooks & manuscripts – ELJ Publications, DEADLINE: April 1, 2016

ELJ Publications believes “publishing a book should be an interactive and personalized experience.” You can read more about ELJ Publications and their editors, on their Masthead page. ELJ is currently reading chapbook, full-length, and novel length manuscripts for both poetry and prose. Read there submission guidelines carefully and browse their many current titles […]

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