NO FEE / PAYING Call for Submission – The Offing (justice & activism theme) DEADLINE: May 10, 2015

The Offing is publishing a special issue entitled Uprising: “After the recent events in Baltimore, New York, Ferguson, and throughout the country, The Offing has put aside May 10-23 to publish works that speak to justice, resistance, and activism. We invite you to submit such works — in […]

Bite-Size Poetry - Notable Utah Poets Video Poetry Readings - Shanan Ballam

The Utah Division of Arts and Museums is running an amazing poetry reading video series this year and will release a new video each month featuring notable Utah poets. The May poet is Shanon Ballam. If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my […]

NO FEE Call for Submissions for Blue Monday, Issue 6 Reading until mid-July, 2015

Blue Monday has a great submission guidelines page that describes what they are looking for, submission formatting and other details, as well as specifics for each genre: visual art, fiction & creative nonfiction, poetry, and other. "Blue Monday Review is a triannual publication that draws inspiration from the works of Kurt […]

My poems from National Poetry Month only available for May #NaPoMo 2015

During the month of April, I participated in two National Poetry Month challenges and posted 30 poems for each! Follow the links below to read the poems… but do so in May! All poems will be removed from the web for potential future publication once NaPoMo is done. Read my poems for […]

NO FEE Call for Submissions for Duende, Deadline May 15, 2015 #Duende

Less than two weeks to get your submissions in to Duende!

#NaPoMo Role Call! – Did you participate in a National Poetry Month Project? Share your experience…

Wow, April was a whirlwind of incredible local and online opportunities for poets to strut their stuff and to write like mad. I participated in two 30/30 projects and managed to complete them both (yes, I’m tired now). You can read about both on my NaPoMo 2015 page […]

Learn how to participate in National Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 30, 2015 #NaPoMo

How to participate: Put a poem (your own or one of your favorites) in your pocket today and share it with: friends, family co-workers go to an open mic in your area To find an open mic, here are some links to sites that post open mic events: […]

Paying Markets List from new blog Poetry Has Value

Are you keeping up with the posts on Poetry has Value–including Timothy Green of Rattle? Read what lit mag editors have to say about how and why they pay poets.

FREE Poetry Album from Niccolea M Nance (limited time!) #NaPoMo

Poet and painter Niccolea M Nance is currently offering her 2011 CD as FREE download for National Poetry Month. It is only available until the end of the month or 200 downloads, whichever comes first. If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my blog or like my […]

NEWS: Utah Poet Earns Merit Badges in the Found Poetry Review's Scouting-Themed Challenge

Thanks to the Utah Cultural Alliance for posting news about one of my National Poetry Month projects!

Trish Hopkinson