#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 […]
The Sejong Cultural Society is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in Chicago, IL in 2004. They are currently open for no fee entries for their Sejong Writing Competition for essays and sijo poetry. The sijo is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form organized technically and thematically by line […]
I figure if you’re here at Trish’s website, you must write poems or care about poetry. Me too, three bags full, and yet sometimes I’ve wondered if we poets aren’t a little bit like salmon—working our fins off just trying to hold our places in the current, building […]
Tremendous thanks to Citron Review for publishing my poem “What of the Work?” in their Winter 2024/2025 issue. I wrote this poem in honor of a dear friend whom I worked closely with in many ways–our professional careers, personal challenges, raising our families, and her long-term fight with […]
I used to be a perfectionist “No work of art is ever completed, just abandoned” – Paul Valery We all know this, and yet we all want assurances that our writing is truly solid before we send it out. For example, when I was a young writer, I […]
Thank you to Western Colorado Writers’ Forum (WCWF) for publishing my article on how to choose publications for your poetry and short prose! Learn how to help yourself focus on the types of markets you’d like to be published in, where to find markets online, how to research […]
Two excellent opportunities from the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG). No fee submission call for IWWG members for their International Women’s Day anthology. To submit, register for the event, join if you are not already a member, or if you are unable to become a member due to […]
I’m pleased to share that my poem “There is a Doppelganger Planet” was published in the first poetry anthology by new press Cicada Song entitled Lost at 27: Musicians, Artists, Mortals, available now on Amazon. It’s an incredible collection of poets paying homage to musicians lost far too […]
Whittle Micro-Press publishes micro-chapbooks of themed poetry between 8 and 12 pages in length. Whittle was founded in 2023 and has published four micro-chapbooks of poetry by Kelly R. Samuels, Cyril Wong, Abbie Kiefer, and Lauren Davis, with one forthcoming collection by Miranda C. Dennis thus far slated […]
UPDATED 10/12/2024 The individual listings below are the chapbook publishers I found which do not charge submission fees, reading fees, or contest fees. Several are currently open or always open, which I’ve noted below. Many chapbooks are published via contests and do typically require a fee from $10 […]
