Fourteen Hills Press is now accepting submissions for the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award. The winning poet will receive $500 and publication in the Spring 2016 issue of Fourteen Hills. There is no submission fee. Poems not chosen for the award will be considered for publication in Fourteen Hills.
Stacy Doris was a poet, translator, and an Associate Professor in San Francisco State University’s Department of Creative Writing, where she taught for ten years. Her poetry is widely recognized; Fledge: A Phenomenology of Spirit, published shortly after her death, is available from Nightboat Books. Poet Maxine Chernoff has referred to it as “a miracle of attentiveness.” She was also highly regarded for her writing in French and her contribution to interactions among contemporary French and American poetry and poets.
Additional Requirements:
Submission deadline: January 15, 2016
Submissions only accepted via Submittable
Minimum 3 pages; maximum 10 pages
Maximum 1 poem per author
Students currently enrolled at San Francisco State University are ineligible
Poems submitted for the award will also be considered for publication in Fourteen Hills
Submission file must be in .doc or .docx format (Microsoft Word or Open Office)