The new version of the Michael Rubin Book Award (MRBA) will be awarded to a current SFSU graduate student or recent alum—those who have graduated within the past ten years—for an exemplary work-in-progress (shifting yearly between prose and poetry). The winner will have an excerpt of their winning submission published in the Fourteen Hills journal.

The  Michael Rubin Book Award is an annual award open to students and recent  graduates of San Francisco State University. Alternating each year  between poetry and fiction, manuscripts are gathered in an open  competition and read by an independent guest judge. The winner must be  an enrolled student or recent graduate at SFSU whose work shows exceptional accomplishment and promise. 

• The 2023 Michael Rubin Work In Progress Award will go to a poetry submission. 
• Submission deadline: December 15th, 2023
• Submissions only accepted via Submittable
• Students currently enrolled or recent graduates at San Francisco State University are eligible
• Work must be previously unpublished
• Submission file must be in .doc or .docx format (Microsoft Word or Open Office)   
• Monetary award of $1000.00 for the selected work
• If your work-in-progress is accepted for the Michael Rubin Book Award, you will receive two free copies of Fourteen Hills #30
  
  GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION: 

1. You must be currently enrolled as a student at SFSU or have graduated within the past ten years.
2. The cover letter field must include your name, the title of your Work In Progress, your phone number, mailing address, email, and SFSU student ID number (or graduation year).
3. Your submission must be at least 25 pages in length, and no more than 75 pages in length.
4. Your submission document must include a table of contents if there are multiple works within your Work In Progress.
5. No revisions to the Works In Progress will be accepted after submission.
6. The Work In Progress must be unpublished. Works In Progress that have been previously self-published are ineligible.
7. Works In Progress will be judged anonymously. Therefore, the author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear within the Work In Progress. Only your uploaded work is visible to the judge. 

In its new incarnation, the Gina Berriault Award (GBA) is a national award given to an emerging prose writer for an exemplary work-in-progress. The winner will have an excerpt of their winning submission published in the Fourteen Hills journal.

The Gina Berriault Award was inaugurated by Peter Orner in conjunction with Fourteen Hills Press to pay homage to the eponymous writer, a former SFSU professor who with every story embodied a certain selflessness and unflinching compassion. The award is given annually to a writer with a similar spirit who has shown a love for storytelling and a commitment to helping young writers.
 

• Submission deadline: December 15th, 2023
• Submissions only accepted via Submittable
• Students currently enrolled at San Francisco State University are ineligible
• Work must be previously unpublished
• Submission file must be in .doc or .docx format (Microsoft Word or Open Office)   
• Monetary award of $1500.00 for the selected work
• If your work-in-progress is accepted for the Gina Berriault Award, you will receive two free copies of Fourteen Hills #30. 

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:

1. The cover letter field must include your name, the title of your Work In Progress, your phone number, mailing address,  and email.
2. Your submission must be at least 50 pages in length, and no more than 150 pages in length.
3. Your submission document must include a table of contents if there are multiple works within your Work In Progress.
4. No revisions to the Works In Progress will be accepted after submission.
5. The Work In Progress must be unpublished. Works In Progress that have been previously self-published are ineligible.
6. Works In Progress will be judged anonymously. Therefore, the author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear within the Work In Progress. Only your uploaded work is visible to the judge. 

We are now accepting submissions for the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award. The winning poet will receive $500 and publication in the Spring 2024 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.

Doris created new worlds with her unexpected poetics. Following upon her spirit of creative invention, engaging wit and ingenious playfulness, discovery in construction, and radical appropriations based on classical forms, pastiche, etc., and love, the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award is given to a poet with a truly inventive spirit.

Additional Requirements:

• Submission deadline: January 15, 2024
• Submissions only accepted via Submittable
• Maximum 1 poem per author
• Poem must be a minimum of 3 pages; maximum 10 pages
• Students currently enrolled at San Francisco State University are ineligible
• Work must be previously unpublished
• 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)
  

About Stacy Doris:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/02/with-respect-stacy-doris-1962-2012/
https://jacket2.org/reviews/longer-stay
http://www.thevolta.org/ewc17-mchernoff-p1.html
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/702