Glori Simmons is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

, and

short story writer A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

. Simmons graduated from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

and from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

with an MFA. She was a 2003 Stegner Fellow at

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. She is the author of ''Graft/Poems'' (Truman State University Press, 2001) and the recipient of the 2015 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in ''Michigan Quarterly Review'', ''

Beloit Poetry Journal The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College.University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...

. She lives in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

Awards

* 2001 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award co-winner * 2001 Chad Walsh Poetry Prize, by the

Beloit Poetry Journal The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College.Dana Award The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.''Poets & Writers'', September/October 200 ...

, for short fiction * 2005 Camargo Foundation Fellowship * 2005 Chelsea Award, for short fiction * 201
Spokane Prize
for short fiction (collection) * 2017 Autumn House Fiction Priz

Works

"Graft", ''Beloit Poetry Journal'', Vol 51, Summer 2001
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simmons, Glori American women short story writers American short story writers University of Washington alumni University of Michigan alumni Stegner Fellows University of San Francisco faculty Living people American women poets 1966 births People from Oakland, California Place of birth missing (living people) American women academics 21st-century American women