Lisa Stice

Poet

Hampstead, NC
North Carolina US
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Author's Bio

Lisa Stice is a poet/mother/military spouse. She is the author of four full-length poetry collections, Letters from Conflict (Middle West Press, 2024), Forces (Middle West Press, 2021), Permanent Change of Station (Middle West Press, 2018), and Uniform (Aldrich Press, 2016), and a chapbook, Desert (Prolific Press, 2018). She is a Pushcart Prize nominee who volunteers as a mentor with the Veterans Writing Project , as Poetry Editor for The Military Spouse Book Review, as Poetry Editor for Inklette Magazine, and as a writer for the Military Spouse Fine Artists Network (Milspo-FAN). She received a BA in English literature from Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) and an MFA in creative writing and literary arts from the University of Alaska Anchorage. While it is difficult to say where home is, she currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, daughter and dog. In addition to the publications listed below, some of her poems are forthcoming in or published in Constellate Literary Journal, Zoomoozophone Review, Celestial Musings: Poetry Inspired by the Night Sky (Poetry Contests for a Cause), The Song Is, 1932 Quarterly, Escapism Literary Magazine, Luminous Echoes: A Poetry Anthology, Poetry Leaves, Paw Prints in Verse: Poems about Pets anthology (Poetry Contests for a Cause), and Poets and War.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Things We Carry Still: Poems & Micro-Stories About Military Gear (Middle West Press, 2023)
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#Watertome: A White Stag Anthology Part 1 (White Stag Publishing, 2020)
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Our Best War Stories: Prize-winning Poetry & Prose from the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards (Middle West Press, 2020)
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Envy - Seven Deadly Sins vol. 6 (Pure Slush, 2019)
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Pride - Seven Deadly Sins vol. 7 (Pure Slush, 2019)
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Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, vol 8 (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2019)
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Greed - Seven Deadly Sins vol. 3 (Pure Slush, 2018)
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Happy2 (Pure Slush, 2018)
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Last Call: The Anthology of Beer, Wine & Spirits Poetry (World Enough Writers, 2018)
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Sloth - Seven Deadly Sins vol. 4 (Pure Slush, 2018)
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Along the Shore (Lost Tower Publications, 2017)
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Beyond the Hill (Lost Tower Publications, 2017)
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Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands (Shabda Press, 2017)
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Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, Volume 6 (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2017)
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Resurrection of a Sunflower (Pski’s Porch Publishing, 2017)
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Summer vol. 12 (Pure Slush, 2016)
Books:
Letters from Conflict (Middle West Press, 2024)
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Forces (Middle West Press, 2021)
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Permanent Change of Station (Middle West Press, 2018)
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Uniform (Aldrich Press, 2016)
Chapbook:
Desert (Prolific Press, 2018)
Journals: ,
300 Days of Sun
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8 Poems
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A New Ulster
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Allegro Poetry Magazine
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Anti-Heroin Chic
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Artemis
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As You Were: The Military Review
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Banshee
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Black Bough
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Bonnie's Crew
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Bonsai Journal
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Channel
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Chantwood Magazine
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Dodging the Rain
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Door is a Jar Magazine
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Emerge Literary Journal
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Foliate Oak
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Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review
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Gravel Literary Journal
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Honest Ulsterman
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Ink In Thirds
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Interstice
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Line Literary Review
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Line of Advance
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Mojave Heart Review
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naturewriting.com
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On the Rusk
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Orange Blossom Review
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Picaroon Poetry
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Poems-For-All
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Pure Slush
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Riggwelter
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Rise Up Review
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Sea Letter
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SHANTIH Journal
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Skylight 47
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So It Goes
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The Bangor Literary Journal
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The Birds We Piled Loosely
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The Deadly Writers Patrol
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The Galway Review
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The Irish Literary Review
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The Magnolia Review
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The Thing Itself Literary Journal
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The Tishman Review
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The Wild Word
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The Wrath-Bearing Tree
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Wales Haiku Journal
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Prizes won: 

'Forces' (Middle West Press) awarded The Poetry of Modern Conflict Award by the Sangria Summit Society; "Pursuit" 1st place in Poetry by a Military Family Member category of Line of Advance's Colonel Darron L. Wright Award (2020); "I've Been Loving You a Long Time" shortlisted in The 6th Annual Bangor Poetry Competition (2018); "A Funeral for Our Own" nominated for 2017/18 Best of the Net; "Dear Wadih Sa'adeh" selected as an honorable mention in the Poetry category for the Proud to Be series (2017); "A Quick Lunch from the Noodle Stand" nominated for the 2016 Pushcart Prize by The Magnolia Review

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ciaran Carson; John Betjeman; Wislawa Szymborska; Nazim Hikmet; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Natalie Diaz; Ralph Ellison; Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin; Seamus Heaney; Fred Marchant

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Grand Junction, CO
Colorado
Raised in: 
Henderson, NV
Nevada
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Last update: Feb 07, 2024