Magazine. Poetry. Fiction. Translation. 14 HILLS VOLUME 12.1 contains work from the following writers: Brian Baldi, Eric Baus, Jimmy Chen, Sandy Florian, Paul Gacioch, Steve Gilmartin, Chris Girard, Geraldine Kim, Rodney Koeneke, Ben Lerner, Kelly Luce, Deborah Meadows, Jason Morris, Joseph Moulian, Tina Petrakis, M. Lynx Qualey, Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, Martha Ronk, Hugh Sheehy, Luke Trent, Eric Clark Van Cleve, Catherine Wagner, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Michael Winter, and Dean Young. A Special Insert section contains Swedish Poetry Translations curated by Johannes Gorransson featuring poets: Aase Berg, Gunnar Bjorling, Gunnar Harding, Ann Jaderlund, Henry Parland, and Goran Sonnevi.

Kristine Leja, a Chicago native, is currently residing in San Francisco and attending San Francisco State University where she is an MFA in poetry candidate and also the Poetry Editor of 14 Hills: The SFSU Review.