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Fiction

In Print

Student 2019

Writing Contest Winners

Ms. Rezdog and Her Dad Scott

By Celeste Keplin Posted on August 11, 2019 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2019, Writing Contest Winners
Ms. Rezdog and Her Dad Scott
Once Was a Sheepdog by Keshawn Jackson of Dine College

“She’s just a dog, I gave her a good life, she’s an old dog, time for her to go,” he often said.

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A Visit from Grandma

By Kyra Poor Bear-Young Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2018, Writing Contest Winners
A Visit from Grandma
Morning Blessing by Lathan Pablo of Navajo Technical University

There was a strange but familiar smell, it was a mixture of musky perfume, sage, and beef soup. I knew for sure who it was in my kitchen, and it wasn’t a burglar, it was my Grandma.

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What’s Better Left Unsaid

By Alyza Grant Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Fiction, Student 2018, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
What’s Better Left Unsaid
Dream Colors by Debberona Begaye of Navajo Technical University

And one day she was sure she’d come to love her baby too. It was a bit of cosmic mercy in the midst of hell.

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Turtle Mountain Blessing

By Celeste Keplin Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Fiction, Student 2018, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Turtle Mountain Blessing
Mo by Moriah Thompson of Sitting Bull College

As the evening star appeared, the despair that she’d kept locked in a fist grip behind her moved in close, as if the tiny light had beckoned it forward.

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Dead Squirrel Theatre

By Jeremy Chapman Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2018, Writing Contest Winners
Dead Squirrel Theatre
Nature Wheels by Madeline Lamb of College of the Muscogee Nation

My friend Jon and I were in one of our moods of being destructive little men wreaking havoc on the small town of Ontonagon.

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Down and Out in Pueblo

By Rowena Alegría Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2018, Writing Contest Winners
Down and Out in Pueblo
Grunge by Megan Thompson of Dine' College

He was just an escapee from the border town of El Chuco, working a shit job in a shit hole, passing through on his way to tomorrow.

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Live How You Wish

By James Hodell Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Fiction, Student 2018, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Live How You Wish
Mohawk by Patrick Bednark of the Institute of American Indian Arts

After a time his anger and embarrassment turned to a melancholic blanket of regret. He now wanted to find relief from his actions more than an explanation for them.

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Floyd’s Thankful Tree

By Rhiannon Boyd Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in Fiction, Student 2017, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Floyd’s Thankful Tree
Super Moon by Penelope Seitler of Sinte Gleska University

Beeeeeeeeeep! “Hey! Watch where you’re going!” I was awake, but between the tears clouding my vision and the sorrow drenching my heart, I didn’t notice I’d drifted into the next lane. It was one day until my son’s birthday and …

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Gathering

By Antonio Gomez Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in Fiction, Student 2017, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Gathering
Dakota Floral by Avis Charley of the Institute of American Indian Arts

Thump! Thump! Thump! I tossed around like a fish out of water trying to fall back asleep. Thump! Thump! Thump! Ugh, what in the heck is that? I pedaled my feet back and forth trying to find the edge of …

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Dragging Through Time

By Darin Janis Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2017, Writing Contest Winners
Dragging Through Time
Girl Butterfly Flowers by Fannie Lockwood of Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College

Chaske’s (first born son) ina (mother) knew he was different from the time he could open her tubes of lipstick and eat the vermillion colored wax. She considered him a natural as he would drape her blue fringed shawl over …

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