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Unravel

By Elisa Grossman Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2022, Writing Contest Winners
Unravel

Answering my phone, we talked for quite a while, discussing the herbal constituents of a medicinal salve. We exchanged our approval over the importance of agricultural textile hemp and the amazing biproducts that we could focus on if we had …

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Between the Canyon Walls

By Danelle Jishie Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2022, Writing Contest Winners
Between the Canyon Walls

Home could be found effortlessly as if my mother pointed a beacon towards the sky to guide us. our summer escapes came in the form of canyon exploration and creek swimming. Possible dangers came from the occasional stranger, a snake …

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Pandemic Moon

By Kamella Bird-Romero Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2022, Writing Contest Winners
Pandemic Moon

I had a baby during a worldwide pandemic. My son’s cultural exposure evaporates with every passing month of life. Ceremonies Tewa babies undergo have been halted, like pausing a moon mid-phase. My son shines like a crescent in the sky, …

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The Personalities of Pens

By Neal Hogan Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, Student 2022, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
The Personalities of Pens

Often, I will look at a pen and wonder what is its personality. Every pen has a unique feel, an aura, and personality. When ink meets paper there is a specific interaction depending on what type of pen is in …

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Thunderous Love

By Shantel Chee Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, Student 2022, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Thunderous Love

Clouds rumbled from the far northeast side of our hogan, red sand gently picked up with the wind, and a cool breeze ran in from opening the door. “Close the door, the heat needs to stay inside,” Grandma said as …

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Sawed-Off Shotgun

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2021, Writing Contest Winners
Sawed-Off Shotgun

The late-night, grainy mugshot of the woman with a coy smile tugging at her lips betrayed her name, finally, at the bottom: Brandy Wright. No one knew where she got it at first. No one understood why she felt the …

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A Mother’s Strength

By Shikiya Chase Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2021, Writing Contest Winners
A Mother’s Strength
Magical Benson by Tasheana Tenorio of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

The world seems still and quiet, almost like everything is in slow motion except for me. People are walking by, always giving a sad nod, like they know why you are there. His dad is on the other side of …

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Glenora

By teklu Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2021, Writing Contest Winners
Glenora
Hidden History Now Seen by Daniella James of San Carlos Apache College

All thoughts of my mother are similarly complicated by one thing. She died when I was fifteen. By the time I was twenty-four, I felt I’d already lived three lifetimes, in just this one life (which I’d always hoped would …

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Where There Is Chaos, There Will Also Be Peace

By Crystal May-Prentice Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Student 2020
Where There Is Chaos, There Will Also Be Peace

“It wasn’t just the coma. I couldn’t feel her spirit in the room with us. I knew she was gone, and she wasn’t coming back.”

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The Game

By Robert Smith Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Student 2020
The Game

“The Warriors versus the Cowgirls, too fantastic to be made up, and the mascots couldn’t be more fitting.”

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