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Writing Contest Honorable Mentions

Turkey Buzzard

By Edwin Dale Harris Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Fiction, Student 2022, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Turkey Buzzard

I am going to tell you a story, a story told to me by my grandfather. I am Dineh, the people of the Southwestern United States. I was told about the animals and their roles or how they became the …

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Growing up Coyote in the Wolf Clan

By Ibe Liebenberg Posted on August 29, 2022 Posted in Poetry, Student 2022, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Growing up Coyote in the Wolf Clan

All night the buzz of complaining lights keeps us employed. Our days are the drain and water circling. From the foreign places we feel labor, work being done. Cousin wolf sings about pawning love like it is inheritance. A song …

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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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the witch

By Sarah Chiago Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Poetry, Student 2021, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
the witch

ho’ok lived here stitching fire into skin phoenix was a sunlit city, she wanted to spit at it every time the sun kissed her ho’ok worked at social services on the rez drove on clay colored freeways as dawn broke …

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Saturday Night Mania

By Debbie Haddow Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Poetry, Student 2021, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Saturday Night Mania

It’s Saturday night in the psych ward, half past witching hour, lights switched off to phantom black. The psych ward becomes a cityscape, a night skyline in a sterile hospital. When I turn the power on, the corridors brighten, a …

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Díí ’Óólyé, This Is What It Means

By Michael Coan ’Ák’eeshchí Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Poetry, Student 2020, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Díí ’Óólyé, This Is What It Means

“Shí’ee’ ’éí łeezh bee łíbá sílį́į́’ lá. My clothes became adorned with dust and dirt. ’Áko t’óó nízhónígo shí ’éé’ bík’ídíídláád. The Sun ribbons beautifully adorned my clothes.”

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On the Mysterious Power of Language

By Teklu Hogan Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Student 2020, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
On the Mysterious Power of Language

“In languages, we encapsulate the individual and communal mental and spiritual contemplative efforts of a people—each unique.”

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a field of insect-i-cides

By Nancy Beauregard Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Poetry, Student 2020, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
a field of insect-i-cides

“beneath umbrellas of drooping purple petals, sticks with triangular heads hold curved handles, thin membranes stretch for tiny legs to back—stroke . . .”

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Navajo Winters

By Lonnie R. Begay Posted on August 17, 2020 Posted in Film, Student 2020, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Navajo Winters

 

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