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Writing Contest Winners

Little Light of Mine

By Tashina Emery Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Little Light of Mine

“Maybe the first prayers were just stories, talking out loud, speaking internally with closed eyes, or to our cousins around a fire. We had to share. Our voices were power…”

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Be the Muse for Once

By Pte San Win Little Whiteman Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Be the Muse for Once

“Have you ever noticed the way your fingers fidget between lined journal paper, and do you know about the glow you radiate, before you perform a piece?”

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First Man

By Anthony Ryan Edaakie Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
First Man

“Up to this point, I didn’t think I liked him. I’ve never really had any sort of healthy male relationships, so obviously once I got one, I was determined to keep it forever…”

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Dear BlueBird Flour

By Kyle White Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Dear BlueBird Flour

“Roll out and flatten it quite well! And throw it to the frying death. Self-maintaining Manifest Destiny. Lip-smacking Indian delight. Suffocate us with your trauma. Give us our daily simple carbs…”

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gar fish dance

By Ibe Liebenberg Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
gar fish dance

“we dizzy on flesh all summer. dance at it. spin around…”

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Listening for Her Loom

By Alyssa Nakai Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Listening for Her Loom

“It seemed the longer I sat in her room and looked at her deconstructed loom leaned against her empty bed, the more my vision blurred with an unbearable longing for her…”

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Heated

By Tashina Emery Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Heated

“I might turn into that pregnant summer stereotype “crabby, huge, and miserable” and don’t dare question me in this heat: “How are you pregnant during summer?” I’d punch someone today…”

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Breakfast, August 8, 2025, 0730

By Ibe Liebenberg Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Fiction, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Breakfast, August 8, 2025, 0730

“I used to look them up in the obituaries to see if I could find them there. That’s not closure. I mean, hell, you kneel over someone, feel their final warmth through your gloves, stare at their eyes…”

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A Fistfight in Hell

By Markus Altaha Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Creative Nonfiction, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
A Fistfight in Hell

“I will stop at nothing to be in the company of my demons. The rez dogs are still barking. The cars keep flowing. The coffee is still terrible and I am cold…”

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Daydreaming Hero

By Gregory F. Shortey Jr. Posted on August 26, 2023 Posted in Art/Photography, In Print, Student 2023, Writing Contest Winners
Daydreaming Hero

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