2008 TCJ WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

Read their writing in the 2008 TCJ Student Edition

Memoir/Personal Narrative

1. My Rez Car, Andrea Goodwin, Leech Lake Tribal College
2. “Venison” Vyron, Shane Dixon, Sr., College of Menominee Nation
3. Hail to the Grape Soda, Gerri L. Williams, Institute of American Indian Arts

Honorable Mention:
Just About a “Half Breed,”Kathryn Roper, Fort Berthold Community College
The Gift of Life: Friendship, Sheena Begay, Navajo Technical College
Finding Family, Christina Adam, Haskell Indian Nation University
Conflict in the Sand, Jason Young, College of Menominee Nation
Kingdom of Heaven, Micki Lindeman, United Tribes Technical College
I have to Change My Life!, Royce Collins, Navajo Technical College
Boozhoo, Marjorie Eagleman, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Short Story

1. Black Jack and Coal Dust, Ken Taylor, Institute of American Indian Arts
2. The Biscuit Brothers Go Fishing, Larry D. Madden, Jr., Haskell Indian Nation University
3. Hunting on the Reservation, Gerald “Joe” Kirkish, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

Honorable Mention:
Lorraine, Sharris Neary, Salish Kootenai College
A Road Less Traveled, Daniel Eli “Zeke” Gazelka, Leech Lake Tribal College
The Persistence of Life, Patrick Freeland, Haskell Indian Nation University
Baa Alchini Ya Aholya, Laura Lee Yazzie, Navajo Technical College
Resonance, Heather Snell, Fort Peck Community College
The Drive Home, Michael Morningstar, Fort Berthold Community College
One Morning in Early September, Karen Littlethunder, Sinte Gleska University

Poetry

1. I am Kinnikinnick, Amanda Irvine-Louie, Salish Kootenai College
2. My Big Sky, DeAnna Sosa, Sitting Bull College
3. Trotter’s Trade, Nate Arbuckle, Haskell Indian Nation University

Honorable Mention:
Courageous Youth, Portia Koebach, College of Menominee Nation
Elements of a Past, Amy R. Juan, Tohono O’odham Community College
Waiting for Spring, Melanie Howick Erickson, Leech Lake Tribal College
Here’s to Cruisin’ the Rez, Rayleene R. Elliott, Haskell Indian Nation University
The North Woods, Timothy J. Hearson, Haskell Indian Nation University
The Path We Will Walk, Thomas Conine, Haskell Indian Nation University
Soft Talker the Dawn Bearer, Kyerin Bennett, Haskell Indian Nation University