2010 TCJ WRITING CONTEST RESULTS
March 23, 2010
FICTION
1. My Sweetest Victory - Desirae Grignon - Haskell Indian Nations University
2. Good Hair - Jaime Figueroa - Institute of American Indian Arts
3. Indun Love - L. Madden, Jr. - Haskell Indian Nations University
Honorable Mention:
The Black Footed Ferret - Marvin Ashley - Navajo Technical College
A Wolf Named Bear - Emanuel Red Bear III - United Tribes Technical College
Kaleidoscope - Christopher Marshall - Haskell Indian Nations University
The Last Battle - Kari Eneas - Salish Kootenai College
MEMOIR
1. Where are we going? - Brian Sloan - Navajo Technical College
2. The Perfect Recipe - Chamisa Edmo - Haskell Indian Nations University
3. The Loyal Desert Flower - Joey Dunn - Haskell Indian Nations University
Honorable Mention:
Pejuta Wakan - Sacred Medicine - Brandon LaMere – Little Priest Tribal College
Iron Horse - Schyler Martin – College of Menominee Nation
What Goes Around Comes Around - Brandon LaMere – Little Priest Tribal College
Old Soul - Maranee Bowen - Northwest Indian College
POETRY
1. Waiting for Spring - Melanie Erickson - Leech Lake Tribal College
2. They Tell Me - Shaina Nez - Diné College
3. Bittersweet - Ruth McLain - Haskell Indian Nations University
Honorable Mention:
Wicasa - Lynn Cuny – Oglala Lakota College
Apple Delicious - Marvin Stops - Haskell Indian Nations University
Good-bye on Frozen Ground – Anna M. Nelson - Institute of American Indian Arts
Foresight of Hope - Kari Eneas - Salish Kootenai College
ART
1. Corey Tucker, Jr. - College of Menominee Nation
Thank you, tribal college students and instructors!
The TCJ Student Edition provides the students with incentives, exposure, and material for their resumes. Student support services administrators use it for recruitment and for encouraging students. Students who read it can see that other tribal college students have shared some of their experiences.
2010 Tribal College Student Writing Contest:
The top three entries in each category will be published in the TCJ Student Edition in the Tribal College Journal, Vol. 22.1, Fall 2010 issue, which will be distributed in August, 2010. All 21 of the top entries will be posted on the Tribal College Journal website in the fall.
You can also read last year’s winning entries at: www.tribalcollegejournal.org/themag/backissues/fall2009/fall2009student.htm
Contest Categories
Short Story
Memoir/Narrative
Poetry
Cover Art
Awards & Prizes
1st place in all four categories was awarded a Toshiba netbook computer. 2nd and 3rd place winners were awarded cash prizes. The top three entries in each category will be published in the TCJ Student Edition. The TCJ Student Edition will appear in the Tribal College Journal, Vol. 22.1, Fall 2010 issue, which will be distributed in August, 2010. All 21 of the top entries (including honorable mentions) will be posted on the TCJ website in August 2010.
The awards and subscriptions are provided courtesy of the following writing contest sponsors:
