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Native Writers' Circle of the Americas

March 17, 2023

The Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (NWCA) is an organization of writers who identify as being Native American, First Nations, or of Native American ancestry.

The organization presents literary awards annually to writers in three categories:

  • First Book of Poetry
  • First Book of Prose
  • Lifetime Achievement.

The awards are voted upon by member writers.[1]

The Circle (along with its sister organization, the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers) was formed as the outgrowth of the 1992 "Returning the Gift" Native Writers' Festival, a gathering of writers from Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Central America.[2] The NWCA maintains contact information for Native American writers and a collection of Native American literature.[3] The organization has been hosted by the University of Oklahoma's department of Native American Studies and is currently housed in the Department of English.

Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Native Writers' Circle of the Americas awarded the following Native authors with Lifetime Achievement Awards:

First Book Awards for Prose

  • 1992: Robert L. Perea (Oglala Lakota), Stacey's Story
  • 1993: Philip H. Red Eagle (Sioux-Klallam), Red Earth
  • 1994: Gus Palmer, Jr. (Kiowa), Calling Through the Creek
  • 1995: Glenn J. Twist (Cherokee Nation/Muscogee), Boston Mountain Tales
  • 1996: No award.
  • 1997: Robert J. Perry (Chickasaw), Life With the Little People
  • 1998: No award.
  • 1999: Evelina Zuni Lucero (Isleta Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh), Night Sky, Morning Star
  • 2000: Chip Livingston (self-identified Poarch Creek), Naming Ceremony
  • 2001: Valerie Red-Horse (self-identified Cherokee descent), Naturally Native
  • 2002: Edythe S. Hobson (Arkansas Quapaw), An Inquest Every Sunday
  • 2003: Susan Supernaw (Muscogee Creek/Munsee), The Power of a Name
  • 2004: Kimberly G. Roppolo (self-identified Southeastern American Indian ancestry), Back to the Blanket: Reading, Writing, and Resistance for American Indian Literary Critics
  • 2005: Mia Heavener (Central Yup'ik), Tundra Berries
  • 2006: Judy R. Smith (Quinnipiac/Mohican), Yellowbird
    • Frederick White (Haida), Welcome to the City of Rainbows
  • 2007: Mary Lockwood (Malemuit Iñupiaq), Attugu Summa/Come and See What It Is
  • 2008: Linda LeGarde Grover (Chippewa, Bois Forte Band of Minnesota), "The Road Back to Sweetgrass"
  • 2009: JudyLee Oliva (Chickasaw), Te Ata and Other Plays
  • 2018: no award given

First Book Awards for Poetry

See also

References

  1. ^ Gilbar, Steven (2005). Bibliotopia, Or, Mr. Gilbar's Book of Books & Catch-all of Literary Facts & Curiosities. David R. Godine. p. 103. ISBN 9781567922950.
  2. ^ Womack, Craig S., ed. (2008). Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780806138879.
  3. ^ Wong, Hertha D. Sweet; Muller, Lauren Stuart; Magdaleno, Jana Sequoya, eds. (2008). Reckonings: Contemporary Short Fiction by Native American Women. Oxford University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 9780198026907.
  4. ^ "The origins of Louisiana Creole Culture | International Magazine Kreol".

External links

  • The Lifetime Achievement Awards and the First Book Competition Awards
  • NWCA Awards list

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The Native Writers Circle of the Americas NWCA is an organization of writers who identify as being Native American First Nations or of Native American ancestry The organization presents literary awards annually to writers in three categories First Book of Poetry First Book of Prose Lifetime Achievement The awards are voted upon by member writers 1 The Circle along with its sister organization the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers was formed as the outgrowth of the 1992 Returning the Gift Native Writers Festival a gathering of writers from Canada the United States Mexico and the Central America 2 The NWCA maintains contact information for Native American writers and a collection of Native American literature 3 The organization has been hosted by the University of Oklahoma s department of Native American Studies and is currently housed in the Department of English Contents 1 Lifetime Achievement Awards 2 First Book Awards for Prose 3 First Book Awards for Poetry 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLifetime Achievement Awards EditThe Native Writers Circle of the Americas awarded the following Native authors with Lifetime Achievement Awards 1992 N Scott Momaday Kiowa 1993 Simon J Ortiz Acoma Pueblo 1994 Leslie Marmon Silko Laguna Pueblo 1995 Joy Harjo Muscogee 1996 Vine Deloria Jr Standing Rock Sioux 1997 James Welch Blackfeet Gros Ventre 1998 Linda Hogan Chickasaw 1999 Joseph Bruchac Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation 2000 Louise Erdrich Turtle Mountain Ojibwe 2001 Paula Gunn Allen Laguna Pueblo and Gerald Vizenor White Earth Chippewa 2002 Maurice Kenny self identified Mohawk Seneca ancestry 2003 Geary Hobson Cherokee Nation Quapaw Chickasaw 2004 Lee Francis Laguna Pueblo 2005 Carter Revard Osage Nation 2006 Luci Tapahonso Navajo 2007 Elizabeth Cook Lynn Crow Creek Sioux 2008 Robert J Conley Cherokee Nation 2009 Jack D Forbes self identified Powhatan Renape Lenape descent 2010 Sherman Alexie Spokane Coeur D Alene 2011 Wilma Mankiller Cherokee Nation 2012 LeAnne Howe Choctaw Nation 2013 Donald L Birchfield Choctaw Nation Chickasaw 2014 Diane Glancy self identified Cherokee descent 2015 Allison Adelle Hedge Coke self identified Metis Huron Cherokee descent 2016 John Trudell Santee Dakota and Jim Northrup Fond du Lac Ojibwe 2017 Duane Niatum Klallam 2018 William S Yellow Robe Jr Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation 2019 Maria Campbell Metis First Book Awards for Prose Edit1992 Robert L Perea Oglala Lakota Stacey s Story Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel Mohegan The Lasting of the Mohegans William S Yellow Robe Jr Assiniboine The Star Quilter play published in Where the Pavement Ends 1993 Philip H Red Eagle Sioux Klallam Red Earth 1994 Gus Palmer Jr Kiowa Calling Through the Creek 1995 Glenn J Twist Cherokee Nation Muscogee Boston Mountain Tales 1996 No award 1997 Robert J Perry Chickasaw Life With the Little People D L Birchfield Choctaw Nation Chickasaw The Oklahoma Basic Intelligence Test 1998 No award 1999 Evelina Zuni Lucero Isleta Pueblo Ohkay Owingeh Night Sky Morning Star 2000 Chip Livingston self identified Poarch Creek Naming Ceremony 2001 Valerie Red Horse self identified Cherokee descent Naturally Native 2002 Edythe S Hobson Arkansas Quapaw An Inquest Every Sunday 2003 Susan Supernaw Muscogee Creek Munsee The Power of a Name 2004 Kimberly G Roppolo self identified Southeastern American Indian ancestry Back to the Blanket Reading Writing and Resistance for American Indian Literary Critics 2005 Mia Heavener Central Yup ik Tundra Berries 2006 Judy R Smith Quinnipiac Mohican Yellowbird Frederick White Haida Welcome to the City of Rainbows 2007 Mary Lockwood Malemuit Inupiaq Attugu Summa Come and See What It Is 2008 Linda LeGarde Grover Chippewa Bois Forte Band of Minnesota The Road Back to Sweetgrass 2009 JudyLee Oliva Chickasaw Te Ata and Other Plays 2018 no award givenFirst Book Awards for Poetry Edit1992 Gloria Bird Spokane Full Moon on the Reservation Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya Yuchi Comanche Leaving Holes 1993 Kimberly Blaeser White Earth Chippewa Trailing You 1994 Tiffany Midge Standing Rock Sioux Outlaws Renegades and Saints 1995 Denise Sweet White Earth Chippewa Songs for Discharming 1996 Charles G Ballard Quapaw Cherokee Winter Count Poems 1997 Deborah A Miranda Costanoan Esselen Ohlone Indian Cartography 1998 Jennifer K Greene Salish Kootenai Chippewa Cree What I Keep 1999 Janet McAdams self identified Alabama Creek descent The Island of Lost Luggage 2000 Karenne Wood Monacan Markings on Earth 2001 Suzanne Rancourt self identified Abenaki Huron descent Billboard in the Clouds 2002 Renee Matthew Koyukon Down River From Here Phillip Caroll Morgan Choctaw Chickasaw The Fork in the Road Indian Poetry Store 2003 Marlon D Sherman Oglala Lakota Wild Plums 2004 Christina M Castro Jemez Pueblo Taos Pueblo Silence on the Rez Cathy Ruiz Cree Metis Stirring up the Water 2005 Kim Shuck Cherokee Nation Smuggling Cherokee 2006 Rebecca Hatcher Travis Chickasaw Picked Apart the Bones 2007 Kade L Twist Cherokee Nation Amazing Grace 2008 Steve Russell Cherokee Nation Wicked Dew 2009 Rain Prud homme Cranford Rain C Gomez Louisiana Creole 4 Smoked Mullet Cornbread Crawdad Memory 2018 Yulu Elwis Kristen Debler Coast Miwok Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria OpeSee also EditList of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas List of 20th century writersReferences Edit Gilbar Steven 2005 Bibliotopia Or Mr Gilbar s Book of Books amp Catch all of Literary Facts amp Curiosities David R Godine p 103 ISBN 9781567922950 Womack Craig S ed 2008 Reasoning Together The Native Critics Collective University of Oklahoma Press p 49 ISBN 9780806138879 Wong Hertha D Sweet Muller Lauren Stuart Magdaleno Jana Sequoya eds 2008 Reckonings Contemporary Short Fiction by Native American Women Oxford University Press p xxii ISBN 9780198026907 The origins of Louisiana Creole Culture International Magazine Kreol External links EditThe Lifetime Achievement Awards and the First Book Competition Awards NWCA Awards list Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Native Writers 27 Circle of the Americas amp oldid 1143891961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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