Award Winners
1st Place in Adult Category
Silly Billy Dine: Helps
by Benford Beco Begay
$300
2nd Place in Adult Category
WORK BOOTS
by Harlan Haceesa
$200
3rd Place in Adult Category
Klah
by Layne Ahasteen
$100
Audience Choice
Silly Billy Dine: Helps
by Benford Beco Begay
$100
Youth Category
n/a
Judges
Tina Deschenie
Tina is Ta’neeszahnii, born for Tó’aheedlíini. She is a Navajo educator and writer. She is the former Associate Dean of Navajo Technical University, after which she went to lead Dream Diné Charter School, a school in Shiprock known for its Navajo language immersion program. Her work has been published in the New Mexico Magazine, Native Peoples, and NM Woman.
Courtney Dilmore
Courtney is a Navajo performer of the arts. She started out working in television doing background for shows like Longmire. This led to featured roles alongside Michael Douglas and Jeremy Irvine. She graduated with a degree in theatre arts from Utah Valley University, where she studied acting, script writing, and film.
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