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Christine Allen-Yazzie PO Box 374; Millville, Utah 84326 (435) 753-4952 * (801) 510-7619 [email protected] Education • University of Utah, MFA, creative writing (fiction), 2003 • University of Idaho, BA, English, 1993 Publications: Fiction • The Arc and the Sediment, a novel; USU Press, April 2007. http://www.usu.edu/usupress/books/index.cfm?isbn=6547 • “Back Flat, No Pillow,” Dos Passos Review; January 2007. • “Chikan,” Slow Trains, December 2004. • Thesis: There’s Death in the Balloon; MFA in creative writing. • “Tourist and Resident,” BigCityLit, October 2003. • "Betty's Desk," Writer Online; 2001. • “Undocumented,” Whiskey Island Magazine; Cleveland State University, Fall 1998. • “Bigfoot Has Two Wives,” Black River Review; Stone Roller Press, 1997. • “Getting Small,” Pif Magazine; Dimax, vol. 9, October 1997. • “A Love Story in Three Scenes,” Eclectica Literary Review; Polarnet, July 1997. • “Dysplasia: Displacement, Display,” What There Is: The Crossroads Anthology, ed. Hirschi, Heather L., et. al.; Crossroads Urban Center, 1996. Publications: Poetry • “She Came One Afternoon and Left the Same Day,” Main Channel Voices, 2005 • “Near Silence,” 3 rd Muse, 2001. • "Nothing Comes," EVO, 2000. • “Girl on a Road Somewhere in Idaho,” Slow Trains, December 2004. • “Interrogation and Other Acts of Patriotism,” Slow Trains, December 2004. • “Looking Back,” New Voices in Poetry and Prose 1 st Place Prize for Poetry, 1996. Writing Honors and Awards • UAC $5000 Publication Prize (retroactively awarded for 2001) • First-place novel prize from Utah Arts Council (2001)Honorable mention for James Jones First Novel Competition • Runner-up in the Drue Heinz fiction contest for collection of short stories • Artist’s grant for short fiction collection from Utah Arts Council (2000) • Honorable mention from Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition (2004) • Finalist in the Gulf Coast fiction contest (2004) • First-place fiction award from Crossroads Urban Center for What There Is anthology • Second-place poetry prize from Utah Arts Council (1999) • Second-place Utah Writers Original Writing Competition, poetry (2000) • Full-tuition grant/fellowship from Utah Arts Council for Writers @ Work (2004) • Finalist for Writers@Work poetry competition (2005) • First-place poetry prize from Foster City Arts Council

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Christine Allen-YazziePO Box 374; Millville, Utah 84326

(435) 753-4952 * (801) [email protected]

Education• University of Utah, MFA, creative writing (fiction), 2003• University of Idaho, BA, English, 1993

Publications: Fiction• The Arc and the Sediment, a novel; USU Press, April 2007.

http://www.usu.edu/usupress/books/index.cfm?isbn=6547• “Back Flat, No Pillow,” Dos Passos Review; January 2007.• “Chikan,” Slow Trains, December 2004.• Thesis: There’s Death in the Balloon; MFA in creative writing.• “Tourist and Resident,” BigCityLit, October 2003. • "Betty's Desk," Writer Online; 2001.• “Undocumented,” Whiskey Island Magazine; Cleveland State

University, Fall 1998.• “Bigfoot Has Two Wives,” Black River Review; Stone Roller

Press, 1997.• “Getting Small,” Pif Magazine; Dimax, vol. 9, October 1997.• “A Love Story in Three Scenes,” Eclectica Literary Review;

Polarnet, July 1997.• “Dysplasia: Displacement, Display,” What There Is: The Crossroads Anthology, ed. Hirschi,

Heather L., et. al.; Crossroads Urban Center, 1996.

Publications: Poetry• “She Came One Afternoon and Left the Same Day,” Main Channel Voices, 2005• “Near Silence,” 3rd Muse, 2001.• "Nothing Comes," EVO, 2000.• “Girl on a Road Somewhere in Idaho,” Slow Trains, December 2004. • “Interrogation and Other Acts of Patriotism,” Slow Trains, December 2004.• “Looking Back,” New Voices in Poetry and Prose 1st Place Prize for Poetry, 1996.

Writing Honors and Awards• UAC $5000 Publication Prize (retroactively awarded for 2001)• First-place novel prize from Utah Arts Council (2001)Honorable mention for James Jones

First Novel Competition• Runner-up in the Drue Heinz fiction contest for collection of short stories• Artist’s grant for short fiction collection from Utah Arts Council (2000)• Honorable mention from Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition (2004)• Finalist in the Gulf Coast fiction contest (2004)• First-place fiction award from Crossroads Urban Center for What There Is anthology• Second-place poetry prize from Utah Arts Council (1999)• Second-place Utah Writers Original Writing Competition, poetry (2000)• Full-tuition grant/fellowship from Utah Arts Council for Writers @ Work (2004)• Finalist for Writers@Work poetry competition (2005)• First-place poetry prize from Foster City Arts Council

Academic Honors and Awards• Phi Beta Kappa literary honors society, Sigma Tau Delta English honors society• Honors Program of University of Idaho and University of Utah• Dean’s List (3.5 years)• David and Ida Earl Scholarship (3.5 years)

Readings by Invitation• Art Barn 2002• Golden Braid Bookstore 1997• Women’s Place Bookstore 1996

Related Work Experience• Editor/proprietor at Sandstone Editing, www.sandstoneediting.com. Edit, write, and

design technical, instructional, and marketing material (1996-2007).• CitySearch. Arts and Entertainment Editor (1997-1998).• Bantam Doubleday Dell. Editor for Young Readers (1996-1997).• Northwest Publishing, Inc., Editor (1994-1996).

www.sandstoneediting.com [email protected]