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    The Center of the American West serves as a forum committed to the civil, respectful, and problem-solving exploration of important and often contentious public issues. In an era of political polarization and contention, the Center strives to bring out “the better angels of our nature” by appealing to our common loyalties and hopes as Westerners.

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2020

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Amorina Lee Martinez

Amorina Lee-Martinez

First Place – Creative Non-fiction
“Learning How to Be A Good Ancestor”

Breanne Pye

Breanne Pye

First Place – Memoir
“Please Take Me with You”

Ethan Robinson

Ethan Glenn Robinson

First Place – Poetry
“What Comes and Goes in Merino Colorado”

Ethan Robinson

Ethan Glenn Robinson

First Place – Undergraduate Fiction
“The Hand in the Hayloft”

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Maisy Weiss

First Place – Undergraduate Academic Non-fiction
“Rocky Mountain Snowpack: Investigating
the patterns of snowpack levels throughout
Colorado and the primary mechanisms for trends in snowpack decline”

Liyu Berhanusm

Liyu Berhanu

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate Academic Non-fiction
“Black Cowboys: Ned Logan and the
Portrayal of Blackness in Unforgiven”

Vanessa Gabel

Vanessa Gabel

Honorable Mention – Memoir
“Highway Prison”

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