The Talking Stick Volume: Thirty
Table Of Contents
Lina Belar
Rani Bhattacharyya
Kate Bitters
Micki Blenkush
212 Jim Bohen
Nicole Borg
Jana Bouma
Kim M. Bowen
Mary Lou Brandvik
Janice Larson Braun
Tim J. Brennan
Sue Bruns
Marc Burgett
Sharon Chmielarz
Jan Chronister
Mary A.Conrad
Susan Coultrap-McQuin
Joanne Cress
Frances Ann Crowley
Norita Dittberner-Jax
Charmaine Pappas Donovan
Phyllis Emmel
Jeanne Emrich
Jeanne Everhart
Edis Flowerday
Marsha Foss
Cindy Fox
Katie Gilbertson
Georgia A. Greeley
Matt Gregersen
Marlys Guimaraes
Tara Flaherty Guy
Ramae Hamrin
Laura L. Hansen
Paula Hari
Sharon Harris
Mary Fran Heitzman
Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Lane Henson
Jennifer Hernandez
Mary Willette Hughes
Donna Isaac
Anne M. Jackson
Jennifer Jesseph
Christina Joyce
Teri Joyce
Amanda Valerie Judd
Sandra Kacher
Meridel Kahl
Kathryn Knudson
M. E. Kopp
Laura Krueger-Kochmann
Kristin Laurel
Mike Lein
Doug Lewandowski
Dawn Loeffler
Linda Maki
Christine Marcotte
Erin Marsh
Susan McMillan
Liz Minette
Christopher Mueller
Marsh Muirhead
Ryan M. Neely
L. E. Newsom
Joni Norby
Vincent O’Connor
Yvonne Pearson
Darrell J. Pedersen
Kathleen J. Pettit
Niomi Rohn Phillips
Adrian Potter
Deborah Rasmussen
Amy C. Rea
Kit Rohrbach
Mary Kay Rummel
Stephanie Sanderson
Deb Schlueter
Ruth M. Schmidt-Baeumler
Richard Fenton Sederstrom
Anne Seltz
Sara Sha
Victoria Lynn Smith
Anne Stewart
Marlene Mattila Stoehr
Bernadette Hondl Thomasy
Peggy Trojan
Lucy Tyrrell
Donna Uphus
Joel Van Valin
Steven R. Vogel
Beth L. Voigt
Susan Niemela Vollmer
Ben Westlie
Mary Scully Whitaker
Pam Whitfield
Cheryl Weibye Wilke
Pamela Wolters

The Talking Stick
Volume Thirty
Reclaiming Life
Published: 2021
Paperback
Poetry Winner
“Sunday Morning Samba”
by Jana A. Bouma
Creative Nonfiction Winner
“At Rest”
by Christina Joyce
Fiction Winner
“Charlie and Ruby”
by Anne M. Jackson
Humor Winner
“Rats”
by Tara Flaherty Guy
Second Place Poetry
“Losing the Wobble”
by Mary Lou Brandvik
Second Place Creative Nonfiction
“Five Young Men and Christmas 2020”
by Darrell J. Pederson
Second Place Fiction
“Hills of Iron”
by Kate Bitters
Second Place Humor
“Cat on Fire”
by Anne M. Jackson
The Jackpine Writers’ Bloc is native to Minnesota. We are a writing group as well as a publishing company. Our literary journal, The Talking Stick, has become a state-wide publishing ground for amateur and experienced writers alike. Our goal in publishing writers is simple – we publish to encourage solid writing that shows promise, creativity and brilliance.