Natalie Diaz
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Natalie Diaz grew up in the Fort Mojave Indian Village and is Mojave and Pima. She played professional basketball in Europe and Asia for a few years before deciding that she had a better chance of improving her writing than she did her three-point shot. In 2007, she completed an MFA at Old Dominion University. Her work is published or forthcoming in the Iowa Review, Nimrod International, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and others. She currently lives in Surprise, Arizona.
Winning Entry: A Wild Life Zoo
Contest Won: War Poetry Contest 2009, Honorable Mention
