Christine Allen-Yazzie is an author and editor living in Millville, Utah. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Utah in 2003 and has published one novel, The Arc and the Sediment, as well as numerous short stories and poems. She has won several awards for her writing, including grants from the Utah Arts Council. Prior to becoming an independent editor, she worked as an editor for publishing companies and as an arts editor.

1. Christine Allen-Yazzie
PO Box 374; Millville, Utah 84326
(435) 753-4952 * (801) 510-7619
christine.allenyazzie@gmail.com
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

2. 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 christine.allenyazzie@gmail.com