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Blue Corn Comics and Canku Ota are proud to announce an essay contest for young writers. Our goal is to encourage kids of all ages to get in touch with their creative side and their Native heritage. Participants will have fun, win rewards, and (we hope) learn something too.

The theme of the contest is "Native Heroes." That includes the anonymous heroes who domesticated corn and built civilizations such as Cahokia, historical heroes such as Pocahontas and Sitting Bull, modern heroes such as Jim Thorpe and Wilma Mankiller, and personal heroes such as one's parents or teachers. It also includes fictional heroes such as Tonto, Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Thunderbird of the X-Men, and Billy and Drew of PEACE PARTY.

The contest continues through November 31, the end of National American Indian Heritage Month.

Visitors can find the contest listed on both the Blue Corn Comics and Canku Ota web sites.