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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2025 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention award recipients.

Brooke Adam • Emily Alison • Armando Alvarez • Aliyah Anderson • Emma Baldeh • Hannah Beckwith • Kellen Bees • Maria-Ageliki Bernitsas • Eve Bishop • Emma Bowery • Gabrielle Burns • Ana Carson • Madalyn Croteau • Rebekah Daily • Claire Davis • Darbie deFreese • Mia Donohue • Taylor Douchey • Miah Fox • Autumn Hall • Seamus Haney • Sophia Hegarty • Connor Holmstedt • AJ Kirsch • Lorelai Klosner • Julian Kruse • Adrishya Kumar • Samantha Ladwig • Marcus Luevano • Roman Maglinger • Caliana McBride • Daniela Monzalvo Tolentino • Magnolia Moriarty • Anthony Musser • L.M. Nelson • Katelyn Omer • Kaeda Parde • Isabella Parmeley • Kathleen Parmeley • Jay Peters • Camdyn Pruett • Arabella Richling • Delloyd Robertson • Alexander Schuler • Jihye Seo • Ashmiza Shaik • Joslyn Smith • Dahlci Studley • Jupiter Sturm • Aiden Tinkham • Priscilla Ton • Gage Townsend • Lydia Turner • Daniel Vanourney • Annah Vogelpohl • Ashleigh Walls • Marybelle Ward • Daniel Yoo

ISBN 978-1-942885-95-5 | paperback | 498 pages | $30.00 

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In the dreary days of September 2024, twenty-two devotees of dread gathered around a faux fireplace in the basement of the Wilson Mathematics and Computer Science Building at Hastings College to share true-life stories of ghosts and the gothic for a literature course on American Ghost Stories. These are the tales.

Hamza Abbasi • Shannen Acheson • Ann Bose • Brooke Brockman • AJ Fastnacht • Grace Hartman • Eliana Hogan • Breaden Hufford • Abby Klatt • Paige Kuhn • Jake Lambert • Shaylee Lux • Edwin Muller • Bri Narick • Tessa Pedersen • Arthur Pettigrew • Kourtnie Ritter • Max Vertin • Caspian Weeden • Levi West • Lily Wild • Kiefer Zabel

ISBN 978-1-942885-94-8 | paperback | 194 pages | $20.00 

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2024 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in Volume 2 showcases the creativity of our Honorable Mention award recipients.

Taylor Beierman • Eve Bishop • Victoria Bogatz • Katie Bough • Erinn Briggs • Ana Brock • Ana Carson • Madalyn Croteau • Rebekah Daily • Claire Davis • Darbie deFreese • Kimmy Findeis • Jocelyn Huang • Ainsley LaHolt • Marcus Luevano • Magnolia Moriarty • Katelyn Omer • Jay Peters • Kenna Pfeifer • Lilly Pfeilsticker • Sam Rogers • Jihye Seo • Lily Thompson • Priscilla Ton • Cassandra Wong 

ISBN 978-1-942885-93-1 | paperback | 144 pages | $15.00 

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2024 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our Silver Key and Gold Key award recipients.

Paige Amos • Vaishvika Balamurugan • Emma Baldeh • Eve Bishop • Victoria Bogatz • Katie Bough • Gabrielle Burns • Sarah Cai • Ana Carson • Madalyn Croteau • Olivia Cure • Claire Davis • Reagan Dearth • Miah Fox • Autumn Hall • Gracie Henderson • Maddie Huggard • Jocelyn Huang • Annika Johnson • Alice Jones • Samantha Ladwig • Ainsley LaHolt • Caliana McBride • Daniela Monzalvo Tolentino • Magnolia Moriarty • Aden Niebuhr • Katelyn Omer • Isabella Parmeley • Jay Peters • Lilly Pfeilsticker • Rowan Roehr • Joselyn Shoemaker • Quenby Smith • Isabelle Swanson • Hannah Tang • Kaylee Taylor • Cassandra Wong • Emma Yin • Daniel Yoo • Cheryl Zeng 

ISBN 978-1-942885-92-4 | paperback | 344 pages | $20.00 

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2023 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in Volume 2 showcases the creativity of our Honorable Mention award recipients.

Olivia Achtemeier • Eve Bishop • Anastasia Brock-Ondresky • Addison Bryant • Allie Bunjer • Ana Carson • Siri Doddapaneni • Nathan Ertzner • Rebecca Ford • Grace Genoways • Semhar Hailesellassie • Haley Holzfaster • Morgan Lahm • Megan Lambert • Emma Marten • Thomas McCarthy • Magnolia Moriarty • Aden Niebuhr • Braelynn Schlenger • Ashmiza Shaik • Calvin Snyder • Logan Sylliaasen • Lydia Vlcek • Hannah Wooldridge

ISBN 978-1-942885-89-4 | paperback | 206 pages | $15.00 

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2023 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 25 Silver Key and Gold Key award recipients.

Olivia Achtemeier • Vaishvika Balamurugan • Eve Bishop • Katie Bough •  Gabrielle Burns • Jalyssa Caldwell • Ana Carson • Rebekah Daily • Rebecca Ford • Miah Fox • Camila Gomez • Autumn Hall • Alice Jones • Megan Lambert • Carmen Marley • Magnolia Moriarty • Aden Niebuhr • Katelyn Omer • Grace Peng • Ashmiza Shaik • Calvin Snyder • Logan Sylliaasen • Hannah Tang • Charlie Yale • Daniel Yoo

ISBN 978-1-942885-88-7 | paperback | 316 pages | $20.00 

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A community is a place where people bring their best selves, find the resources they need to thrive, and collaborate with others. Through conversations, activities, and guided self-reflections, Conversations That Transition to Community helps individuals come together and build community.

Lisa K. Smith, EdD, is Dean of Student Engagement at Hastings College and an educational consultant.

Maggie Rogers is Head Community Living Coordinator, Second Year Experience Coordinator, and CORE 100 Coordinator at Hastings College.

ISBN 978-1-942885-87-0 | paperback | 86 pages | $20.00

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Part artistic memoir and part academic memoir, Letters to an Aspiring Scholar is an invaluable source for graduate students and other young scholars. Drawing from his background as an artist-educator and his own experiences writing a PhD dissertation, Dr. Christopher M. Strickland gives young scholars practical advice for creating daily routines and generating ideas for completing a long research project.

Christopher M. Strickland, PhD, is an artist, educator, autoethnographic and arts-based researcher, and creativity and educational consultant. His work encompasses the arts and creativity, visual literacy, interdisciplinary curriculum design, and culturally responsive teaching. Prior to moving to Nebraska and joining the faculty at Hastings College, he lived in New England and taught K–12 visual arts education in New Hampshire.

ISBN 978-1-942885-83-2 | paperback | 168 pages | $23.99

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2022 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 24 award recipients. 

Award winners: Olivia Achtemeier • Tanya Bachu • Ashley Binstock • Mary Blankenship • Ivy Block • Victoria Bogatz • Katie Bough • Anastasia Brock-Ondresky • Gabrielle Burns • Ana Carson • Tyler Catlin • Charlotte Coughlin • Megan Lambert • Sky Lambrecht • Kelley Lebahn • Tristan McGill • Aryanna Petty • Anna Rogers • Sam Rogers • Logan Sylliaasen • Clarissa Tan • Benjamin VanDiest • Lydia Vlcek • Chloe Waters

ISBN 978-1-942885-86-3 | paperback | 252 pages | $15.00 

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2021 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 19 award recipients. 

Award winners: Olivia Achtemeier • Norah Armstrong • Ciara Basch • Anvitha Boosani • Tess Bowler • Daisy Friedman • Megan Lambert • Andrew Lawler • Zoey Lewis • Rachel Lunt • Reed McFadden • Tyson (Harley) Pappas • Joslyn Smith • Daniel Stein • Hannah Stromer • Logan Sylliaasen • Clarissa Tan • Lydia Vlcek • Jingming Yu

ISBN 978-1-942885-82-5 | paperback | 234 pages | $15.00

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Hastings College, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, invited students age 13 and above from all 93 counties within the state of Nebraska to submit their writing for the 2020 Nebraska Scholastic Writing Awards. The original work featured in this publication showcases the creativity of our 18 award recipients. 

Award winners: Olivia Achtemeier • Landon Boettcher • Tess Bowler • Daisy Friedman • Malik Gillespie • Elizabeth Grantham • Aila Hirsbrunner • Kylie Ketelsen • Jayden Leonard • Emma Mirnics • Maryam Muayad • Ellen Pan • Alora Schneider • Eddie Schweikert • Jenna Smith • Clarissa Tan • Elise Vahle • Jingming Yu

ISBN 978-1-942885-74-0 | paperback | 186 pages | $15.00 

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Faces of Hastings celebrates difference and diversity in a small town at the heart of America—Hastings, Nebraska. Collected by students at Hastings College, the oral histories in this volume reveal the complexity and richness of rural American life in the 21st c.

ISBN 978-1-942885-66-5 | paperback | 308 pages | $20.00  

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A field book is defined as a collection of primary source documents and observations made during field research. The structure of Circle in the Classroom: Field Book 1 is similar, in that it extends an invitation to come to circle, to consider the practice, and to respond as an observer of learning while actively changing the shape of classroom culture. This book is an interactive instrument designed to encourage students of circle methodology to be explorers of their own experiences - first, as learners, and always, as growing educators.

ISBN 978-1-942885-55-9 | paperback | 72 pages | $15.00   

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The primary readings of this book exemplify Hastings College’s mission by encouraging students to think in interdisciplinary ways about issues that affect both local and global communities. The theme for this year’s reader is “Water.” Readings, from a variety of authors and genres, ask students to consider water in its literal and symbolic forms:

• Who owns the planet’s water?

• Who is most affected by water shortages?

• What does water signify to cultures around the world?

Such questions can be addressed only by using an interdisciplinary approach that values the contributions of all academic disciplines.

ISBN 978-1-942885-48-1 | paperback | 370 pages | $35.00

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A cornerstone of the First-Year Experience at Hastings College, How We See includes readings from a variety of authors and genres on this year’s theme—Image. The readings, from a variety of authors and genres, ask students to consider complex questions that do not have easy solutions:

• How are images used to shape and produce knowledge?

• Do we rely too heavily on images to create our self-identities?

• Should some images be censored?

Such questions can be addressed only by using an interdisciplinary approach that values the contributions of all academic disciplines.

ISBN 978-1-942885-20-7 | paperback | 306 pages | $30.00

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A cornerstone of the First-Year Experience at Hastings College, Brain Food includes readings from a variety of authors and genres on this year’s theme—Food. The readings ask students to consider complex questions that do not have easy solutions:

• How will we be able to feed the world’s population in 2050?

• How should our food be produced?

• Is it ethical to eat animals, and if so, which ones?

• Does it matter how animals are raised?

Such questions can be addressed only by using an interdisciplinary approach that values the contributions of all academic disciplines.

paperback | 285 pages | $30.00

Limited edition for use in First-Year Seminars at Hastings College.