Brenna Yellowthunder is Diné, Hočak, and Standing Rock Lakota from Flagstaff, AZ and Black River Falls, WI. They are an award winning writer with publications in Saving Earth Magazine, the Timberline Review, and more forthcoming. They are a recipient of the Kay Snow Award for Fiction, the Michael Collier Scholarship to the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, and the LGBTQ Fellowship for Spring Residencies 2025 at the Sundress Academy for the Arts. Brenna’s upcoming novel, 10,000 Moon Could Never Be Enough was longlisted for the First Pages Prize in Fiction 2024, and an honorable mention in CRAFT First Chapters Contest 2024. Brenna lives in Oregon with their partner. They began their career fighting environmental racism in their tribal homelands from the age of 13. Since then, Brenna has focused their work on uplifting voices that often go unheard. This includes work in grassroots organizing with movements, museum consultation on behalf of Native communities, and a passion for working with Native youth. They hold a BA in Art History & Visual Culture Studies from Whitman College, with a focus on Tribal Museums and the Politics of Display.
