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The Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (NWCA) is an organization of Native American writers, most notable for its literary awards, presented annually to Native American writers in three categories: First Book of Poetry, First Book of Prose, and Lifetime Achievement. The awards are voted upon by Native American writers, making it one of the few literary awards presented to Native Americans by Native Americans. .

The Circle (along with its sister organization, the Wordcraft Circle of Writers and Storytellers) was formed as the outgrowth of the 1992 "Returning the Gift" Native Writers' Festival, a gathering of Native American writers from Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Central America. The NWCA maintains contact information for Native American writers and a collection of Native American literature. The organization has been hosted by the University of Oklahoma's department of Native American Studies.

Lifetime Achievement Awards
from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas
 * 1992	N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa-Cherokee)
 * 1993	Simon J. Ortiz	(Acoma Pueblo)
 * 1994	Leslie Marmon Silko	(Laguna Pueblo)
 * 1995	Joy Harjo	(Muscogee (Creek)
 * 1996	Vine Deloria, Jr.	(Standing Rock Sioux)
 * 1997	James Welch	(Blackfeet-Gros Ventre)
 * 1998	Linda Hogan	(Chickasaw)
 * 1999	Joseph Bruchac	(Abenaki)
 * 2000	Louise Erdrich	(Chippewa)
 * 2001	Paula Gunn Allen	(Laguna) and Gerald Vizenor (Chippewa)
 * 2002	Maurice Kenny	(Mohawk)
 * 2003	Geary Hobson	(Cherokee/Arkansas Quapaw)
 * 2004	Lee Francis	(Laguna Pueblo)
 * 2005	Carter Revard	(Osage)
 * 2006	Luci Tapahonso	(Navajo)
 * 2007	Robert J. Conley	(Cherokee)
 * 2008	Jack Forbes	(Powhatan-Renape, Delaware-Lenape)
 * 2009	Elizabeth Cook-Lynn	(Crow Creek Sioux)
 * 2010	Sherman Alexie	(Spokane/Coeur D'Alene)

First Book Awards for Prose

 * 1992	Robert L. Perea	(Pine Ridge Sioux),	Stacey's Story
 * Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel	(Mohegan),	The Lasting of the Mohegans
 * William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.	(Assiniboine,)	The Star Quilter (play, published in Where the Pavement Ends)
 * 1993	Philip H. Red Eagle	(Sioux-Klallam,)	Red Earth
 * 1994	Gus Palmer	(Kiowa),	Calling Through the Creek
 * 1995	Glenn J. Twist	(Cherokee-Creek),	Boston Mountain Tales
 * 1996	No award.
 * 1997	Robert J. Perry	(Chickasaw),	Life With the Little People
 * D. L. Birchfield	(Choctaw-Chickasaw),	The Oklahoma Basic Intelligence Test
 * 1998	No award.
 * 1999	Evelina Zuni Lucero	(Isleta/San Juan Pueblo),	Night Sky, Morning Star
 * 2000	Chip Livingston	(Florida Creek),	Naming Ceremony
 * 2001	Valerie Red Horse	(Cherokee),	Naturally Native
 * 2002	Edythe S. Hobson	(Arkansas Quapaw),	An Inquest Every Sunday
 * 2003	Susan Supernaw	(Creek/Munsee),	The Power of a Name
 * 2004	Kimberly G. Roppolo	(Cherokee-Choctaw-Creek),	Back to the Blanket: Reading, Writing, and Resistance for American Indian Literary Critics
 * 2005	Mia Heavener	(Central Yup'ik),	Tundra Berries
 * 2006	Judy R. Smith	(Quinnipiac-Mohican),	Yellowbird
 * Frederick White	(Haida),	Welcome to the City of Rainbows
 * 2007	Mary Lockwood	(Malemuit Inupiaq),	Attugu Summa/Come and See What It Is
 * 2008	(unknown)
 * 2009	JudyLee Oliva	(Chickasaw),	Te Ata and Other Plays

First Book Awards for Poetry

 * 1992	Gloria Bird	(Spokane),	Full Moon on the Reservation
 * Joe Dale Tate	(Yuchi - Comanche Nevaquaya),	Making Holes
 * 1993	Kimberly Blaeser	(White Earth Chippewa),	Trailing You
 * 1994	Tiffany Midge	(Standing Rock Sioux),	Outlaws, Renegades and Saints
 * 1995	Denise Sweet	(White Earth Chippewa),	Songs for Discharming
 * 1996	Charles G. Ballard	(Quapaw - Cherokee),	Winter Count Poems
 * 1997	Deborah A. Miranda	(Costanoan - Esselen - Ohlone),	Indian Cartography
 * 1998	Jennifer K. Greene	(Salish-Kootenai/ Chippewa - Cree),	What I Keep
 * 1999	Janet McAdams	(Alabama Creek),	The Island of Lost Luggage
 * 2000	Karenne Wood	(Monacan),	Markings on Earth
 * 2001	Suzanne Rancourt	(Abenaki),	Billboard in the Clouds
 * 2002	Renee Matthew	(Koyukon),	Down River From Here
 * Phillip Caroll Morgan	(Choctaw- Chickasaw),	The Fork-in-the-Road Indian Poetry Store
 * 2003	Marlon D. Sherman	(Oglala Lakota),	Wild Plums
 * 2004	Christina M. Castro	(Jemez Pueblo - Taos Pueblo),	Silence on the Rez
 * Cathy Ruiz	(Cree-Métis),	Stirring up the Water
 * 2005	Kim Shuck	(Cherokee-Sac & Fox),	Smuggling Cherokee
 * 2006	Rebecca Hatcher Travis	(Chickasaw),	Picked Apart the Bones
 * 2007	Kade L. Twist	(Cherokee),	Amazing Grace
 * 2008	(unknown)
 * 2009	L. Rain Cranford-Gomez	(Louisiana Choctaw-Creek/Louisiana Creole/Nakoda Metis/Celtic American),	Smoked Mullet Cornbread Memory