In 2013, South Dakota State University (SDSU) established the Great Plains Emerging Tribal Writer Award to encourage the development of American Indian writers who are in the early phases of their writing careers.
Previous winners of the award are:
2017: Jessie Taken Alive-Rencountre
2016: Cliff Taylor
2015: Ernest Weston, Jr.
2014: Marcus Bear Eagle
2013: Taté Walker
Great Plains Emerging Tribal Writer Award 