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The Spanish Town Road area is considered a built up area and as such the speed limit is 50km. Mind you this is tad bit slow for certain sections, but it is definitely warranted at this major thoroughfare. I have seen many vehicles passing me so fast, I am left in fumes and a mirage … Continue reading Seaview Gardens Jamaica: Breaking StopLights, Breaking Bodies by Denise N. Fyffe
That’s quite an impressive list of entries, but the disparities in the entries directly relate to the prizes being offered for each literary category:
JA$$500,000 for the Una Marson Award for adult literature
JA$250,000 for the Vic Reid Award for young adult literature
JA$250,000 for the Jean D’Costa Award for children’s literature
So who’s judging the entries to determine the winner?
The Lignum Vitae Writing 2015 Award(Deer, 2015, February 27), which is an amalgamation of three (3) different writing awards, has finally chosen their shortlist (The Jamaica Gleaner, 2015, October 18) of nine (9) potential winners from a field of forty three (43) entries from Jamaica and the diaspora.
All vying for the JA$1 million prize that the Lignum Vitae Writing Awards, with the winners to be announced at a reception at the National Gallery of Jamaica (Fyffe, 2015, October 28) on Friday November 6th 2015 starting at 5:30pm.
Staged by the Jamaican Writers Society in collaboration with the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, other sponsors contributed to the prize purse being offered to the writers:
The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica sponsored the Jean D’Costa Award and along with the other sponsors, makes the Lignum Vitae Writing…
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I want to disturb my neighbour, ‘Cause I’m feelin’ so right; I want to turn up my disco, Blow them to full watts tonight, eh! – Bob Marley Read in between those lines.
The Lignum Vitae Awards are sponsored by JAMCOPY, the HEART Trust/NTA, Nucleus Creative and Scarlette Beharie. The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica has also sponsored the Jean D’Costa Award
The Jamaican Writers Society (JaWS) in collaboration with the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (Jamcopy) presents the Lignum Vitae Awards.
Reception at the National Gallery of Jamaican, Friday, November 6, 2015.
The Lignum Vitae Awards are sponsored by JAMCOPY, the HEART Trust/NTA, Nucleus Creative and Scarlette Beharie. The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica has also sponsored the Jean D’Costa Award.
Where do you find time to write so many books? Poetry Books by Denise N. Fyffe 3In 2014, I declared that I will bite the self publishing bullet and publish at least one of my manuscripts each month. I did not publish not one self published ebook or paperback in 2014, because I was dealing … Continue reading 10 Tips for Maintaining the Discipline of Writing – An Author’s Perspective by Denise N. Fyffe
Lignum Vitae Writing Award Shortlist Revealed
Kingston, Jamaica: Nine writers have been selected for the Lignum Vitae Writing Awards 2015 shortlist. The shortlist features writers from different stages in their careers, from award winners to debut novelists.
Staged by the Jamaican Writers Society in collaboration with the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, the inaugural Lignum Vitae Awards received a total of 43 entries from writers in Jamaica as well as the Diaspora. The Una Marson Award for adult literature received the largest number of entries, attracting an impressive twenty-four (24) novels and short story collections. The Vic Reid Award for young adult literature attracted the second highest number of entries, twelve (12), while the Jean D’Costa Award for children’s literature received seven (7) entries.
The winner of the Una Marson Award will receive $500,000.00 while winners for the Vic Reid and Jean D’Costa prizes each receive $250,000.00. The combined purse is the largest prize for literature in Jamaica.
An impressive team of writers, critics and academics comprised the adjudication panels that selected the shortlist and will ultimately determine the winners. Novelist and academic Dr. Erna Brodber (chair), academic Dr. Kezia, and National Librarian Winsome Hudson comprise the three-member panel for the Una Marson Award.
Novelists A-dZiko Simba Gegele, Cherrell Shelley Robinson and academic Carolyn Allen are the adjudicators for the Vic Reid Award. Jean D’Costa the iconic writer for whom the award is named, chairs the final panel, which is completed by writers Rebecca Tortello and Hazel Campbell.
The winners will be announced at a reception at the National Gallery of Jamaican, Sunday, November 8, 2015.
The Lignum Vitae Awards are sponsored by JAMCOPY, the HEART Trust/NTA, Nucleus Creative and Scarlette Beharie. The Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica has also sponsored the Jean D’Costa Award.
The 2015 Shortlist is:
The Una Marson Award
- The Cherry Picker – Patrick Brown
- The Angel’s Share – Garfield Ellis
- The Road to Timnath – Sylvia Gilfillian
- Tea By the Sea – Donna Hemans
- August Town – Kei Miller
The Vic Reid Award
- The Titchfield Turnabout – Paula Lennon
- Gone to Drift – Diana Macaulay
The Jean D’Costa Award
- A Different Me: A Better You – Janet Morrison
- Duppy in the Wardrobe – Helen Williams
October 15, 2015
Lignum Vitae Writing Award Shortlist Revealed
Kingston, Jamaica: Nine writers have been selected for the Lignum Vitae Writing Awards 2015 shortlist. The shortlist features writers from different stages in their careers, from award winners to debut novelists.
Staged by the Jamaican Writers Society in collaboration with the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, the inaugural Lignum Vitae Awards received a total of 43 entries from writers in Jamaica as well as the Diaspora. The Una Marson Award for adult literature received the largest number of entries, attracting an impressive twenty-four (24) novels and short story collections. The Vic Reid Award for young adult literature attracted the second highest number of entries, twelve (12), while the Jean D’Costa Award for children’s literature received seven (7) entries.
The winner of the Una Marson Award will receive $500,000.00 while winners for the Vic Reid and Jean D’Costa prizes each receive $250,000.00. The…
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