The Jamaica Creative Writing Competition will host its annual award ceremony and exhibition launch virtually, on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. via the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) website and Facebook and Youtube pages.
In addition to watching Jamaica’s top writers receive well-deserved national awards, the at-home audience will also be treated to a performance by the National Dance Theatre Company, while the afternoon’s guest speaker will be Mr. Roland Watson Grant, renowned Jamaican novelist and screenwriter.
The event will also see the launch of the competition’s annual travelling exhibition, which will see the winning creative works being showcased in parish libraries across the island throughout the year.
The Jamaica Creative Writing Competition continues to be one of the premier channels for providing emerging and established Jamaican writers with the opportunity of recognizing and validating their talent while showcasing and promoting their original works in: poetry, essays, short stories, novels and plays/scripts.
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