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WINNERS + JUDGES

2017

Poetry

First Prize: Noel Pérez García
Second Place: Abraham Fidel Ortiz Lugo
Judges: Josefina Báez, Gustavo Pérez Firmat 

 

Fiction 

First Place (tie): Aquiles Antonio Sánchez Villaman
First place (tie): Sarah Rubí Ortiz Rodríguez
Judges: Rey Andújar, Achy Obejas 

 

2016

Poetry

First Prize: Soyini Ayana Forde
Second Prize: Chenee Daley
Judges: James Christopher Aboud, Honor Ford-Smith, Tanya Shirley

 

Fiction

First Prize: Portia Subran
Second Prize: Ayanna Gillian Lloyd
Judges: Diana McCaulay, Monique Roffey, Sasenarine Persaud

 

2015     

Poetry

First Prize: Damian Femi Rene 
Second Prize: Daisy Holder Lafond
Judges: Jacqueline Bishop, John Robert Lee, and Lasana Sekou

 

Fiction

First Prize: Mark Ramsay
Second Prize: Gabrielle Bellot
Judges: Colin Channer, Curdella Forbes, and Tiphanie Yanique

 

2014     

Poetry

First Prize: Mario A. Ariza 
Second Prize: Shivanee Ramlochan
Judges: Vahni Capildeo, Anthony Joseph, and Jane King

 

Fiction

First Prize: Damian Femi Rene
Second Prize: Nova Gordon-Bell
Judges: Ifeona H Fulani, Patricia Powell, and Lawrence Scott

 

2013     

Poetry

First Prize: Vladimir Lucien 
Second Prize: Ruel Johnson
Judges: Easton Lee, Paul Keens-Douglas, and Pam Mordecai

 

Fiction

First Prize: Ruel Johnson 
Second Prize: Lesley-Ann Wallis
Judges: Caryl Phillips, Olive Senior, and Jan Lowe Shinebourne

 

2012     

Poetry

First Prize: Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
Second Prize: Lynn Sweeting
Judges: Kendel Hippolyte, Mervyn Morris, and Opal Palmer Adisa

 

Fiction

First Prize: Sharon Millar 
Second Prize: Alexia Arthurs
Judges: Thomas Glave, Oonya Kempadoo, and Elizabeth Nunez

 

2011    

Poetry 

(two first place winners)
First Prize: Sonia Farmer
First Prize: Danielle McShine
Judges: Fred D'Aguiar, Cyril Dabydeen, and Shara McCallum

 

Fiction

First Prize: Barbara Jenkins 
Second Prize: Heidi N. Holde
Judges: Erna Brodber, Zee Edgell, and Robert Antoni

 

2010     

Poetry

First Prize: Lauren Alleyne 
Second Prize: Ishion Hutchinson 
Judges: Kwame Dawes, Ramabai Espinet, and Kei Miller

 

Fiction

First Prize: Stephen Narain
Second Prize: Andrea Shaw 
Judges: Merle Hodge, Marlon James, and Shani Mootoo

 

2009     

Poetry

First Prize: Monica Minott
Second Prize: Tanya Shirley 
Judges: Edward Baugh, Lorna Goodison, and Mark McWatt

 

Fiction

First Prize: Ashley Rousseau
Second Prize: Alake Pilgrim
Judges: Garfield Ellis, Geoffrey Philp, and Merle Collins