Below, in alphabetical order, are the poets and short fiction writers shortlisted for the 2010 Small Axe Literary Competition. The announcement of the winners, whose work will be published in Small Axe 35, and information about our 2010 judges, can be found on our Literary Competition Page.

Poetry

Lauren Alleyne

Adriana Garriga-López

C.E. Huggins 

Ishion Hutchinson

Simone Leid               

Lorne Matthews

Lynn Sweeting           

Short Fiction

Keisha-Gaye Anderson – “Reunion”             

Denise Donnette Dennis – “Me, Mi Gal Pickney and Law and Order”                   

Emille Hunt – “Return of the Dragon”                      

Angela Ohri – “Smiling Faces”                     

Stephen Narain – “Battie Boy”

Kim Robinson – “The Waiting”

Sandra Sealy – “Anansi and the Cou Cou Stick”      

Andrea Shaw – “Dieu est Mon Pilote à Tanqueray”

Below, in alphabetical order, are the poets and short fiction writers shortlisted for the 2009 Small Axe Literary Competition. The announcement of the winners, whose work was published in Small Axe 32, and information about our 2009 judges, can be found on our Literary Competition Page.

Poetry

Danielle Boodoo-Fortune      

Delores Gauntlett       

Ishion Hutchinson      

Ann-Margaret Lim     

Monica Minott           

Damian Renee

Tanya Shirley 

Obediah Michael Smith         

Short Fiction

Rhoda Bharath – “Before I Dead”

Joy Campbell – “Discarded”

Ariane Cruz – “Sodade”

Emille Hunt – “Learning to Fly”

Alake Pilgrim – “Dancing with a Ball of Light

Ashley Rousseau – “The Colour of Green Lizards”