Who won in 2004?

Prize donors, Culture and Education officials with some of the 2004 winners (standing from left S. Hunte, L. Lawrence, G. George, L. Nicholson's mom, D. Tabor)

*In addition to prizes mentioned, all winners received a certificate from the YE WYPP team.

Honourable Mention – General:

Liscia Lawrence, 16, Clare Hall Secondary School, for her story The Day I Saw Evil.

Prize Package:

• CD (Alicia Keys) – King Progress

Sienna K. Margrie Hunt, 13, CKHS, for her story Nuclear Family Explosion.

Prize Package:

• $75 gift certificate – Exotic Antigua

Damani Tabor, 18, Hatton, for his story Irate Beggar.

Prize Package:

• CD (Mario Winans) and poetry book – King Progress

Best Under-12 Writer:

Verdanci Benta, 11, Golden Grove Primary, for her story Shirley’s New Roommate.

Prize Package:

•  Three book gift set – S E James (author of Tragedy on Emerald Island, A Narrow Escape, Kidnapped at the Beach)
• $50 voucher – Bailey’s Jewellery
• Movie ticket – Deluxe
• Gift certificate – Cushion Club

TOP THREE WRITERS

Third Place:

Verdanci Benta, 11, Golden Grove Primary, for her story Shirley’s New Roommate.

Prize Package:

• EC $150 – Anicol
• Three months free Internet – Cable & Wireless
• Under the Calabash Tree – Leon ‘Chaku’ Symester (author)
• Pendant – Antigua Jewellers
• Two movie tickets – Deluxe
• EC $100 – D. Gisele Isaac

Second Place:

Lia Nicholson, 15, Putney School, VT, USA – formerly of Sunnyside Tutorial, for her story Tekin’ ahn Dey.

Prize Package:

•  Two Caribbean Star tickets
• Three months free Internet – Cable and Wireless
• $300 gift certificate – Benetton
• Three book gift package – The Map Shop
• Pen – Howell Jewellers
•  Under the Calabash Tree (book) – King Progress
•  Two movie tickets – Deluxe

Winner:

Gemma George, 18, Antigua State College student, for her story Stray Dog Prepares for the Storm.

Prize Package:

Gemma with Comnett owner Gerard Shoul collecting her prize.

• Computer, printer, and other accessories – Comnett
•  Two tickets to Costa Rica – BWIA
• Engraved pen – Antigua Jewellers
•  Three months free internet – Cable and Wireless
• 1 Movie ticket – Deluxe
•  Under the Calabash Tree – Leon ‘Chaku’ Symester (author)
• $100 gift certificate – The Best of Books
• Dancing Nude in the Moonlight – Joanne C. Hillhouse (author)