Who Won in 2011?

Congrats to all the winners!

Thanks to all partners and sponsors.

Admittedly, we’d still love to see more entries, and this was a tough year for attracting prizes, but we got some really quality pieces(read and see for yourself), and we tried to evenly distribute what we were able to attract (weighing in sponsor preferences) and keeping in mind that the prizes are an incentive not the point of creating.

In addition to prizes mentioned, all winners receive a certificate from the Wadadli Pen team; plus the Challenge plaque, sponsored by Best of Books, has been emblazoned with the winner’s name and will hang in the store until it is updated with the next winner’s name.

VISUAL ART AWARDS

First Placed:

Hudle Jennings
for illustration of Sands and Butterflies story (writer: Devra Thomas)

Prize Package –

• Art Camp scholarship – Edison Arts
• EC$250 – Caribbean Alliance  Insurance Company Ltd.
• Hula Girl (framed art piece) – Jennifer Meranto

Second Placed:

Hudle Jennings
for illustration of The Curse of the Kumina (writer: Shakeema Edwards)

Prize Package –

• EC$125 – Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company Ltd.
• Books –
• All That Glitters is Not Gold – Marcel Marshall (author)
• The Boy from Willow Bend –
  Joanne C. Hillhouse (author)
• The Scarlet Letter (author: Nathaniel Hawthorne – audio book) – the Best of Books

Third Placed:

Freya Platts-Costeloe
(8, Island Academy) for illustration of The Scary Story (writer: Zuri Holder)

Prize Package –

• Art camp scholarship – Edison Arts
• EC$75 – Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company Ltd.
• Freedom (framed art piece)
  – Jennifer Meranto
• Art project books – The Best of Books
• A children’s music CD –
  Joanne C. Hillhouse

LITERARY ARTS AWARDS

12 and Under

First Placed:

The Lost Coin
by Orique Gordon (11, Minoah Magnet Academy)

Prize Package –

• EC$150 – Caribbean Alliance  Insurance Company Ltd.
• A selection of children’s books and gifts – The Best of Books
• Boat Boys (framed art piece) – Jennifer Meranto
• Party gift certificate – K & E Party Time

Second Placed:

The Scary Night
by Zuri Holder (10, Sunnyside
Tutorial)

Prize Package –

• EC$75 – Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company Ltd.
• A selection of children’s books and gifts – The Best of Books
• Book – Ninth Ward – Jewell Parker Rhodes (author)

Third Placed:

Mongoose in the Hole
by Keillia Mentor (10, Buckley’s Primary)

Prize Package –

• EC$75 – Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company Ltd.
• A selection of children’s books and gifts – The Best of Books
• Book – Ninth Ward – Jewell Parker Rhodes (author)

13 to 17

First Placed:

The Legend of Banana Boy
by Chatrisse Beazer (16, Princess Margaret School)

Prize Package –

• EC$350 (and miscellaneous gifts) – ABI Insurance
• Books – Turn Thanks (author: Lorna Goodison) & Prospero’s Daughter (author: Elizabeth Nunez) – Antigua and Barbuda International   Literary Festival

Second Placed:

The Curse of the Kumina by Shakeema Edwards
(17, Antigua State College)

Prize Package –

• EC$250 (and miscellaneous gifts) – ABI Insurance
• Books – Turn Thanks
  (author: Lorna Goodison) & Prospero’s Daughter (author: Elizabeth
  Nunez) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival

Third Placed:

Pre School Days
by Ardis Lavelle (17, Antigua State College)

Prize Package –

• EC$150 (and miscellaneous gifts) – ABI Insurance
• Books – Turn Thanks (author: Lorna Goodison) & Prospero’s Daughter (author: Elizabeth Nunez) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival
• Book – All that Glitters is not Gold – Marcel Marshall (author)

18 to 35

First Placed:

Sands and Butterflies by Devra Thomas

Prize Package –

• EC$150 (and miscellaneous gifts) – ABI Insurance
• EC$150 – D. Gisele Isaac
• Books – Sugar (author: Bernice McFadden) & Selected Poems (author: Lorna Goodison) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival

Second Placed:

Cocos Nucifera
by S A Dixon

Prize Package –

• EC$100 – D. Gisele Isaac
• Valise – Benetton
• Books – Sugar (author: Bernice McFadden) & Selected Poems (author: Lorna Goodison) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival

Third Placed:

Market Day
by Latisha Walker-Jacobs

Prize Package –

• EC$100 (and miscellaneous gifts) – ABI Insurance
• Vegetable Stand (framed art piece) – Jennifer Meranto
• Books – Sugar (author: Bernice McFadden) & Selected Poems (author: Lorna Goodison) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival

OVERALL WINNERS

First Placed:

Sands and Butterflies by Devra Thomas

Prize Package –

• Trophy – ABI Insurance
• EC$500 – International Women’s Club of Antigua and Barbuda
• Books –
• The Caribbean Writer 2010 Edition & The Boy from Willow Bend – Joanne C. Hillhouse (author)
• Pink Teacups and Blue Dresses & Through the Window – Floree Williams (author)

Second Placed (tie):

The Lost Coin
by Orique Gordon

Prize Package –

• EC$175 – Frank B. Armstrong/Seven Seas
• A children’s music CD – Joanne C. Hillhouse
• Books – Captain’s Courageous (author: Rudyard Kipling – audio book)

Second Placed (tie):

The Curse of the Kumina
by Shakeema Edwards

Prize Package –

• EC$175 – Frank B. Armstrong/Seven Seas
• Book – Anna in-Between (author: Elizabeth Nunez) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival

Third Placed:

The Legend of Banana Boy by Chatrisse Beazer

Prize Package –

• EC$150 – Frank B. Armstrong/Seven Seas
• Book – Anna in-Between (author: Elizabeth Nunez) – Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival