WHO WON IN 2015?

Wadadli Pen’s 2015 Challenge was a Winner Takes All Flash Fiction Challenge. And the Winner is…

MARGARET IRISH, for her story JUSTICE

Trivia: Irish was also the 2014 winner of the Wadadli Pen Lead by Example Teachers’ Prize.

Prizes:

Name added to the annual Challenge trophy, winners’ certificate courtesy Wadadli Pen & the Best of Books

$500 cash – anonymous donor

Gavinia Michael representing Flow, presented a $500 gift certificate on behalf of the company and assisted with the presentation of other prizes to winner Margaret Irish.

Gift certificate valued at $500 for books sponsored by FLOW

Gift basket from Raw Island Products

Matching Journal and Notebook Set contributed by Art at the Ridge

Books courtesy CODE, sponsors of the Burt Award for Teen/Young Adult Caribbean Fiction & Bocas, administrators of the award – includes 2014 Burt Award Winning Titles All Over Again by A-dZiko Simba Gegele, Musical Youth by Joanne C. Hillhouse, and Inner City Girl by Colleen Smith Dennis

BEST OF BOOKS PICKS

Best of Books, a longtime partner and patron of Wadadli Pen decided to offer some special gifts to other promising young writers from this year’s entries. These receive certificates and book prizes sponsored by the store, as well as gifts contributed by Art at the Ridge, and 2014 Burt Award winning titles contributed by CODE. They are…

OLSFRED JAMES, author of GET SET, GO…

JUDAH CHRISTIAN, author of JUDAH AND HIS FRIENDS SAVE THE DAY

ONDREJ AUSTIN-MCDONALD, author of an untitled entry

AVRIEL WALTERS, author of TEENAGERS

MELICIA MCCALMON, author of THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO ST. JOHN’S

Photo courtesy of Barbara Arrindell of the Best of Books.