Roland Watson-Grant: Caribbean Winner, 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Jamaican author Roland Watson-Grant is the Caribbean Winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, with “The Disappearance of Mumma Dell”
his winning story of a matriarch’s funeral gone awry, a missing body, a forbidden pear tree and a community under threat is told through the eyes of a teenager. The 2021 overall winner will be announced during an award ceremony at 1:00pm BST on June 30, 2021.
The Commonwealth Foundation today announces the regional winners of the world’s most global literary prize. Jamaican author Roland Watson-Grant has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story competition (Caribbean) for his story ‘The Disappearance of Mumma Dell’.
Jamaican author Roland Watson-Grant has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story competition (Caribbean) for his story ‘The Disappearance of Mumma Dell’.
The 48-year-old
Jamaica author in line for Commonwealth Award
Article by May 12, 2021
Jamaican author Roland Watson-Grant has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story competition (Caribbean) for his story The Disappearance of Mumma Dell. The Commonwealth Foundation made the announcement today.
The 48-year-old Jamaican author beat off competition from a strong field of shortlisted entrants including fellow Jamaican Sharma Taylor, Heather Barker from Barbados and Andre Bagoo and Rashad Hosein from Trinidad and Tobago to become the Caribbean winner. He will go through to the final round of judging and the overall winner will be announced on June 30.
In Watson-Grant’s story, a matriarch’s funeral gets derailed just before her body goes missing, causing panic in a rural Jamaican district that is itself in danger of vanishing from the map.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 Malaysian writer Ling Low’s short fiction titled Weeds was among 25 out of a total 6,423 entries from 50 countries shortlisted for this year's Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The annual competition is organised by the Commonwealth Foundation and awarded to the best.