by Bajan Reporter / February 19th, 2021
Linda M. Deane took the $10,000 top prize at the 23rd Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Competition. Her collection of poems, “
An Ocean Away; My Mother Smiling: Tales of Migration and Memory” beat out more than 60 other entries to take the top spot in the long-running Central Bank of Barbados-sponsored writing contest.
Deane’s win was announced during a virtual awards ceremony that featured readings from the top four finalists. Poets swept the top spots, with second prize being awarded jointly to Carlyon Blackman for her anthology, “All Oppression is Connected” and
Jacinth Howard for her collection “The Mother Island”. Blackman and Howard each received
Deane takes top literary prize worth $10 000
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Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Competition.
Her collection of poems,
An Ocean Away; My Mother Smiling: Tales of Migration and Memory beat out more than 60 other entries to take the top spot in the long-running Central Bank of Barbados-sponsored writing contest.
Deane’s win was announced during a virtual awards ceremony on Sunday that featured readings from the top four finalists. Poets swept the top spots, with second prize being awarded jointly to Carlyon Blackman for her anthology,
All Oppression Is Connected and Jacinth Howard for her collection
The Mother Island.
Blackman and Howard each received $5,000. No third prize was awarded due to the second-place tie. Zoanne Evans received the