The following is the full text of the brief address delivered by Lisa Allen-Agostini, chief judge for the 11-15 panel in the Write Start National Essay Writing Contest, at the prize-giving ceremony, held at the bMobile box at the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday 16 December 2021. Also in attendance …
Read More »TV6 ME: Making the Write Start; on Wired868’s $26,000 essay writing contest
Patron Sean Powder and Wired868 copy editor Earl Best talk to the TV6 Morning Edition show about the Wired868 Write Start, which offers TT$26,000 in cash prizes to students aged between 11 and 18. Click HERE to find out how to enter the Write Start contest. More from Wired868 Best: …
Read More »In Memoriam: A celebration of the life and work of iconic folklorist, Al Ramsawack
“[…] Al Ramsawack’s stories gave extensive life to the details of jumbies, Papa Bois, soucouyants, Lagahoo, Mama D’Lo, douens, jins, bhutes, La Diablesse and other characters that populate the region’s folk tales and oral histories. He also published fictional narratives that include the much cherished Monkey Polo and Sly Mongoose. …
Read More »$26,000 at stake in Wired868’s new Write Start contest for secondary school students
Got a teenager at home? Think (s)he has a novel or a short story nestling at the back of his/her head just waiting to get out? And what of teenagers in general? Agree that they have lost a lot of the skills that adolescents in your time had, including critical …
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