JCDC tours northern Jamaica - With creative writing exhibition shows

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Delroy Gordon (left), executive director (acting) JCDC, greets Edward Baugh, professor emeritus of English at the University of the West Indies, during a Creative Writing Awards Ceremony held recently. - Contributed photos



Guests at the 2012 Creative Writing Awards Ceremony view the award-winning pieces on display.
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The [color:dabe=blue !important][color:dabe=blue !important]Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has been capturing Jamaican literary expressions for half a century, encouraging amateur and professional writers to sharpen their skills in Standard English or Jamaican Dialect.The Jamaican dilemma and experiences are encouraged and are reflected in the contents which are submitted in the Annual JCDC Creative Writing Competition, which are later displayed across [color:dabe=blue !important][color:dabe=blue !important]the [color:dabe=blue !important]island.
The Creative Writing Exhibition continues in a travelling showcase of the 2012 works islandwide, in celebration of the JCDC's 50th anniversary. The Creative Writing Exhibition will be on show at the parish library in the following parishes: St James, April 5-20; Trelawny, April 23 - May 7, and St Ann, May 29-June 29, 2013.
Poetry, short stories, novels, essays and plays are entered each year in the Creative Writing Competition and awarded medals, trophies, certificates of merits, and other prizes. A major component of the competition is the islandwide tour that the award-winning works are taken on. The writers can take pride in that their pieces are being displayed across the [color:dabe=blue !important][color:dabe=blue !important]island for members of the public to view and benefit from their talents.
According to Andrew Brodber, subject specialist for speech, drama and literary arts, "Participants are encouraged to consider the exposure that can be garnered from the exhibition of new works displayed for the viewing of both local and international publishers which will increase the prospects of publication and performance usage, and we invite as many [color:dabe=blue !important][color:dabe=blue !important]Jamaicans as possible to enter the JCDC Creative Writing Competition."
The closing deadline for entries in this year's Creative Writing Competition is Monday, June 24, 2013. Entry forms are available at the JCDC head office, 3-5 Phoenix Avenue, parish offices islandwide, or on the JCDC

Opal Palmer Adisa

Jamaica (1954 - )
Here is one of my favourite writer and poet her name Opal Palmer Ive read all her books check these out
Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaica-born writer, artist and teacher. Since 1993, Opal Palmer Adisa has taught literature and ethnic studies at several colleges.

Bake Face (1989) A collection of stories by Opal Palmer Adisa

Fiction. African American Studies. BAKEFACE AND OTHER GUAVA STORIES is the fi rst title in Mango Publishing's new Classic Series, which will bring back into print tried and tested quality fi ction with an international reputation. This established collection is made up of four Jamaican stories: `Bake-Face', `Duppy Get Her', `Me Man Angel' and `Widow's Walk'. Adisa won the 1987 Pushcart Prize award for the short story, `Duppy Get Her'. An important thematic thread running through the stories is woman's relationship with self, woman's relationships with one another and with men, community, motherhood, hope, emptiness and power. Marginalised by both patriarchal and imperial structures, these women have, in effect, been victimised into a kind of voicelessness which Adisa subverts through her writing. In the stories, Adisa develops a new language to give voice to her women characters. Hers is a voice speaking from within the community, though the narrative is frequently focalised through the protagonist's consciousness. "Solid, visceral, important stories written with integrity and love"--Alice Walker. Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaica-born novelist, poet, essayist, children's book author, visual artist, storyteller and teacher. Though she has lived in the United States since age 16, Adisa's work is rooted in Caribbean landscapes.

Traveling Women (1989)
A collection of stories by Opal Palmer Adisa and Devorah Major

Leaf-of-life (1996) A collection of poems by Opal Palmer Adisa