Jamaican Voice

  • The Archive

    List of Caribbean/International Creative Writing Competitions (Now & Then) Non-Restrictive Writing Competitions (Past & Present) Deadline Competition Link Status February 15, 2022 Caribbean Magazine Plus (CMP) Short Story Contest http://www.caribmagplus.com/short-story-contest-eligibility-rules/ Closed May 25, 2022 Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF) competition https://www.birdscaribbean.org/2022/04/calling-all-caribbean-nationals-we-are-hosting-a-story-poetry-competition/ Closed September 24, 2022 Booksie 2022 Short Story Competition https://theplazaprizes.com/competition/sudden-fiction/ Closed November 1, 2022 Commonwealth Short…


  • Godforsaken Globalization

    By Natalia Downer “Create and Celebrate or be Cast Aside?” – Godforsaken Globalization Photo by Ravi Kant: https://www.pexels.com/photo/word-define-on-spelling-dictionary-page-5929346/ There is a conversation going around concerning the issue of the modernization of cultures – which came as a result of globalization – destroying tradition. One source specifically tackles this conversation, paying close attention to novels written…


  • The Purpose

    By Natalia Downer “Create and Celebrate or be Cast Aside?” – an Introduction There is a very unfortunate misunderstanding – as I like to put it – that is tangled in the meaning of ‘Jamaican’. It is a misunderstanding that has been uprooting the individuality of each and every Jamaican, devaluing/ undermining the individual experience.…


  • MP: Miska G.

    “… this volume is but the beginning of a new set of conversations.” Matthew K. Gold, Introduction: The Digital Humanities Moment

    MP: Miska G.