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The Podcast
Welcome, listeners and viewers, to the She and I Show where my mother (Stephanie) and I (Natalia) are going to discuss our opinions on a topic and then never return to it again…I mean maybe we will, you never know. Our first topic: Jamaican Voices Real and/or Imagined – The Freedom to Create and be…
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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…
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A Story Rewritten
by Natalia Downer Below – and how it pains me so – I have attached a short story that I had begun writing for the PSCCA Short Story competition, only to later read the fine print and realize that, in order to actually have a chance of winning at all – not by my craft…
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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…
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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.…
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Research Presentation – Natalia D.
Check out my Research presentation below where I analyze the digital platforms utilized by @MadisynBrown and @rachelwrites on YouTube.
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Modeled Task: Interview – Natalia D.
Transcription of 5 minute excerpt (6:57 – 12:28) below: Natalia Downer (Interviewer): Did you think about having your book published here in Jamaica? Or elsewhere? Stephanie Downer (Interviewee): Hm. I was thinking about [nervous chuckling] — having it published elsewhere I guess. [Combined laughter] And do you have a reason for that? No, to be…
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TikTok Modeled Task – Natalia D.
“What Makes a Caribbean Writer?” By: Natalia Downer
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Modeled Writing Task#2 – Natalia D.
<Program>: Jamaican/Caribbean Short Story Competition [sic] [System Failure] By: Natalia Downer Thank you for your interest in the [REDACTED] Creative Writing Short Story Competition; please be advised that this competition is only open to students currently registered with the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, who are in good financial standing with the university;…
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MP: Natalia D
Hello readers. My Name is Natalia Downer, a final year student at the University of the West Indies Mona, pursuing a degree in Writing, Literature and Publishing. I am taking the course LITS3604 in order to deepen my appreciation for the cohesiveness of individual minds, as well as to strengthen my own voice, gaining enough…
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