THE TOP SPOT at the Frank Collymore Literary Awards went to Hazel Simmons McDonald on January 5, 2019.
Simmons-McDonald, a retired University of the West Indies professor and poet, took second place in the 2018 competition. She won for her manuscript A Collection of Short Stories.
For the third time in its twenty-one-year history, the committee decided not to award a first prize from the shortlist.
Performer and poet Sonia Williams, for the second year running, took third place with her poetry manuscript On Livity.