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Wadadli Pen: 2024 Writing Challenge

*Open to residents of Antigua and Barbuda only*

We want it all – we want to laugh, we want to cry, we want to get angry, we want to channel the things that make us angry, we want to feel, we want to connect, we want to communicate. The thing we would say to hopefuls as we enter the 20th year since Wadadli Pen first launched, and launch the 2024 Challenge season, is don’t forget that story is a spectrum. As many colours and angles of light as there are in nature, more can exist in story; so imagine something new and particularly you. That’s what we want.

The submission window is now open and will remain so until February 16th 2024. We hope you’ve been writing all along but, if you haven’t, now’s the time to tell your story. Write from within you and your world.

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Enquiries about submissions should be directed to Wadadli Pen. Please always refer to their website for complete details and information.

Please note, this competition is run by Wadadli Pen not the Commonwealth Foundation.