By Miranda La Rose
Publication is a major concern as there is no local printing press that a writer could readily approach, according to winners of the 2023 Guyana Prize for Literature.
This is the consensus of five-time winner of the Guyana Prize for Literature, Drama, Harold Bascom; winner of the 2023 poetry award Ruth Osman; and two-time winner of the Youth Category Short Story Samir Mohammed in interviews this past week. This sentiment was also expressed in earlier interviews with winner of the 2023 non-fiction award Dr Estherine Adams and winner of the 2023 fiction award author/journalist Michael Jordan.
With the exception of Osman, the others submitted their work in manuscript or book manuscript forms and are looking for publishers.
