THE SLUDTERA LITERARY ARTS AWARDS
A Quest to Find the next St. Lucian Nobel Laureate in Literature
About
This initiative was created by SLUDTERA Founder & CEO, Michelle N. Samuel who is herself a published author of Poetry in the United States. She is also a Junior Judge of the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition and has been since 2018. In 2019 she received a royal invitation to Buckingham Palace by the late Queen Elizabeth, to attend the grand award ceremony of the highest achievers in the Commonwealth - the Junior gold and senior gold Commonwealth winners.
Awardees
Events
The students who participated in the 2024 Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition recognized and rewarded with prizes and certificates. Thanks to our sponsors; MNS Consultancy, Songtry, Fortuna Belrose, Domino's Pizza, Subway St. Lucia, Melika Compton, Blue Waters, Melly's Mix It Up, St. Lucia Nobel Laureate Committee, Mergregor
Six students in the junior and senior categories will be recognized at the 6th Annual Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition National Awards, which will be held during the 2024 St. Lucia Nobel Laureate Festival under the theme “Celebrating Excellence: Inspiring our collective imagination; fostering national pride”.
Ten students in the junior and senior categories will be recognized at the 2022 St. Lucia Queen's Commonwealth Essay Awards, which will be held during the 2023 St. Lucia Nobel Laureate Festival under the theme “Celebrating Excellence: Nurturing Our Creativity, Consolidating Our Legacy”.
Students will get to record their entries at Calabash TV Studios, one of our event sponsors. These recordings will be posted on the award website and shared with the general public via our social media pages.
Learning the Fundamentals of Writing - a workshop for the Participation recipient awardees of the 2021 Queen's Commonwealth Essay Awards
We will be hosting the 4th Annual St. Lucia Queen's Commonwealth Essay Awards during the St. Lucia Nobel Laureate Festival, which is being held under the theme "Celebrating Excellence: Facing New Realities, Creating New Modalities".
Donate
Partners
Contact
- Castries, Saint Lucia
