Regulations

1.1. Choice of prize-winning author and work

- An author who clearly demonstrates an open Caribbeaness – tribute to a distinguished servant of fine Caribbean literature.

- A work in which differences are transcended and the logics, languages and imaginative worlds of a common Caribbean identity are explored.

1.2. Role of the jury

The jury receives applications, considers them and classes them.

1.3. 2.5. Submission of applications

Applications will be sent to the President of the jury at the following address: Grand Prix Littéraire du Conseil Régional de la Guadeloupe, Année 2011, Direction de la culture et de la formation artistique, Région Guadeloupe Avenue Paul Lacavé 97100 Basse-Terre Guadeloupe, FWI.

Applications will be sent by the authors themselves or by their publishers, at a date no later than march 1st , 2011.

Applications must include:
• the author’s Curriculum Vitae,
• a short presentation of his/her body of works,
• a complete list of his/her works, with publishing references for each work,
• a list of the his/her works translated into French, if such is the case,
• a list of his/her works translated into any language besides French, if such is the case.

The application must include a copy of the work that the author considers to be most representative of his/her creative activity, in terms of both theme and form. Copies may be sent in the original language or in a translated version.

 

1.4. 2.6. Prize money

The Regional Council of Guadeloupe Grand Prize for Caribbean Literature is endowed with a a financial envelope.