CALL FOR NOMINATIONS IS OPEN UNTIL June 30th, 2024

It’s your chance to join us in honoring the best among us to celebrate our cultural heritage and more in 2024!

GCA 2024 RECOGNITIONS: AWARDS AND PRIZES

GCA's 2024 Theme: Hope Harmony Continuity

Request for Nominations

The Godfrey Chin Prizes for Heritage Journalism

The Godfrey Chin Prize for Heritage Journalism, administered by the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc., was established in 2011.  It is inspired by Godfrey Chin’s indefatigable efforts to study and to celebrate Guyana’s rich cultural heritage and creativity.   The prize has been established to encourage and to reward writers whose published works promote understanding and appreciation of the diverse strands of Guyanese heritage and contribute to celebrating the commonalities that connect the people of Guyana.

In 2024, $1000 will be distributed in prizes.   This amount will be divided among first-($500.), 

second-($300.) and third-($200.) placed winners.

Nominations are invited from Guyanese at home or in the diaspora.  Individuals are encouraged to submit their own entries.

NOMINATIONS GUIDELINES

  • All submissions must have been published in one of the following media formats:

          (a) a Guyanese newspaper or magazine or on the newspaper or magazine’s web site; 

          (b) a blog series; (d) a Facebook group or other web-based platform.

  • Nominations may include a single story, a related series of stories (of which at least half of the individual stories must have been published) or up to three unrelated stories.
  • Columns, editorials, commentaries and “letters to the editor” are eligible.

TO COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A NOMINATION FORM

Please fill out the form below.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONSJune 30, 2024.

 

Completing a Nomination
Focus on the selection criteria that describe the nominee’s contribution. Be specific and concise. Submit 100 or more words but do not exceed 500. Assume the review committee knows nothing about the nominee. Provide a photograph with your form. Submissions in the format of a Curriculum Vitae or Résumés will not be accepted.

NOMINATION DEADLINE is on or before June 30, 2024.
SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE FROM NOMINATIONS RECEIVED ON TIME AND THAT ARE COMPLETE.
It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that the nomination is complete.

IMPORTANT
Please e-mail the photograph in the JPEG format as a separate attachment to: AwardsNominations@guyfolkfest.org and reference your nominee’s name for our information.
  

Your questions about GCA 2024 Recognitions: Awards and Prizes can be sent to email address: awardsnominations@guyfolkfest.org

Congratulations to the 2022 and all other winners of the Guyana Cultural Association of New York Awards