
Photo credit: Suzie Benjamin. Posted on Instagram by Diana McCaulay with the following note: A bird that builds rafts. I think this is the nest of a pied-billed grebe, or diver, with a single egg. I stand to be corrected by bird experts. Taken at the Mona Reservoir yesterday. A small waterbird builds this elaborate construction on water using only its beak and then floats nearby, guarding, until the egg hatches. Respect.
- The prompt for our fifteenth issue is the precarity, fragility and vulnerability felt by the microstates of the Caribbean and others in the face of the global wars rapidly reshaping our world. Translate this into poetry, song, story, essay, image-based work, video, any format that can be accommodated on our platform and submit your work by March 31. Please note that submissions are open only for Caribbean-related content, authors with some connection to the Caribbean, and the seed awardees of our sponsor, the Prince Claus Fund.
- Exceptionally, PREE will be awarding the three most outstanding submissions with awards in the sum of USD1000 (or the equivalent in JMD) for first place, USD750 for second place and USD500 for third place.
