They announced the shortlists for the Guyana Prize for Literature two weeks ago, with only two books contending in the fiction category, no work found to be suitable in the poetry category, and only one work -- the automatic winner (now revealed as: Chaitaram Singh's The Flower Envoy) getting a 'Best First Book of Fiction' nod.
As Stabroek News now report, Ruel Johnson wins Guyana Prize for Best Book of Fiction as his Collected Fictions took that prize.
As Stabroek News now report, Ruel Johnson wins Guyana Prize for Best Book of Fiction as his Collected Fictions took that prize.