We have had a marvellous year and it has been very difficult indeed to choose the shortlist for the 2018 JRLJ awards. The submissions until December 2018 having been closed and deliberated on, we are pleased to announce our shortlist as follows, in no particular order. The winners will be declared in early November 2018, the prize being adjudicated by award winning authors Victor Rangel-Ribeiro and Roanna Gonsalves, and scholar Cielo G. Festino of the Universidade Paulista, São Paulo. The two winners will receive a cash prize of Rs 10,000 each and an invitation to attend a presentation at GALF 2018. One winner will be published in The Goan newspaper. All shortlisted submissions will feature in the print anthology 2018 or subsequent editions. JRLJ reserves the right to alter the outcomes should circumstances change. Please note some of these articles will not appear online but only in the print anthology. Brief extracts will appear in the December issue 2018.
You can view the shortlisted writers here: https://selma-carvalho.squarespace.com/ The Joao-Roque Literary Journal nurtures and provides a platform for Goan and Goa-centric short and longform narrative writing. You can write to me to find out how you can support this important platform. Best wishes, Selma Carvalho Editor
