The competition was divided into various categories which included primary school students, high school students and young adults aged 16 – 25. 

In the primary school category, writers were asked “Who is your favourite Jamaican personality and why?”  First place in that category went to: Ceondra Edwards of the Tyrell-Williams Primary, while second place was awarded to Jendayi Omowale of the Tucker-Clarke Primary school. 

In the high school category, participants were asked to: “Discuss your knowledge of Jamaica and its contribution to the Caribbean,” Nicolai Williams of the Charlestown Secondary School captured first place while his school-mate Shannon Morton was second. 

The final category saw writers “Assess the role of Jamaicans in the Caribbean experience of the past 50 years” and was won by Magnus Esdaile, a Washington Archibald High School Graduate, with second place going to Charlestown Secondary High School Graduate Nikki Bussue. 

Other activities planned by JamKitt for their St. Kitts & Nevis based celebrations, include a series of Movie Nights, as follows: 

Thursday, 16 August at 8:00pm: Cloud 9, Port Zante, Basseterre, St. Kitts            

Entrance – $10

Friday, 17 August at 8:00pm: Charlestown Methodist Church Hall, Nevis

Entrance – $10           

Thursday, 23 August at 8:00pm: St. Kitts Movie Finale – Rum Barrel, Port Zante, St. Kitts          

Entrance – Free          

Friday, 24 August at 8:00pm: Nevis Movie Finale – Pas Bar, Nevis Ferry Port

Entrance – Free

The movies plan to be an expose of Jamaican entertainment and Jamaican cultural documentary. The first showings in each island will be of the new life documentary entitled: “Marley.”  The second will be of a Jamaican vintage cinematographic production: “The Harder They Come.”  This will be an interesting mix of what Jamaicans like to call ‘edu-tainment’.