December 3, 2024
We are so delighted to have met new young poets in this year’s CMP poetry contest. All of them are eloquent and hungry for the arts.
This is what we endeavour to do at CMP and Arawak Media. We want to inspire a new generation of cultural artisans. We are proud to know we have inspired them to do more in the way of culture and the arts. Our job feels complete when we hear from them and hear how shocked they are to have their talents and skills recognized. They all feel encouraged.
This is what makes keeping CMP running so worthwhile and it is why we got into running this magazine in the first place. It is all about the Caribbean and Central American talent.
We believe in them. We will continue to do our best to help them shine and feel pride in their efforts.
Congratulations to the winners this year 2024. May this recognition serve to continue enhancing the Literature and Culture of the Caribbean and Central American area. Likewise, I congratulate Caribbean Magazine Plus for such a laudable effort to promote poetry and locate new values that emerge from the popular core of the Region. Congratulations again to CMP, and to the favored poets.
Participating poet, Raúl Ignacio José Arana Irías.