Wordsworth McAndrew Award

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The Wordsworth McAndrew Awards celebrate Guyanese who have made important contributions to the country's cultural life. Awardees' talents include broadcasting, cultural promotion, drama, music, painting, theatre, and writing. The awards, founded in 2002, are presented by the Guyana Folk Festival, a Brooklyn, NY, USA-based organization.

The awards honour Wordsworth McAndrew, one of Guyana's leading folklorists, poets and creative artists.

The 2004 Wordsworth McAndrew Awardees were selected from a list of 150 persons nominated by Guyanese worldwide. The Awards Ceremony took place on 3 September 2004 at the Rose Castle Grand Ballroom in Brooklyn, New York. The 38 awardees were:

• Andre Sobryan - Theatre
• Aubrey Cummings - Music
• Aubrey Williams - Painting
• Basil Hinds - Broadcasting
• Bert Rogers - Music
• Charlie Knights - Music
• Chuck Girard - Music
• Claire Goring - Cultural Promotion
• Clairmonte Taitt - Broadcasting
• Daphne Elaine Rogers - Drama
• David Dabydeen - Writing
• Denis Williams - Painting
• Desiree Edgehill - Drama
• Eddie Hooper - Music
• Eddie Rogers - Music
• Edgar Mittelholzer - Writing
• Henry Muttoo - Theatre
• Henry Rodney -Theatre
• Jan Carew - Writing
• John Agard & Grace Nichols - Writing
• John Rickford - Writing
• Keith Proctor - Music
• Malcolm Hall - Dance
• Marc Matthews - Theatre
• Michael Gilkes - Writing
• Moses Josiah - Music
• Philip Forrester - Music
• Pitra Pyari - Dance
• Rector Schultz - Music
• Romanie Kalicharran - Dance
• Ron Robinson - Theatre
• Rudolph Shaw - Theatre
• Sheik Sadeek - Writing
• Uncle Ramdhani - Music
• Victor Davson - Painting
• Victor Forsythe - Broadcasting
• Wilson Harris - Writing
• Wrickford Dalgetty - Music