Ben Stubenberg
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In 2011 Ben Stubenberg quit his job as a Department of Defense threat analyst and moved to the Turks and Caicos Islands. The 180 move had been a long time coming—almost a half-century since he had lived in on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. As a private pilot back then, Ben took the opportunity to visit just about every island in the Caribbean and later spent months in Martinique and Haiti. These days, he writes feature articles for the Times of the Islands and Turks & Caicos Sun that chronicle the rich history, remarkable people, and unfolding developments in the Caribbean region. Female pirates, African swimmers, Haitian gangs, desperate migrants, sunken treasures, local heroes, and Jamaican bobsledders—that's his beat and what gets him out of bed in the morning. Growing up in Hawaii, Norway, California, as well as the Caribbean, Ben learned to move easily between diverse cultures—often as an outsider looking in, sometimes as an insider granted access to tell a story that shakes the soul.
Website: https://www.benstubenberg.com
Winning Entry: The Jamaican Bobsled Captain
Contest Won: North Street Book Prize 2025, First Prize
