OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
Annual literary award
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, inaugurated in 2011 by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest,[1] is an annual literary award for books by Caribbean writers published in the previous year.[2] It is the only prize in the region that is open to works of different literary genres by writers of Caribbean birth or citizenship.[3]
Awarded forBooks by Caribbean writers
Sponsored byOne Caribbean Media
LocationTrinidad and Tobago
Presented byNGC Bocas Lit Fest
| OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Books by Caribbean writers |
| Sponsored by | One Caribbean Media |
| Location | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Presented by | NGC Bocas Lit Fest |
| First award | 2011 |
| Website | bocaslitfest |
The prize is sponsored by One Caribbean Media Ltd (OCM) and the overall winner is awarded US$10,000.[2] The shortlisted nominees are awarded $3,000 each. Books may be entered in three categories: poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction.[2]
For each of these categories, there is a panel of three judges to select the best book in that genre. These three books form the shortlist for the prize, from which the overall winner is then chosen by a panel of four consisting of the chairs of the category panels and the prize chief judge.
The overall winner of the prize is announced at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Winners and longlisted nominees
| Year | Winner | Work | Longlisted nominees | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Derek Walcott | White Egrets (poetry) |
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| 2012 | Earl Lovelace | Is Just a Movie (fiction) |
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| 2013 | Monique Roffey | Archipelago (fiction) |
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| 2014 | Robert Antoni | As Flies to Whatless Boys (fiction) |
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[15][16] |
| 2015 | Vladimir Lucien | Sounding Ground (poetry) |
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[17][18] |
| 2016 | Olive Senior | The Pain Tree (fiction) |
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| 2017 | Kei Miller | Augustown (fiction) |
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[22][23][24][25] |
| 2018 | Jennifer Rahim | Curfew Chronicles (fiction) |
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[26][27][28] |
| 2019 | Kevin Adonis Browne | High Mas (non-fiction) |
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| 2020 | Richard Georges | Epiphaneia (poetry) |
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| 2021 | Canisia Lubrin | The Dyzgraphxst (poetry) |
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| 2022 | Celeste Mohammed | Pleasantview (fiction) |
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[41][42] |
| 2023 | Ayanna Lloyd Banwo | When We Were Birds (fiction) |
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[43] |
| 2024 | Safiya Sinclair | How to Say Babylon (non-fiction) |
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[44][45][46] |
| 2025 | Myriam J. A. Chancy | Village Weavers (fiction) |
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[47][48] |
| 2026 | Tessa McWatt | The Snag: A Mother, a Forest, and Wild Grief (non-fiction) |
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[49][50] |