Rémy Ngamije and Mac Donald Dixon were revealed to be judges at the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023 today, September 1, 2022. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English in the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Each of these […]
The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2021 were announced on August 9 and August 14, 2021. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF), founded in 2019, is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet. It is designed to facilitate vibrant […]
Canisia Lubrin has been announced the winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and the Joseph-S.-Stauffer Prize in literature. It has been an amazing year for St Lucia-born, Canada-based writer, critic, professor, poet and editor Canisia Lubrin. Her debut poetry collection Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn, 2017) was followed by The Dyzgraphxst (McClelland & […]
Canisia Lubrin was announced the winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2021 on Sunday, April 24, 2021. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first presented in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction — both novels […]
Maisy Card, Andre Bagoo, and Canisia Lubrin make up the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2021 shortlist announced on Sunday, March 28, 2021. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first presented in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry; […]
There are five writers of African descent on the Windham-Campbell Prize 2021 list announced on March 22, 2021. The Windham-Campbell Prize was established in 2013 with a gift from the late Donald Windham in memory of his partner of 40 years, Sandy M. Campbell. English language writers from anywhere in the world are nominated confidentially […]
