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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022 longlist announced.

OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022 longlist

The longlist for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022, with nine writers with roots in five different Caribbean countries, was announced on February 27, 2022. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011, based in Trinidad […]

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Writers of African descent on US’Aspen Words Literary Prize 2022 longlist.

Writers of African descent on US’ Aspen Words Literary Prize 2022 longlist

There are six writers of African descent on the longlists for the Aspen Words Literary Prize 2022 announced on November 10, 2021. They are Omar El Akkad, Myriam J.A. Chancy, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Jason Mott, and Dawnie Walton. The Aspen Words Literary Prize is an annual award for an influential work of fiction […]