Shaquille Warren Wins 2025 First Citizens National Poetry Slam
First Citizens National Poetry Slam
Warren’s performance — raw, deliberate, and heavy with symbolism — earned him the top spot and a TT$50,000 prize. He became the first poet in Slam history to win from the #1 performance slot, and only the fourth to win at their Slam debut. He also joins the ranks of fellow male winners as the seventh male champion.
Haitian Myriam J.A. Chancy wins 2025 OCM Bocas Prize
2025 OCM Bocas Prize Overall Winner
A novel by Haitian-Canadian-American author Myriam J.A. Chancy has won the award for best Caribbean book of the past year.
The 2025 Bocas Lit Fest returns this May with a packed programme!
The 15th Bocas Lit Fest Is “Always Coming Home”
The Bocas Lit Fest returns this May with a packed programme of events for its 15th edition, with the theme “Always Coming Home.”
ANNOUNCING the AWARD for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters
THE 2025 BOCAS HENRY SWANZY AWARD 2025
The Journal of West Indian Literature (JWIL) has been named the recipient of the 2025 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for its vital contribution to Caribbean literary scholarship!
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2025 Festival
1 - 4 May, Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
The Bocas Lit Fest is both a year-round organisation dedicated to developing writing and literary arts, and the name of Trinidad and Tobago’s premier annual literary festival.
Our Festival
The annual Bocas Lit Fest is a vibrant celebration of books, writers, and ideas, bringing together voices from the Caribbean and around the world.
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BIOS AND BOOKMARKS
Bios & Bookmarks is an online reading series with popular authors, featuring readings and discussions with both familiar and new Caribbean writers across the region and diaspora. Season 8 of Bios & Bookmarks explored “The Complexity of Caribbean Love”.
WE LIT!
We Lit is a youth-centred programme using reading, writing, and performance to empower secondary school students across Trinidad and Tobago, combining creative expression with academic support in English and Literature.
WRITE AWAY!
The Write Away! offers engaging digital content to support online English classes, available to all secondary schools via the Ministry of Education’s School Learning Management System. The Non-Fiction Series is now open for registration.
BOCAS STORYTIME
Every year our storytellers encourage children in our storytelling caravan to create their own stories based on a suggested title. All the ideas from the different storytelling sessions are recorded and published in a book with the children credited as the authors!
