Following a pair of intensely contested semi-final rounds, 12 outstanding spoken word poets have made it through to the 2015 Verses Bocas Poetry Slam Finals! Four poets have also qualified as ranked contenders on a standby list, and will participate in that order, if for any reason the finalists are unable to compete. Congratulations to the 12
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2015 NGC Bocas Lit Fest Blogger “So every night while the mapmaker expands on his network of secret roads and slaving roads, marooning roads and blackbush roads, what he has really concerned himself with is Zion — a question has wedged itself between his learning and awakening: how does one map a
Books by authors from Jamaica and St Lucia have made the shortlist for the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. From a longlist of nine books in the categories of poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction, the Prize judges have chosen three genre winners. Announced on 1 April, 2015, these
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2015 NGC Bocas Lit Fest Blogger “When I started writing in the 80s and publishing in the 90s, there was nothing like Marina’s festival,” Trinidadian writer Lawrence Scott glowingly reflected, as he praised the work of the Bocas team in putting out a literary celebration that’s now confidently entering its lustrum. Speaking
Two emerging Jamaican writers, two from the Bahamas, one from Puerto Rico, one from the British Virgin Islands, and four from Trinidad and Tobago make up the longlist of ten for the much-coveted Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize, now in its third year. They were selected by the judges from an overall 53 entries, the
By Shivanee Ramlochan, 2015 NGC Bocas Lit Fest Blogger Welcome to the beginning of our 2015 NGC Bocas Lit Fest pre-festival coverage! #bocas2015 is on the horizon, with less than two months to go: to launch our comprehensive Bocas blog calendar, we turn our attention to the OCM Bocas Prize itself. With the announcement of this
Authors from five territories have made the longlist for the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media. The Prize longlist, announced by the judges on 8 March, 2015, includes three genre categories: poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction. The winners in each category will be announced on 1 April, and the
Verses Bocas Poetry Slam 2015: Semi FInals! Sat 21st and Sat 28th March 2015 at UWI, TLC (Teaching and Learning Centre), Lecture Theatre E.
Thousands of copies of the winning titles to be distributed to Caribbean youth to ignite love of reading CODE and the Bocas Lit Fest are proud to announce the finalists for the 2015 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. The shortlisted titles are (listed in alphabetical order by author): – Children of the Spider by Imam
The 2015 Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open! Wasafiri is looking for submissions in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Prize for each category: £300 and publication in Wasafiri Magazine Deadline: 5pm GMT on Friday 24 July 2015. The competition is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book in their chosen category. Entries for Fiction and Life Writing should be no longer than 3000
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