Caroline Mackenzie

#bocas2026

Biography

Caroline Mackenzie is a Trinidadian writer whose short fiction has appeared in publications around the world. In 2017 she was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and she won first prize for fiction in the 2019 Small Axe Literary Competition. Her debut novel One Year of Ugly was released in May 2020.

Awards

2018 Small Axe Literary Competition Fiction Winner, Small Axe Literary Competition

Years Attended

2020, 2020 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2020 Bios & Bookmarks Participant, 2020 BYOBB, 2020 Featured Speaker, 2020 Workshop Facilitator, 2023 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2024 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2025 Adult’s Festival Participant

Caroline Mackenzie

Author
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Caroline Mackenzie
2026
The Funny Thing Is…
Bocas Academy, Workshop Event
Workshop Event
Event Date:
Online
2025
Writers First: Part 1
Festival Programme Event
Writers First Event
Event Date: May 2, 2025 @ 10:00 am
AV Room
2024
Take Two
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
AV Room
2023
Tall Tales
Festival Programme Event
Fiction, Performance, Poetry Event
Event Date: April 29, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Abercromby Street Arcade
2020
Family matters: new fiction by Caroline Mackenzie and Ingrid Persaud
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
Bring Your Own Book & Bottle (BYOBB) – July Edition
BYOBB, The Writers Centre Event
Social Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
Bios & Bookmarks: Caroline MacKenzie
Bios And Bookmarks Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
Online
2020
An Open House: Readings, Performances and More!
The Writers Centre Event
Social Event
Event Date:
The Writers Centre