2019 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize longlist announced
The Bocas Lit Fest has announced the 2019 longlist for the Caribbean’s only prize for emerging writers. Nine writers have been longlisted for the 2019... Read More
OCM Bocas Prize open for submissions
The OCM Bocas Prize recognises the best books published annually by writers from the Caribbean. The overall winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean... Read More
New prize open for submissions
THE JOHNSON AND AMOY ACHONG CARIBBEAN WRITERS PRIZE, a new literary prize announced at the 2018 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, is now open for submissions.... Read More
CODE’s Burt Award opens for submissions
Now in its fifth year, the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature recognizes up to three English-language literary works for young adults (aged 12 through 18)... Read More
Jamaican Kei Miller wins OCM Bocas Prize
Augustown, the third novel by Jamaican writer Kei Miller, has been named the winner of the 2017 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the most... Read More
Another TT poet wins big award
Trinidadian Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Poetry, the only Caribbean writer in the lineup... Read More
CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature Open For Submissions
A LITERARY AWARD LIKE NO OTHER! CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature is now open for submissions Established by Canadian education NGO CODE with... Read More
Papillote Press to publish Burt Award winner: Gone to Drift by Diana McCaulay
Papillote Press, the Bocas Lit Fest and CODE are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Gone to Drift by the award-winning Jamaican writer Diana McCaulay. This... Read More