Literary Fifteen 2024 - hosted by bodiesinbooks

OCM Bocas Prize For Caribbean Literature
An award for books which demonstrate literary qualities and use literary techniques written by Caribbean writers. Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction - novels as well as collections of short stories; and literary non-fiction. Each of the three categories will have a shortlist and winners, and one overall winner for all categories.

Longlist announced on March 10th.

Shortlist will be announced in April.
Winner will be announced in May. 
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How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Self-Portrait As Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant

Self-Portrait As Othello

Jason Allen-Paisant

80 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

poetry race adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein

Hungry Ghosts

Kevin Jared Hosein

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo by Christopher Laird

Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo

Christopher Laird

232 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography
Harvesting Haiti: Reflections on Unnatural Disasters by Myriam J. A. Chancy

Harvesting Haiti: Reflections on Unnatural Disasters

Myriam J. A. Chancy

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction
You Were Watching from the Sand by Juliana Lamy

You Were Watching from the Sand

Juliana Lamy

176 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings by Merle Collins
Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings
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Merle Collins

Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings

Merle Collins

506 pages • missing pub info (editions)

The Ferguson Report: An Erasure by Nicole Sealey

The Ferguson Report: An Erasure

Nicole Sealey

144 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry
School of Instructions: A Poem by Ishion Hutchinson

School of Instructions: A Poem

Ishion Hutchinson

112 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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