{"id":4411,"date":"2025-11-20T17:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/?page_id=4411"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:11:47","slug":"ocm-bocas-prize-for-for-caribbean-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/esg-csr\/ocm-bocas-prize-for-for-caribbean-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;min-height:300px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#3d3d3d\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2667\" height=\"2784\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3544\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/image2.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-1 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-pt-serif-font-family has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"lineWithBubbleNL\">\u2022\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2022<\/span>\r\n\r\n<style>\r\nspan.lineWithBubbleNL {\r\n    font-size: 300%;\r\n    padding: 0px;\r\n    margin: 10px 0px 25px 0px;\r\n    line-height: 0px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n\tspan.lineWithBubbleNL {\r\n\t\tfont-size: 250%;\r\n\t}\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n\tspan.lineWithBubbleNL {\r\n\t\tfont-size: 180%;\r\n\t}\r\n}\r\n\r\n.subHeading > a {\r\n    text-decoration: none !important;\r\n    font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--barlow-condensed);\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center subHeading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-large-font-size wp-elements-e95eeab17dbe3f502d3ac34540d66f29\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/esg-csr\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2997\">ESG\/CSR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n    @import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Barlow+Condensed:wght@400;700&display=swap');\n    @import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=PT+Serif:wght@400;700&display=swap');\n\n    .wp-block-cover {\n        margin: 0 !important;\n        padding: 0 !important;\n        position: relative;\n        top: auto;\n        left: auto;\n        width: 100%;\n        min-height: 100vh;\n        height: auto;\n        display: flex;\n        flex-direction: column;\n        justify-content: center;\n        align-items: center;\n        overflow-y: hidden;\n        overflow-x: hidden;\n        z-index: 0;\n    }\n\n    .wp-block-cover__image-background,\n    .wp-block-cover__background {\n        position: absolute;\n        top: 0;\n        left: 0;\n        width: 100%;\n        height: 100%;\n        object-fit: cover;\n        z-index: 1;\n    }\n    \n    .wp-block-cover__background {\n        background-color: #434343;\n        opacity: 0.5;\n        z-index: 2;\n    }\n\n    .ir-grid-container {\n        position: relative;\n        z-index: 3;\n        max-width: 1400px;\n        width: 90%;\n        margin: 50px auto;\n        padding: 0;\n        display: flex;\n        flex-direction: column;\n        gap: 30px;\n        flex-grow: 1;\n        justify-content: center;\n    }\n\n    .ir-card {\n        background-color: #111111;\n        color: #ffffff;\n        padding: 30px 30px;\n        border-radius: 8px;\n        text-align: center;\n        width: 100%;\n        min-height: 300px;\n        display: flex;\n        flex-direction: column;\n        justify-content: flex-start;\n        transition: box-shadow 0.3s ease-in-out, border 0.3s ease-in-out, transform 0.1s;\n        border: 2px solid transparent;\n        box-sizing: border-box;\n    }\n    \n    .ir-card:hover {\n        box-shadow: 0 0 25px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);\n        border-color: #ffffff;\n        transform: translateY(-5px);\n    }\n\n    .ir-card h3 {\n        font-family: 'Barlow Condensed', sans-serif;\n        color: #ffffff;\n        margin-bottom: 0;\n        font-size: 1.75em;\n        font-weight: 400;\n        text-transform: uppercase;\n        letter-spacing: 0.05em;\n    }\n\n    .ir-divider {\n        border-top: 1px solid #ffffff;\n        width: 60%;\n        margin: 20px auto;\n    }\n\n    .ir-card-icon {\n        width: 200px; 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Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction \u2014 both novels and collections of short stories; and literary nonfiction \u2014 including books of essays, biography and autobiography, history, current affairs, travel, and other genres, which demonstrate literary qualities and use literary techniques, regardless of subject matter.<\/p>\n                <p>There is a panel of three judges for each genre category, who determine category shortlists and winners. <br>\n                The three category winners are then judged by a panel of four judges \u2014 consisting of the chairs of the category panels and the prize chair \u2014 who determine the overall winner.<\/p>\n                <p>The author of the book judged the overall winner will receive an award of US$10,000. The other category winners will receive US$3,000.<\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bocaslitfest.com\/awards\/ocm\/\">Please click here to find out more about the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature<\/a><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"ir-pdf-embed-card\">\n                <h3>2025 WINNER<\/h3>\n                <div class=\"ir-pdf-image-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" \n                        class=\"ir-pdf-image\"\n                        src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/village-weavers-2025-Overall-BOCAS-Winner.jpg\"\n                    >\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"ir-pdf-caption\">\n                    Overall and Fiction winner: <br> Village Weavers, a novel by Myriam J.A. Chancy <br><br> Poetry winner: <br> Polkadot Wounds, by Anthony Vahni Capildeo <br><br> Nonfiction winner: <br> Salvage: Readings from the Wreck, by Dionne Brand\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sectionTitle\">Photos from Previous Years<\/p>\n<span class=\"lineWithBubbleNL\">\u2022\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2022<\/span>\n<p class=\"infoText\">Scroll >>> to explore more.<\/p>\n\n<style>\np.sectionTitle {\n    font-size: 180%;\n    font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--pt-serif);\n    text-align: center;\n    margin-bottom: -35px;\n}\n\n.infoText {\n\tdisplay: none;\n    text-align: center;\n    font-family: 'PT Serif';\n    margin-top: 0px;\n    padding-bottom: 20px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 1320px) {\n\t.infoText {\n\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 450px) {\n\tp.sectionTitle {\n\t\tfont-size: 230%;\n\t}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ir-carousel-container\">\n    <div class=\"swiper mySwiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\n            <!-- 2024 Images -->\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2024-1.jpg\" alt=\"2024-1\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2024 1 &#8211; Award<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2024-2.jpg\" alt=\"2024-2\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2024 2 &#8211; Award<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2024-3.jpg\" alt=\"2024-3\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2024 3 &#8211; Award<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2024-5-Nicholas-Laughlin-Festival-and-Programme-Director-Bocas-Lit-Fest-Photo-by-Shaun-Rambaran-courtesy-NGC.jpg\" alt=\"Nicholas Laughlin - Bocas Lit Fest\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">Nicholas Laughlin \u2013 Bocas Lit Fest<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2024.jpg\" alt=\"2024\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2024 &#8211; Prize Winners with Marina Salandy-Brown, Founder and President of Bocas Lit Fest and Jean-Claude Cournand<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- 2025 Images -->\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2025-1.jpg\" alt=\"2025-1\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2025 1 &#8211; Dawn Thomas, Group CEO, OCM<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2025-2.jpg\" alt=\"2025-2\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2025 2 &#8211; Dawn Thomas, Group CEO, OCM &#038; Group<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2025-3-.jpg\" alt=\"2025-3\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2025 3 &#8211; Award &#8211; Rinaldo Walcott (R), chair of the nonfiction judges, with Marcia Romain, appearing <br> on behalf of her sister Dionne Brand to receive the nonfiction prize for Brand&#8217;s &#8216;Salvage: Readings <br> from the Wreck&#8217;<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2025-4.jpg\" alt=\"2025-4\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2025 4 &#8211; Award &#8211; Myriam J. 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Become <br> an archaeologist of your lungs.&#8221; Anthony Vahni <br> Capildeo reads from their 2025 OCM Bocas Poetry <br> Prize winning collection, Polkadot Wounds<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocmgroup.co\/ocmltd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/2025-6.jpg\" alt=\"2025-6\">\n                <div class=\"caption\">2025 6 &#8211; Heralding her as a &#8220;master weaver&#8221;, Erna Brodber, Chief Judge, announces the winner of the 2025 OCM Prize for Caribbean Literature, &#8216;Village Weavers&#8217; by Myriam J. A. 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