TRINIDADIAN authors Anthony Vahni Capildeo and Dionne Brand have been named category winners in the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, alongside Haitian-Canadian-American novelist Myriam JA Chancy.

Capildeo and Brand secured the poetry and nonfiction categories, respectively, and all three authors will now compete for the overall prize, which will be announced at the Bocas Lit Fest in May.

The OCM Bocas Prize, sponsored by One Caribbean Media, recognises outstanding books by authors of Caribbean birth or citizenship, and is considered the region’s most distinguished literary award.