Article by Social Share Port Of Spain – Writers from five Caribbean territories have been long-listed for the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media (OCM). The OCM Bocas prize, now in its eleventh year, is internationally considered the leading literary award for Caribbean writers. The Prize recognises books in three genres — poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction — published by authors of Caribbean birth or citizenship in the preceding year. Of the nine books long-listed for the 2021 Prize, five are by writers born in Trinidad and Tobago, with the other authors representing Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, and St Lucia.