Festival · Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Bocas Lit Fest
Trinidad and Tobago literary festival that runs the OCM Bocas Prize, an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers.
Open to poets
- OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (Poetry category). 2027 prize: deadlines 6 Nov 2026 and 4 Jan 2027. Fee: US$50 (TT$340) per title. Pays: US$3,000 to each category winner; US$10,000 to the overall winner.
- National Poetry Slam. Pays: 2026: TT$25,000 first, TT$15,000 second, TT$8,000 third; TT$10,500 in total for finalists.
Official site: bocaslitfest.com. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
Checked 2026-10-31. Find more places to send your poems on Poetry Marketplace, free.