Over 500 people voted in our 2021 Caribbean Readers’ Awards, and we are excited to announce the winners!
The Caribbean Readers’ Award recognizes outstanding works in Caribbean Literature, as chosen by readers across the world. The prize is given to one fiction novel, nonfiction works, short stories, and poetry.
BEST NOVEL (ADULT)
Winner: Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed
Shortlist
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
Dream Country by Ashaye Brown
Friendship Estate by Lynda R. Edwards
Fortune by Amanda Smyth
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones
Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed
This One Sky Day by Leone Ross
What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy
POETRY COLLECTION
Winner: Pandemic Poems by Olive Senior
Shortlist
Habitus by Radna Fabias
Pandemic Poems by Olive Senior
Running With Daffodils by Samantha R.S.
Sky Juice by Natalie Corthésy
The ABCs of Paradise Found by Karen Amanda
Thinking with Trees by Jason Allen-Paisant
What Noise Against the Cane by Desiree C. Bailey
BEST TRANSLATED WORK
Winner: Habitus by Radna Fabias
BEST NON-FICTION (BOOK)
Winner: Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
Shortlist
Lost Stitches by Daniel Melville
The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
BEST RWL MAGAZINE PIECE
Winner: Bomber And The Breadfruit Tree
Shortlist
Bomber And The Breadfruit Tree
Ole Jezebel By Karolyn Smith
The Soliloquy Of A Thousand Slaps By Solare
Thank you to everyone who voted and showed their support for their favourite author and works written this year. We look forward to making it even better as we traverse 2022, until then…
Stay Lit!