The theme for the 2026 BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Caribbean American Writer’s Prize is “What Cannot Be Done Alone.” The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) recently shared the Short Fiction Story Contest longlist, compiled by judges Roberto Carlos-Garcia, Bernice McFadden, and Khari Dawkins. [The 2026 BCLF schedule will be announced soon.]

• Isabelle Dupuy (HT) – “A Funeral Dress”
• Ofelia Brooks (BZ) – “Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature”
• Stephen Narain (GY|BS) – “Artificial Intelligence/The Sun Also Rises”
• Lena Inglis (SLU) – “Before the Morning Comes”
• Zabe Bent (JA) –“ Big Likkle Girl”
• Sidnie Paisley Thomas (JA) – “Census”
• Michelle Allyshia Belle (DM)- “Daybreak”
• Jodi-Ann Morris (JA) – “Dipped”
• Nadili Soman (TT) – “Eat the Peace”
• Kaitlyn Sookdeo (TT) – “Ebb & Flow”
• Amina Washington (AG) – “Elmo”
• Yasmine Diaz (HT|PR) – “Sakrifis/Sacrifice”
• Jovante Anderson (JA) – “Strange Fruit”
• Roger-Mark De Souza (TT) – “Take Me Home”
• Elizabeth V. Best (BD) – “Tamarind House – Dreams & Schemes”
• Kirk V. Bhajan (TT) – “The Soucouyant of Rio Claro”
• Ramon Carty (JA) – “To Bury The Distance”
• Hanif James (JA) – “To Die in Secret”
• Kwame LaBassiere (DM) – “What Cannot Be Done Alone”
• Saucy Crocs (HT) – “What the Water Carries”

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