Olufunke Grace Bankole Wins the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for The Edge of Water
Nigerian American writer Olufunke Grace Bankole has been named the winner of the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, the prize’s twenty-fifth, for her debut novel The Edge of Water, published by Tin House in February 2025. The announcement was made on July 1, 2026. The award, administered by Virginia Commonwealth University and now in […]
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Nigerian American writer Olufunke Grace Bankole has been named the winner of the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, the prize’s twenty-fifth, for her debut novel The Edge of Water, published by Tin House in February 2025. The announcement was made on July 1, 2026. The award, administered by Virginia Commonwealth University and now in […]
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