Olufunke Grace Bankole Wins the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for 'The Edge of Water'
July 02, 2026
July 02, 2026
RICHMOND, Virginia, July 2 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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Olufunke Grace Bankole wins the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for 'The Edge of Water'
She will receive the prize, which is now in its 25th year, during a public event at VCU on Nov. 12.
By Brian McNeill
Olufunke Grace Bankole has won the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, which honors an outstanding debut novel published d . . .
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Olufunke Grace Bankole wins the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award for 'The Edge of Water'
She will receive the prize, which is now in its 25th year, during a public event at VCU on Nov. 12.
By Brian McNeill
Olufunke Grace Bankole has won the 2026 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, which honors an outstanding debut novel published d . . .