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Cave Canem and Northwestern University Press Announce 2026 Winner of the Newly-Named Angela Jackson Prize – Michal ‘MJ’ Jones’s of blue & bone
Michal ‘MJ’ Jones is the winner of the 2026 Angela Jackson Prize. of blue & bone is the second collection from the acclaimed poet, which reckons with the real-life horrors of the Hart family murder-suicide.
Honoring Dante Micheaux: Celebrating His Artistic Leadership and Next Chapter
As we look forward to CC’s next thirty years, we do so with profound gratitude for Dante Micheaux, whose artistic leadership has strengthened our programs, enriched our community, and advanced our mission.
Cave Canem and Black Lawrence Press Announce Multi-Year Partnership for Derricotte/Eady Chapbook Prize
The 2027 and 2028 Prize Submissions will run concurrently with Cave Canem Fellows Tommye Blount and Jonterri Gadson serving as Prize Judges.
Cave Canem Awards Awuor Ouma’s “Blue Hands, Brown Skin” Their Esteemed Eponymous Prize
Awuor Ouma is the winner of the 2026 Cave Canem Prize. Blue Hands, Brown Skin, a vulnerable exposition written in the wake of her father’s death, will be published by the University of Georgia Press in Fall 2026.
30 Years of Cave Canem: Update on the 2026 Fellowship
We hope that you join us in reflecting on and celebrating the ways in which our poets enrich our literature, our communities, and the culture.
Cave Canem’s Lisa Willis on Sustaining Black Literary Arts Organizations
Cave Canem Executive Director Lisa Willis spoke with Inside Philanthropy about Magnitude and Bond, supporting Black Literary Arts Organizations, and the newly developed Magnitude and Bond Resilience Fund.