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Black writers, Black poets, Black poetry, Cave Canem Award, Cave Canem Prize, poetry awards, poetry prizes, Black poetry prizes, unpublished Black poets, Dr. Brandon Kilbourne, Natasha Trethewey, Tracy K. Smith, Dr. Brandon Kilbourne Natural History, theGrio.com
December 11, 2024
Dr. Brandon Kilbourne's “Natural History” is this year's winner of the Cave Canem award, given for work by an unpublished…
February 16, 2023
Amanda Gorman's next literary project is a collaboration with a prize-winning illustrator for a children's book coming out this fall.
2022 Pegasus Awards Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize theGrio.com
October 29, 2022
The Poetry Foundation honored 11 poets with the Ruth Lilly Prize this year, including Rita Dove, Angela Jackson and Haki…
Black Poetry Day theGrio.com
October 17, 2022
In honor of National Black Poetry Day, here are 20 contemporary Black poets we think you should be reading all…
April 26, 2022
One of the country's oldest and most prestigious literary magazines, Poetry magazine, names Adrian Matejka its first black editor.
April 26, 2022
Iconic poet Sonia Sanchez was awarded the $80K Jackson Poetry Prize, honoring her seven-decade career in the arts.
Quincy Troupe thegrio.com
February 10, 2022
Troupe will discuss his decades-long writing career in a virtual roundtable with friends Danny Glover and Terry McMillan on February…
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August 25, 2021
Magic City Poetry Festival founder, 31-year-old Ashley M. Jones, has been named the first Black poet laureate for Alabama.