The Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Established in 1999, this first book award is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by African American poets who have not been professionally published. The winner will receive $500 cash, publication, and fifty copies of their book. Winner, contest judge, and finalists are also featured in a public reading in New York City, co-sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. Winning volumes are published on a revolving basis by the University of Georgia Press, the University of Pittsburgh Press, and Graywolf Press.Books in this series
A Gathering of Matter / A Matter of Gathering
Poems by Dawn Lundy Martin
Foreword by Carl Phillips
Leaving Saturn
Poems by Major Jackson
Foreword by Al Young
The Listening
Poems by Kyle Dargan
Foreword by Quincy Troupe
Spit Back a Boy
Poems by Iain Haley Pollock
