Organization · Brooklyn, New York
Cave Canem
Cave Canem is a premier nonprofit literary organization founded in 1996 by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, dedicated to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets across the African Diaspora. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the organization offers an extensive suite of flagship programs including its annual summer retreat fellowship, free regional craft workshops, and prominent book and chapbook awards. Through long-standing publishing partnerships with Graywolf Press, University of Georgia Press, Northwestern University Press, and Black Lawrence Press, Cave Canem actively
Open to poets
- The Cave Canem Prize. Annual prize cycle; opens in April. Fee: Free. Pays: $1,000 prize. Simultaneous submissions: allowed.
- Derricotte/Eady Chapbook Prize. Annual cycle in autumn (October to November). Fee: Free. Simultaneous submissions: allowed.
- The Cave Canem Fellowship. Annual application window closing in October for June retreat. Fee: Free.
Official site: cavecanempoets.org. Please confirm the details there before you submit.
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More places to send your poems
- Cave Wall
- CBC Literary Prizes
- Cease, Cows
- Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program
- Center for African American Poetry and Poetics/Autumn House Press
- Center for Book Arts