Cave Canem Poetry Prize Winners

Launched in 1999, the Cave Canem Poetry Prize is a first-book award dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by black poets of Africa ...more

Winners

	Refuse: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) by Julian Randall 4.33 avg rating — 118 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Begin with a Failed Body by Natalie J. Graham 4.44 avg rating — 50 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bestiary: Poems by Donika Kelly 4.17 avg rating — 1,621 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boy with Thorn by Rickey Laurentiis 4.19 avg rating — 227 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zero to Three: Poems by F. Douglas Brown 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scratching the Ghost: Poems by Dexter L. Booth 4.33 avg rating — 69 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If One of Us Should Fall (Pitt Poetry Series) by Nicole Terez Dutton 4.04 avg rating — 52 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spit Back a Boy: Poems by Iain Haley Pollock 4.21 avg rating — 53 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing You, Metropolis by Gary Jackson 4.13 avg rating — 283 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man (Pitt Poetry Series) by Ronaldo Wilson 4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gathering of Matter/A Matter of Gathering by Dawn Lundy Martin 4.13 avg rating — 77 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lions Don't Eat Us: Poems by Constance Quarterman Bridges really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eye of Water (Pitt Poetry Series) by Amber Flora Thomas 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Listening: Poems by Kyle Dargan (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 46 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body's Question by Tracy K. Smith 4.01 avg rating — 512 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Swan by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon 4.24 avg rating — 74 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaving Saturn: Poems by Major Jackson 4.03 avg rating — 146 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Domestic Work: Poems by Natasha Trethewey 4.20 avg rating — 555 ratings Cave Canem Poetry Prize (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars