We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2021 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize. The final judge, Honorée Fannone Jeffers, was replaced by Dr. Tsitsi Ella Jaji, winner of the 2018 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry. Dr. Jaji selected “Bloodgood: Prune” by Roman Johnson.  Of the poem, she writes: This poem reveals something of … Continue reading Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize