Kenyan Poet Awuor Ouma Wins the 2026 Cave Canem Prize worth $10,000
Awuor Ouma’s debut manuscript Blue Hands, Brown Skin has been named the 2026 Cave Canem Prize winner. Written in the aftermath of her father’s death, the collection moves through grief, migration, and the experience of carrying a self across languages and borders. It will be published by the University of Georgia Press in Fall 2026. […]
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Awuor Ouma’s debut manuscript Blue Hands, Brown Skin has been named the 2026 Cave Canem Prize winner. Written in the aftermath of her father’s death, the collection moves through grief, migration, and the experience of carrying a self across languages and borders. It will be published by the University of Georgia Press in Fall 2026. […]
