Nicole Sealey to Leave Cave Canem Executive Director Position

Nicole Sealey is stepping down from her position as executive director of Cave Canem, reports Poets & Writers, after taking on the role in 2017. A search for a new director is already underway.

Sealey wrote in a statement: "While June 28th will be my last day at Cave Canem as its executive director, it will not be my last day with Cave Canem as an ardent admirer, proud graduate fellow and lifelong advocate." More:

In her previous role as programs director at Cave Canem, Sealey developed the Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize. Prior to Cave Canem, Sealey worked for nearly eight years as the assistant director of the Readings/Workshop (East) and Writers Exchange programs at Poets & Writers, Inc.

A poet whose first collection, Ordinary Beast, was published by Ecco in 2017, Sealey was recently named one of five recipients of the annual Hodder Fellowship, given by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts. The academic fellowship aims “to provide artists and humanists in the early stages of their careers an opportunity to undertake significant new work.”

Best of luck to Sealey. More on this at Poets & Writers.