Windham-Campbell Prizes Ceremony and Keynote by Kwame Dawes

• Wednesday, September 17
• 5:00 PM
• Yale Center for British Art Auditorium
• 1080 Chapel Street
• MAP
• FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join us for the cornerstone event of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival: the official Prizes Ceremony. This distinguished evening celebrates the achievements of our eight remarkable 2025 prize recipients, honoring their contributions to literature. The ceremony will culminate with the highly anticipated Windham-Campbell Lecture, delivered by Jamaica's esteemed Poet Laureate, Kwame Dawes. A highlight of the festival, this address promises to be a thought-provoking exploration from one of today's most vital literary voices.

Kwame Dawes is the author of numerous books of poetry and other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His most recent collection is Sturge Town (W.W. Norton, 2024). Dawes is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. He teaches in the Pacific MFA Program and is the Series Editor of the African Poetry Book Series, Director of the African Poetry Book Fund, and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival. He is a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Kwame Dawes is the winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In 2022 Dawes was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica. He is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2024-2027).