[1] It is named for the poet and literary philanthropist Glenna Luschei and is managed by the African Poetry Book Fund.
Previous winners include Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, Kobus Moolman, Juliane Okot Bitek, and Koleka Putuma.
[2][3] It is named for and funded by the poet and literary philanthropist Glenna Luschei, who also endowed awards and the editorship at the literary journal Prairie Schooner.
[2][4][5] The prize is administered by the African Poetry Book Fund, under founding editor Kwame Dawes, in partnership with Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Judges have included Chris Abani, Bernadine Evaristo, Aracelis Girmay, and John Keene.