liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies wins 2023 Phoenix Award

liquid blackness: journal of aesthetics and black studies is honored to have been awarded the 2023 Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial or Design Achievement by the MLA-affiliated Council of Editors of Learned Journal in recognition of our commitment to both editorial and design excellence that is foundational to the history, scope, and mission of our journal’s public-facing commitment to the study of black avant-garde practices.

As the Phoenix Award judges write:

Our selection from this strong pool of nominations is liquid blackness, which is just stunning. We appreciate how it explores its questions about theories of blackness through a wide variety of media, as well as its careful curation of various voices and methodological approaches through the new editorial sections. The changes made to the journal since it joined Duke University Press beautifully expand its founding mandate to practice “a kind of ‘black study’ that prioritizes equal care toward art/artists and contributors.”

We are grateful to the Phoenix Award judges and CELJ, to the DUP production, design, and marketing teams, and to the journal’s boards and contributors as well as the liquid blackness group members all of whom have collectively sustained this vision and practice in the past 10 years.