About
Danielle Boodoo-Fortune is a poet and visual artist from Trinidad and Tobago.
Over the past decade, Danielle’s art has been exhibited at the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Horizons Art Gallery, Loftt Art Gallery and others. Her work has also been shown at the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) in Miami, and at shows in the US, Canada, the UK and Thailand. Danielle has illustrated for CaribbeanReads, Royards Pubishers, Hay House Publishers, Hachette UK, and Harper Collins.
Danielle’s first collection of poems, Doe Songs, published by Peepal Tree Press, was awarded the OCM Poetry Prize in 2019. Danielle was also shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize in 2020. Her work has been published in journals such as POETRY, The Prairie Schooner, The Rialto, Anthropocene Journal, Berlin Lit, Cordite Review, and others.
PUBLICATION AND EXHIBITION HISTORY
POETRY
Publications
Books and Anthologies
Doe Songs (Peepal Tree Press, 2018)
Devil’s Ivy (anthology Phylum Press, 2026)
Ten Poems About Wildlife (anthology Candlestick Press, UK, 2022)
The Sea Needs No Ornament (anthology Peepal Tree Press, 2021)
Thicker Than Water (anthology Peekash Press, 2019)
Coming Up Hot (anthology Peekash Press, 2015)
100 Poems from Trinidad and Tobago (Cane Arrow Press, 2012)
Journals and Periodicals
About Place
Anthropocene
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal
Arc Magazine
Asian American Literary Review
Berlin Lit
Bim: Arts for the 21st Century
Blackberry: A Magazine
Blue Lyra Review
Breadcrumb Scabs Poetry Ezine
Broad! Ezine
Caribbean Beat
Cordite Poetry Journal
Dirtcakes Journal
Firestorm Literary Journal
Junoesq! Literary Journal
Kalyani Magazine
Moko: Caribbean Arts & Letters
Montreal Poetry Prize Global Poetry Anthology
New Linear Perspectives
Poetry Daily
Poem Stellium
Poetry London
POETRY Magazine
Poui: Cave Hill Journal of Creative Writing
ProudFlesh: A New Afrikan Journal of Culture, Politics and Consciousness
Rebelle Society
Room Magazine
Scissors and Spackle
Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism
Small Axe Literary Salon
St. Somewhere Literary Journal
SWWIM Every Day
The Body Narratives Project
The Caribbean Writer
The Missing Slate
The Prairie Schooner
The Rialto
Tongues of the Ocean Poetry Journal
Tupelo Press
WomanSpeak: A Journal of Writing and Art by Caribbean Women
Women Writers: an Ezine
Zocalo Poets
Accolades
2026 – Nominated for Best of the Net Poetry
2020 – Shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize
2019 – Winner of the OCM Prize Caribbean Literature for Poetry
2017 – Shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize
2015 – Awarded the Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers’ Prize in Poetry
2013 – Awarded first place, Small Axe Poetry Prize
Shortlisted, Wasafiri New Writing Prize, poetry
Shortlisted, Montreal Poetry Prize
Nominated for international Best New Poets Prize
2010 – Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
2009 – Shortlisted for the Small Axe Poetry Prize
2009 – Awarded the Charlotte and Isidor Paiewonsky Prize for first time publication
Projects
2021 – Speaking Volumes Project
Commissioned by the Cheltenham Literary Festival to collaborate on a poetry, audio and film presentation
2019 – Moving Pictures Project
Commissioned by the British Arts Council to collaborate on poetry film with South African artists
Events
2024 - Featured poet, Wintertuin Festival, Curacao
2022 – Featured poet, Medellin Literary Festival, Colombia
2013 - 2022 – Featured poet and artist, Bocas Literary Festival, Trinidad and Tobago
2015 – Featured poet, Brooklyn Literary Festival, USA
2015 – Featured poet, Festival Internacional de Poesia – Venezuela
2013 - Featured poet, Bim Literary Festival, Barbados
ART
Exhibitions
2025 – Artivism: Radical Hope – Group Exhibition, Art 4C Art Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2025 – All Inclusive – Group Exhibition, LOFTT Gallery Trinidad and Tobago
2025 – UWI Institute for Gender and Development Studies – Group Exhibition, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, Trinidad and Tobago
2021 – International Women’s Day Exhibition – Group Exhibition, The Rotunda Art Gallery, Trinidad and Tobago
2021 – Inflorescence – Virtual solo art exhibition
2018 – Faces and Figures – Group Exhibition, The GD Gallery, Trinidad and Tobago
2018 – Visual Occupancy – Group Exhibition – Green Yard, Trinidad and Tobago
2018 – Giftable – Group Exhibition – Trinidad Hilton/ Horizons Art Gallery, Trinidad and Tobago
2017 – Inspirited: The Art of Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné – Solo exhibition at Uncorked Wine and Spirits, Trinidad and Tobago
2015 – Meraki – Solo art exhibition, Southern Academy for the Performing Arts, Trinidad and Tobago
2015 – Mindscape, Group art exhibition, Big Black Box, Trinidad and Tobago
2015 – Vivan las Mujeres! Women’s Day Exhibition – Museum of Latin American Art, California, USA
2014 – FridaMania Women’s Day Exhibition – Museum of Latin American Art, California, USA
2013 – Joint Exhibition with Katrina Inglis - Horizons Art Gallery, Trinidad
Criatura - Solo art exhibition, The Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago
The Femail Project - Birmingham, UK
Music is the Soul - Brockton Collective, Toronto, Canada
2012 – Home and Away - WoMA (Women Make Art) Exhibition, The Gallery, Grenada
2011 – Trinidad and Tobago Erotic Art Week – Trinidad
Illustrated Publications
The Moon Goddess Shadow Oracle (Hay House Publishers, USA, 2027)
Undiscovered Heroes of the Second World War (Hachette UK, 2025)
Spark a Revolultion in Education (Redleaf Press, 2021)
The Jungle Outside (Harper Collins UK, 2021)
The Earthcraft Oracle (Hay House Publishers, USA, 2021)
Lost! A Caribbean Sea Adventure (CaribbeanReads, 2018)
