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2025 Longlist Announcement

TORONTO – March 19, 2025 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2025 Longlist.  Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki (Poland) each read 578 books of poetry, including 47 translations from 20 languages, submitted by 219 publishers from 17 different countries. The …   Read more


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2025 Longlist Announcement

TORONTO – March 19, 2025 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2025 Longlist.  Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), …

Announcing the 2025 Judges

TORONTO – September 19, 2024 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce that Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki …

2024 Canadian First Book Prize Winner

TORONTO – May 29, 2024 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce that Maggie Burton, author of Chores, is the winner of the 2024 Canadian …

2024 Longlist Announcement

TORONTO – March 20, 2024 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2024 Longlist.  Judges Albert F. Moritz (Canada), Jan Wagner (Germany), and Anne …

2024 Announcements

Mark your calendars for these important announcements. March 20, 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist of announced April 17, 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist announced May …

Announcing the 2024 Judges

TORONTO – October 4, 2023 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce that A. F. Moritz (Canada), Jan Wagner (Germany), and Anne Waldman (USA) are the judges for the 2024 …