Announcing the World’s Largest International Prize for a Single Book of Poetry
The Griffin Poetry Prize is one of the world’s most generous poetry awards. In celebration of the Prize’s two-decade anniversary it is announcing its largest …
2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Announcement
TORONTO – April 13, 2022 – Scott Griffin, on behalf of the trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry, is pleased to announce …
Save the Date: 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Announcement
Join us here on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize International and Canadian shortlist announcement. You can also discover the shortlist …
Groundbreaking Canadian AR Poetry Experience ‘Fiery Sparks of Light’ to Debut at Frankfurt Book Fair #2
Holographic storytelling experience features poems and performances by celebrated Canadian women poets including Margaret Atwood TORONTO – October 14, 2021 – An intimate and imaginative …
Judges for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Announced
TORONTO – September 15, 2021 – The trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry are pleased to announce that Adam Dickinson (Canada), Valzhyna Mort (Belarus), and Claudia Rankine (Jamaica/US)are …
Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort and The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin Win the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO – Music for the Dead and Resurrected by Valzhyna Mort, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin (McClelland & Stewart) are the International and Canadian …
Judges for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Announced
TORONTO – October 14, 2020 – The trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry are pleased to announce that Ilya Kaminsky (Ukraine), Aleš Šteger (Slovenia) and Souvankham Thammavongsa (Canada) …
Time by Sarah Riggs, translated from the French written by Etel Adnan and Magnetic Equator by Kaie Kellough Win the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO – Tuesday, May 19, 2020 – Time by Sarah Riggs, translated from the French written by Etel Adnan (Nightboat Books) and Magnetic Equator by Kaie …