Griffin Poetry Prize Explained

Griffin Poetry Prize
Awarded For:	Canadian and International awards for poetry written in or translated into English
Presenter:	Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry and Scott Griffin
Country:	Canada

The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.

Before 2022, two separate awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. In 2022, the two awards were consolidated into a single international prize of CAD$130,000. Shortlisted poets are awarded CAD$10,000, and a Lifetime Recognition Award comes with an award of CAD$25,000.

Concurrently with the merger, the Griffin Poetry Prize also introduced a juried Canadian First Book Prize to honor the year's best debut book by a Canadian poet.^[1]

History

In April 2000, Scott Griffin started the Griffin Trust to raise public awareness of the crucial role poetry plays in society's cultural life. Griffin served as its chairman, with board of trustees Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson, and David Young. In June 2004, Carolyn Forché joined the board. New trustees have been named over the years: in 2014, Karen Solie, Colm Tóibín, and Mark Doty; in 2016, Jo Shapcott and Marek Kazmierski; in 2018, Ian Williams; and in 2020, Sarah Howe. Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson, Jo Shapcott and Colm Tóibín have assumed the role of trustees emeriti.

The Trust created the Griffin Poetry Prize with the aim of helping to introduce contemporary collections of poetry to the public's imagination. Eligible collections of poetry must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the prior year. Submissions must come from publishers only. Originally, the award was two annual prizes of CAD$40,000 each for collections of poetry published in English during the preceding year.^[2] One prize was to go to a living Canadian poet, the other to a living poet from any country, which could include Canada as well.

Among the trustees’ responsibilities is to select each year’s judges, who select a shortlist announced in April, National Poetry Month. The shortlisted poets then gather for an evening of public readings in May or June; the following evening, the winners are announced and all the poets feted.

In 2010, the total amount of the annual prizes was doubled from CAD$100,000 to CAD$200,000 in recognition of the prize’s tenth anniversary.^{[3] [4]} The increased amount of CAD$200,000 was awarded as follows: CAD$10,000 to each of seven shortlisted poets—four international and three Canadian—for their participation in the shortlist readings. The two winners, announced the next evening at the Griffin Poetry Prize Awards, were given CAD$65,000 each, for a total of CAD$75,000 that included the CAD$10,000 awarded the previous evening.^[3]

Selections from the shortlisted works are gathered annually in The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology,^[5] typically edited by one of that year's judges. In 2019, House of Anansi Press partnered with the National Network for Equitable Library Services (NNELS) to offer the anthology in print and digital Braille editions.^[6]

The Griffin Trust has championed other initiatives. In November 2010, Scott Griffin announced Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie, a bilingual recitation contest for high school students across Canada.^{[7] [8]} Other projects have included funding a statue in tribute to poet Al Purdy,^[9] participation in international poetry festivals, and donations of poetry books to organizations such as the Correctional Service of Canada, the Scottish Poetry Library, a rebuilt Slave Lake Public Library (which was destroyed in a wildfire in 2011), and other libraries, schools, and colleges.^[10]

In 2022, Griffin Poetry Prize officials announced that the Canadian and international awards would be consolidated into a single award of CAD$130,000.^[11] Founder Scott Griffin said he originally believed that Canadian poets needed a separate category, but "now that a lot of Canadians have been recognized in the poetry world, we felt it was time they had to compete on the international stage with everybody else". The trust also announced a new prize: CAD$10,000 for a debut work of Canadian poetry.^[12] Critics from within Canadian poetry expressed concern about loss of opportunities "given the role the award played in securing grants and jobs".^[13] For instance, Alicia Elliot criticized the timing of the change, considering it happened "in the midst of a rather remarkable run for Black poets, Indigenous poets and poets of colour nominated for the Canadian portion" of the prize, and suggested the change implied that Canadian literature "is only relevant and worthwhile if it is being praised internationally."^[14]

In April 2023, Scott Griffin gave an endowment to the Writers' Trust of Canada to expand the prize package for what is now the Latner Griffin Writers' Trust Poetry Prize.^[15]

Honorees and judges

2000s

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2001-2009!Year!Category!Poet!Title!Result!Ref.

2001	Canada		Men in the Off Hours	Winner	^[16]
			Nine Visits to the Mythworld	Finalist
			Another Gravity	Finalist
	International	and Heather McHugh (trans.)	Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan	Winner
		and Chana Kronfeld (trans.)	Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai	Finalist
			Selected Poems	Finalist
			Learning Human	Finalist
2002	Canada		Eunoia	Winner	^[17] ^[18]
			Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person	Finalist
			Short Haul Engine	Finalist
	International		Disobedience	Winner
			Maraca	Finalist
			Homer: War Music	Finalist
			Conscious and Verbal	Finalist
2003	Canada		Concrete and Wild Carrot	Winner
			thirsty	Finalist
			Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New	Finalist
	International		Moy Sand and Gravel	Winner
			Mr And Mrs Scotland are Dead: Poems 1980–1994	Finalist
			American Sonnets: poems	Finalist
			Steal Away: selected and new poems	Finalist
2004	Canada		Loop	Winner
			Now You Care	Finalist
			go-go dancing for Elvis	Finalist
	International			Winner
			Notes From the Divided Country	Finalist
				Finalist
				Finalist
2005	Canada		Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida	Winner
			Changing on the Fly	Finalist
			Camber	Finalist
	International		Selected Poems: 1963–2003	Winner
			On the Ground	Finalist
			Corpus	Finalist
				Finalist
2006	Canada		Nerve Squall	Winner
				Finalist
			Little theatres	Finalist
	International		Born to Slow Horses	Winner
		(trans.)	Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems fby Durs Grünbein	Finalist
			Company of Moths	Finalist
		(trans.)	by Dunya Mikhail	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2007	Canada		Strike/Slip	Winner
			Airstream Land Yacht	Finalist
			Ontological Necessities	Finalist
	International		Scar Tissue	Winner
			Tramp in Flames	Finalist
			Salvation Blues	Finalist
			Ooga-Booga	Finalist
2008	Canada			Winner	^[19]
		and Erín Moure (trans.)	Notebook of Roses and Civilization by Nicole Brossard	Finalist
			Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden	Finalist
	International		Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems	Winner
			Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems	Finalist
		(trans.)	The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition by Cesar Vallejo	Finalist
			Selected Poems 1969–2005	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner	^[20]
2009	Canada			Winner
			Revolver	Finalist
			Crabwise to the Hounds	Finalist
	International		Rising, Falling, Hovering	Winner
				Finalist
			Life on Earth	Finalist
			Primitive Mentor	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner

2010s

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2010-2019!Year!Category!Poet!Title!Result!Ref.

2010	Canada		Pigeon	Winner
				Finalist
			Coal and Roses	Finalist
	International			Winner
			Grain	Finalist
				Finalist
		(trans.)	Cold Spring in Winter by Valérie Rouzeau	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2011	Canada		Ossuaries	Winner	^[21]
				Finalist	^[22]
			Lookout	Finalist
	International		Heavenly Questions	Winner
			Human Chain	Finalist
		(trans.)	Adonis: Selected Poems by Adunis	Finalist
		(trans.)	by Francois Jacqmin	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2012	Canada		Methodist Hatchet	Winner
			Killdeer	Finalist	^[23]
			Forge	Finalist
	International		Night	Winner
				Finalist
			November	Finalist
		(trans.)	Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Rózewicz	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2013	Canada		What's the Score?	Winner	^[24]
			Sailing to Babylon	Finalist	^[25]
			Personals	Finalist
	International	(trans.)	The Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems by Ghassan Zaqtan	Winner
			Liquid Nitrogen	Finalist
			Night of the Republic	Finalist
			Our Andromeda	Finalist
2014	Canada		Red Doc>	Winner	^[26]
			Ocean	Finalist	^[27]
			Correspondences	Finalist
	International		Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire	Winner
			Pilgrim's Flower	Finalist
			Silverchest	Finalist
		(trans.)	Colonies by Tomasz Różycki	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2015	Canada		Blue Sonoma	Winner	^[28]
			Congotronic	Finalist	^[29]
				Finalist
	International			Winner
		(trans.)	Something Crosses My Mind by Wang Xiaoni	Finalist
		(trans.)	Finite Formulae & Theories of Chance by Wioletta Greg	Finalist
				Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2016	Canada		Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent	Winner	^[30] ^[31]
		and Patrick Friesen (trans.)	Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments by Ulrikka S. Gernes	Finalist	^[32]
			Tell: poems for a girlhood	Finalist
	International			Winner
			Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings	Finalist
			40 Sonnets	Finalist
			Heaven	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner
2017	Canada		Injun	Winner	^[33] ^[34]
			Violet Energy Ingots	Finalist	^[35]
			Silvija	Finalist
	International		Falling Awake	Winner
			World of Made and Unmade	Finalist
		(trans.)	In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laabi	Finalist
			Say Something Back	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner	^[36]
2018	Canada		This Wound is a World	Winner	^[37]
			I have to live.	Finalist	^[38]
			Same Diff	Finalist
	International		Debths	Winner
			Heaven is All Goodbyes	Finalist
			Whereas	Finalist
			Hard Child	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner	^[39]
2019	Canada		Quarrels	Winner	^[40]
				Finalist	^[41]
				Finalist
	International	(trans.)	Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon	Winner
				Finalist
			Lake Michigan	Finalist
		(trans.)	Negative Space by Luljeta Lleshanaku	Finalist
	Lifetime Recognition			Winner	^[42]

2020s

Prior to 2023, the Griffin Poetry Prize was separated into two categories with prizes specifically for Canadian poets and another for international poets with each winner receiving $65,000.^[43] However, in 2023, the Canadian-specific prize was eliminated with only one winner selected each year who wins $130,000.

2020-2022

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2020-2022!Year!Category!Poet!Title!Result!Ref.

2020	Canada		Magnetic Equator	Winner	^[44]
			How She Read	Finalist
			heft	Finalist
	International	(trans.)	Time by Etel Adnan	Winner
			How to Dress a Fish	Finalist
			Arias	Finalist
			Lima :: Limón	Finalist
2021	Canada			Winner	^[45] ^[46]
				Finalist	^[47]
			Pluviophile	Finalist
	International		Music for the Dead and Resurrected	Winner
			Obit	Finalist
			Underworld Lit	Finalist
		and Changtai Bi (trans.)	My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree by Yi Lei	Finalist
2022	Canada			Winner	^[48] ^[49]
			Dream of No One But Myself	Finalist	^[50]
			Letters in a Bruised Cosmos	Finalist
	International		Sho	Winner	^[51]
		(trans.)	Late to the House of Words by Gemma Gorga	Finalist
		and Dzvinia Orlowsky (trans.)	Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow by Natalka Bilotserkivets	Finalist
			Asked What Has Changed	Finalist

2023-present

Canadian First Book Prize

Canadian First Book Prize winners!Year!Poet!Title!Ref.

2023
2024		Chores	^[52]

Griffin Poetry Prize

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2023-present

Year	Poet	Title	Result	Ref.
2023		Best Barbarian	Winner	^[53]
	(trans.)	by Iman Mersal	Finalist	^[54]
		Exculpatory Lilies
		Time is a Mother
2024		Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence	Winner	^[55]
		To 2040	Finalist	^[56]
		School of Instructions
	(Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk, tr.)	A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails
		Door

See also

• Canadian poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

Notes

1. Cassandra Drudi, "Emily Riddle wins inaugural $10K Griffin Canadian First Book Prize" . Quill & Quire, May 17, 2023.
2. Web site: Griffin Poetry Prize: 2000–2004 Coverage. Griffin Poetry Prize. en-US. 2019-07-24. 2019-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20190724170127/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/news-and-events/press-coverage/archives/2000-2004-coverage/. live.
3. Web site: The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces Prize Award Increase from $100,000 to $200,000 and the 2010 International and Canadian Shortlist. The Griffin Trust. griffinpoetryprize.com. April 6, 2010. September 30, 2013. February 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180050/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/the-griffin-poetry-prize-announces-prize-award-increase-from-100000-to-200000-and-the-2010-international-and-canadian-shortlist/. dead.
4. Web site: P. K. Page, Karen Solie, and Kate Hall vie for a more lucrative Griffin (April 6, 2010) – Quill and Quire . September 30, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055800/http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=11231 . October 23, 2013 . dead.
5. Web site: griffin anthology. House of Anansi Press. en. 2019-07-24. 2019-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20191020081633/https://houseofanansi.com/search?q=griffin+anthology. live.
6. Web site: Poetry You Can Touch. House of Anansi Press. 3 March 2022. 3 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143925/https://houseofanansi.com/blogs/anansi/poetry-you-can-touch. live.
7. Web site: Bilingual Poetry Recitation Contest Announced | Poetry In Voice. Poetry in Voice. 3 March 2022. 3 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143845/https://www.poetryinvoice.com/news/press-releases/bilingual-poetry-recitation-contest-announced. live.
8. Web site: National Post. nationalpost. 3 March 2022. 22 October 2013. https://archive.today/20131022174139/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/11/23/poetry-in-voice/. live.
9. http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/literary-luminaries-attend-unveiling-of-statue-of-people-s-poet-al-purdy-1.723554 Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al Purdy (May 21, 2008)
10. Web site: Griffin Poetry Prize: Initiatives. 3 March 2022. 3 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220303143837/https://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/about/initiatives/. live.
11. Web site: Announcing the World's Largest International Prize for a Single Book of Poetry . Griffin Poetry Prize . September 8, 2022 . September 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220908144148/https://griffinpoetryprize.com/press/announcing-the-worlds-largest-international-prize-for-a-single-book-of-poetry/ . live .
12. News: Griffin Poetry Prize merges, and expands, annual awards . AP News . September 8, 2022 . en . September 8, 2022 . September 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220908144138/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-canada-margaret-atwood-anne-carson-76f932fa563627ee6aede17b868b907b . live .
13. Web site: Perry . Amanda . The Griffin Poetry Prize Shakeup: New Rules, New Controversy . The Walrus . 6 April 2023 . 6 January 2023 . 6 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406172125/https://thewalrus.ca/griffin-poetry-prize/ . live .
14. Web site: Elliott . Alicia . Why the Griffin Poetry Prize combining its awards is bad news for Canadian poets . CBC Arts . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 6 April 2023 . 20 September 2022 . 6 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406172810/https://www.cbc.ca/arts/why-the-griffin-poetry-prize-combining-its-awards-is-bad-news-for-canadian-poets-1.6588875 . live .
15. Nicole Thompson, "Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize more than doubles to $60K with Scott Griffin contribution" . Toronto Star, 5 April 2023.
16. Web site: 2001-06-08 . Anne Carson wins poetry prize . 2023-05-24 . . 2023-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407112528/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/anne-carson-wins-poetry-prize-1.300507 . live .
17. Web site: Christian Bök – Griffin Poetry Prize 2002 – Canadian Winner . The Griffin Trust . 2019-06-06 . 2019-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190606122006/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/see-and-hear-poetry/a-g/christian-bok/ . live .
18. Web site: Perry . Amanda . 2023-01-06 . The Griffin Poetry Prize Shakeup: New Rules, New Controversy . 2023-05-25 . . en-US . 2023-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230408102906/https://thewalrus.ca/griffin-poetry-prize/ . live .
19. http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=1fb6eda2-175e-4527-ba77-8555328cdb75 "Another prize for B.C. poet Robin Blaser, and some advice"
20. http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/217/robin-blaser-and-ko-un-win-griffin-poetry-prizes/ "Robin Blaser and Ko Un Win Griffin Poetry Prizes!"
21. Web site: 2011-06-06 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808050606/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1478 . live .
22. Web site: 2011-04-06 . Awards: NCIBA Books of the Year; Griffin Poetry Prize . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406084611/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1433 . live .
23. Web site: 2012-04-18 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230513063135/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1719 . live .
24. Web site: 2013-06-19 . Awards: Miles Franklin Winner; Griffin Poetry Prize Winners . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001074616/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2021 . live .
25. Web site: 2013-04-12 . Awards: IACP; Edward Lewis Wallant; Walt Whitman; Griffin . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811164738/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1970 . live .
26. Web site: 2014-06-09 . Awards: Plutarch Biography; Griffin Poetry . 2023-05-25 . . 2020-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200811122629/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2270 . live .
27. Web site: 2014-04-10 . Awards: Yaddo Medal Winner; Griffin Poetry Shortlist . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514171605/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2226 . live .
28. Web site: 2015-06-08 . Awards: Plutarch; Griffin Poetry; SFWA Nebulas . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230224195404/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2523 . live .
29. Web site: 2015-04-09 . Awards: Thriller Finalists; Indie Foreign Fiction; Griffin Poetry . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928050736/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2482 . live .
30. News: Medley . Mark . 2016-06-03 . 'This is a debut book – holy crap': Liz Howard takes the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize . . 2017-08-29 . 2016-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161001233151/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/this-is-a-debut-book-holy-crap-liz-howard-takes-the-65000-griffin-poetry-prize/article30257468/ . live .
31. Web site: 2016-06-07 . Awards: Griffin Poetry; International Thriller Writers . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521151239/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2769 . live .
32. Web site: 2016-04-14 . Awards: L.A. Times Book; Griffin Poetry . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216114033/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2732 . live .
33. Web site: 2017-06-12 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Winners . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203183154/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3020 . live .
34. News: Kean . Danuta . 2017-06-09 . Alice Oswald takes £37,000 Griffin prize with 'breathtaking' poetry . en-GB . . 2023-05-25 . 0261-3077 . 2023-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524130159/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/09/alice-oswald-wins-37000-griffin-prize-poems-poetry-falling-awake-canada . live .
35. Web site: 2017-04-12 . Awards: Griffin Poetry; Penderyn Music Book . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510233140/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2978 . live .
36. Web site: 2017 – Frank Bidart . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223802/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/lifetime-recognition-award/frank-bidart/ . 20 October 2018 . 8 June 2017.
37. Web site: 2018-06-11 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Winners; Tonys . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103033809/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3267 . live .
38. Web site: 2018-04-13 . Awards: Stella; Man Booker International; Griffin Poetry; Colby . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221003102547/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3227 . live .
39. Web site: 2018 – Ana Blandiana . 11 October 2017 . 11 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171011182140/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/lifetime-recognition-award/2018-ana-blandiana/ . live .
40. Web site: 2019-06-10 . Awards: PubWest Book Design; Griffin Poetry . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209002319/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3512 . live .
41. Web site: 2019-04-11 . Awards: Stella Winner; Griffin Poetry Shortlist . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221004123635/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3471 . live .
42. Web site: 2019 – Nicole Brossard . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224201609/http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/the-griffin-trust-for-excellence-in-poetry-announces-nicole-brossard-as-its-2019-lifetime-recognition-award-recipient/ . 24 December 2019 . 24 April 2019.
43. News: Lederman . Marsha . 2022-09-08 . Griffin Poetry Prize eliminating category reserved for Canadian poets . en-CA . . 2023-05-25 . 2022-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205010353/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-griffin-poetry-prize-canadian-international/ . live .
44. Web site: 2020-05-27 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Winner . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129231424/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3747 . live .
45. Web site: Bresge . Adina . 2021-06-23 . Canisia Lubrin named Canadian winner of $65K Griffin Poetry Prize . 2023-05-25 . CP24 . en . 2022-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123032514/https://www.cp24.com/entertainment-news/canisia-lubrin-named-canadian-winner-of-65k-griffin-poetry-prize-1.5482275 . live .
46. Web site: 2021-06-30 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Winners . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207220814/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4018 . live .
47. Web site: 2021-04-16 . Awards: Reading the West, Griffin Poetry Shortlists . 2023-05-25 . . 2023-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130035956/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3966 . live .
48. Web site: Bresge . Adina . 2022-06-15 . B.C. writer Tolu Oloruntoba wins $65K Griffin Poetry Prize for debut book . 2023-05-25 . . en . 2023-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405192336/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/06/15/bc-writer-tolu-oloruntoba-wins-65k-griffin-poetry-prize.html . live .
49. Web site: 2022-06-20 . Awards: Walter Scott, Griffin Poetry Winners . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220729234016/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4257 . live .
50. Web site: 2022-04-18 . Awards: Griffin Poetry Shortlists . 2023-05-25 . . 2022-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814094959/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4213 . live .
51. Web site: 2022-06-17 . Douglas Kearney Awarded Griffin International Poetry Prize . 2023-05-25 . . en.
52. Cassandra Drudi, "Newfoundland poet Maggie Burton wins 2024 Griffin Canadian First Book Prize". Quill & Quire, May 29, 2024.
53. Nicole Thompson, "American poet Roger Reeves wins Griffin Poetry Prize for ‘Best Barbarian’". Toronto Star, June 7, 2023.
54. Web site: Drudi . Cassandra . 2023-04-19 . Susan Musgrave, Iman Mersal among Griffin Poetry Prize finalists . 2023-05-25 . . en . 2023-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230520015833/https://quillandquire.com/omni/susan-musgrave-iman-mersal-among-griffin-poetry-prize-finalists/ . live .
55. Cassandra Drudi, "George McWhirter wins Griffin Poetry Prize for Homero Aridjis translation". Quill & Quire, June 6, 2024.
56. https://www.cbc.ca/books/vancouver-poet-and-translator-george-mcwhirter-makes-shortlist-for-130k-griffin-poetry-prize-1.7175512 "Vancouver poet and translator George McWhirter makes shortlist for $130K Griffin Poetry Prize"

External links

• • Griffin Poetry Prize on YouTube
• Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie website
• Poets performing prose is the real prize Toronto Star
• Griffin Poetry Prize doubles award money The Globe and Mail
• Griffin Poetry Prize turns 10 Toronto Star