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The Griffin Poetry Prize is a Canadian 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.[1] In 2022, the two awards were consolidated into a single international prize of CAD$130,000.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[5]

Selections from the shortlisted works are gathered annually in The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology,[7] 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.[8]

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.[9][10] Other projects have included funding a statue in tribute to poet Al Purdy,[11] 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.[12]

In 2022, Griffin Poetry Prize officials announced that the Canadian and international awards would be consolidated into a single award of CAD$130,000.[13] 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.[2] Critics from within Canadian poetry expressed concern about loss of opportunities "given the role the award played in securing grants and jobs".[14] 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."[15]

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.[16]

Honorees and judges

2000s

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2001-2009
Year Category Poet Title Result Ref.
2001Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Men in the Off Hours Winner [17]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Nine Visits to the Mythworld Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Another Gravity Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". and Heather McHugh (trans.) Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". and Chana Kronfeld (trans.) Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Selected Poems Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Learning Human Finalist
2002Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Eunoia Winner [18][19]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Short Haul Engine Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Disobedience Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Maraca Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Homer: War Music Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Conscious and Verbal Finalist
2003Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Concrete and Wild Carrot Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". thirsty Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Moy Sand and Gravel Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Mr And Mrs Scotland are Dead: Poems 1980–1994 Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". American Sonnets: poems Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Steal Away: selected and new poems Finalist
2004Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Loop Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Now You Care Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". go-go dancing for Elvis Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Notes From the Divided Country Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
2005Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Changing on the Fly Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Camber Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Selected Poems: 1963–2003 Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". On the Ground Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Corpus Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
2006Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Nerve Squall Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Little theatres Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Born to Slow Horses Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems fby Durs Grünbein Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Company of Moths Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Script error: No such module "sort". by Dunya Mikhail Finalist
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner
2007Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Strike/Slip Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Airstream Land Yacht Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Ontological Necessities Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Scar Tissue Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Tramp in Flames Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Salvation Blues Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Ooga-Booga Finalist
2008Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner [20]
Script error: No such module "Sort". and Erín Moure (trans.) Notebook of Roses and Civilization by Nicole Brossard Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition by Cesar Vallejo Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Selected Poems 1969–2005 Finalist
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner [21]
2009Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Revolver Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Crabwise to the Hounds Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Rising, Falling, Hovering Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Life on Earth Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Primitive Mentor Finalist
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner

2010s

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2010-2019
Year Category Poet Title Result Ref.
2010Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Pigeon Winner [19]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Coal and Roses Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Grain Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Cold Spring in Winter by Valérie Rouzeau Finalist
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner
2011Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Ossuaries Winner [22]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [23]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Lookout Finalist [23]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Heavenly Questions Winner [22]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Human Chain Finalist [23]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Adonis: Selected Poems by Adunis Finalist [23]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Script error: No such module "sort". by Francois Jacqmin Finalist [23]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner
2012Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Methodist Hatchet Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Killdeer Finalist [24]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Forge Finalist [24]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Night Winner
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [24]
Script error: No such module "Sort". November Finalist [24]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Rózewicz Finalist [24]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner
2013Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". What's the Score? Winner [25]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Sailing to Babylon Finalist [26]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Personals Finalist [26]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) The Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems by Ghassan Zaqtan Winner [25]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Liquid Nitrogen Finalist [26]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Night of the Republic Finalist [26]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Our Andromeda Finalist [26]
2014Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Red Doc> Winner [27]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Ocean Finalist [28]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Correspondences Finalist [28]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire Winner [27]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Pilgrim's Flower Finalist [28]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Silverchest Finalist [28]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Colonies by Tomasz Różycki Finalist [28]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner
2015Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Blue Sonoma Winner [29]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Congotronic Finalist [30]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [30]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner [29]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Something Crosses My Mind by Wang Xiaoni Finalist [30]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Finite Formulae & Theories of Chance by Wioletta Greg Finalist [30]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [30]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner
2016Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent Winner [31][32]
Script error: No such module "Sort". and Patrick Friesen (trans.) Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments by Ulrikka S. Gernes Finalist [33]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Tell: poems for a girlhood Finalist [33]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner [31][32]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings Finalist [33]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 40 Sonnets Finalist [33]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Heaven Finalist [33]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner [31]
2017Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Injun Winner [34][35]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Violet Energy Ingots Finalist [36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Silvija Finalist [36]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Falling Awake Winner [34][35]
Script error: No such module "Sort". World of Made and Unmade Finalist [35][36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laabi Finalist [35][36]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Say Something Back Finalist [35][36]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner [34][37]
2018Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". This Wound is a World Winner [38]
Script error: No such module "Sort". I have to live. Finalist [39]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Same Diff Finalist [39]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Debths Winner [38]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Heaven is All Goodbyes Finalist [39]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Whereas Finalist [39]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Hard Child Finalist [39]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner [40]
2019Template:NoteTag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Quarrels Winner [41]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [42]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [42]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon Winner [41]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [42]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Lake Michigan Finalist [42]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Negative Space by Luljeta Lleshanaku Finalist [42]
Lifetime Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". Winner [43]

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.[19][44] However, in 2023, the Canadian-specific prize was eliminated with only one winner selected each year who wins $130,000.[19]

2020-2022

Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2020-2022
Year Category Poet Title Result Ref.
2020Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Magnetic Equator Winner [45]
Script error: No such module "Sort". How She Read Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". heft Finalist
International Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Time by Etel Adnan Winner [45]
Script error: No such module "Sort". How to Dress a Fish Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Arias Finalist
Script error: No such module "Sort". Lima :: Limón Finalist
2021Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner [46][47]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [48]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Pluviophile Finalist [48]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Music for the Dead and Resurrected Winner [46][47]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Obit Finalist [48]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Underworld Lit Finalist [48]
Script error: No such module "Sort". and Changtai Bi (trans.) My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree by Yi Lei Finalist [48]
2022Template:Notetag Canada Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Winner [49][50]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Dream of No One But Myself Finalist [51]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Letters in a Bruised Cosmos Finalist [51]
International Script error: No such module "Sort". Sho Winner [49][50][52]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (trans.) Late to the House of Words by Gemma Gorga Finalist [51]
Script error: No such module "Sort". and Dzvinia Orlowsky (trans.) Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow by Natalka Bilotserkivets Finalist [51]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Asked What Has Changed Finalist [51]

2023-present

Canadian First Book Prize
Canadian First Book Prize winners
Year Poet Title Ref.
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". [3]
2024 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chores [53]
2025 Script error: No such module "Sort". Northerny [54]
Griffin Poetry Prize
Griffin Poetry Prize winners, finalists, and judges, 2023–present
Year Poet Title Result Ref.
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". Best Barbarian Winner [55]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (translated by Robyn Creswell) Script error: No such module "sort". Finalist [56]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Script error: No such module "Sort". Exculpatory Lilies
Script error: No such module "Sort". Time Is a Mother
2024 Script error: No such module "Sort". Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Winner [57]
Script error: No such module "Sort". To 2040 Finalist [58]
Script error: No such module "Sort". School of Instructions
Script error: No such module "Sort". (translated by Amelia M. Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk) A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails
Script error: No such module "Sort". Door
2025 Script error: No such module "Sort". (translated by Karen Leeder) Psyche Running Winner [59]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (translated by Aaron Coleman) The Great Zoo Finalist [60]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Scattered Snows, to the North
Script error: No such module "Sort". (translated by Brian Henry) Kiss the Eyes of Peace
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See also

Notes


References

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