Griffin Poetry Prize

Griffin Poetry Prize

The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. Each winner receives CAD$50,000.

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 Trustees Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young. In June 2004, Carolyn Forché joined the board of Trustees.

The Trust created the Griffin Poetry Prize with the aim of helping to introduce contemporary collections of poetry to the public's imagination. Originally, the award was two annual prizes of CAD$40,000 each, for collections of poetry published in English during the preceding year. One prize for a living Canadian poet, the other to a living poet from any other country, which could include Canada. Qualified judges are selected annually by the Trustees and the prizes awarded in April/May each year. In April 2005, Scott Griffin increased the amount of the prize for each of the two winners to CAD$50,000.

Eligible collections of poetry must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the prior year. Submission must come from the publishers only.

Finalists

Winners are listed first and highlighted with bold.


=2001=

Canada:
*Anne Carson, "Men in the Off Hours"
*Robert Bringhurst, "Nine Visits to the Mythworld"
*Don McKay, "Another Gravity"

International:
*Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh, translation of "Glottal Stop: 101 Poems" by Paul Celan
*Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld, translation of "Open Closed Open" by Yehuda Amichai
*Fanny Howe, "Selected Poems"
*Les Murray, "Learning Human"

Judges:
*Carolyn Forché
*Dennis Lee
*Paul Muldoon


=2002=

Canada:
*Christian Bök, "Eunoia"
*Erin Mouré, "Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person"
*Karen Solie, "Short Haul Engine"

International:
*Alice Notley, "Disobedience"
*Victor Hernández Cruz, "Maraca"
*Christopher Logue, "Homer: War Music"
*Les Murray, "Conscious and Verbal"

Judges:
*Dionne Brand
*Robert Creeley
*Michael Hofmann


=2003=

Canada:
*Margaret Avison, "Concrete and Wild Carrot"
*Dionne Brand, "thirsty"
*P.K. Page, "Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New"

International:
*Paul Muldoon, "Moy sand and gravel"
*Kathleen Jamie, "Mr And Mrs Scotland are Dead: Poems 1980-1994"
*Gerald Stern, "American Sonnets: poems"
*C. D. Wright, "Steal Away: selected and new poems"

Judges:
*Michael Longley
*Sharon Olds
*Sharon Thesen


=2004=

Canada:
*Anne Simpson, "Loop"
*Di Brandt, "Now You Care"
*Leslie Greentree, "Go-go Dancing for Elvis"

International:
*August Kleinzahler, "The Strange Hours Travelers Keep"
*Suji Kwock Kim, "Notes From the Divided Country"
*David Kirby, "The Ha-Ha"
*Louis Simpson, "The Owner of the House"

Judges:
*Billy Collins
*Bill Manhire
*Phyllis Webb


=2005=

Canada:
*Roo Borson, "Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida"
*George Bowering, "Changing on the Fly"
*Don McKay, "Camber"

International:
*Charles Simic, "Selected Poems: 1963-2003"
*Fanny Howe, "On the Ground"
*Michael Symmons Roberts, "Corpus"
*Matthew Rohrer, "A Green Light"

Judges:
*Simon Armitage
*Erin Mouré
*Tomaž Šalamun


=2006=

Canada:
*Sylvia Legris, "Nerve Squall"
*Phil Hall, "An Oak Hunch"
*Erin Mouré, "Little theatres"

International:
*Kamau Brathwaite, "Born to Slow Horses"
*Michael Hofmann, translation of "Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems" by Durs Grünbein
*Michael Palmer, "Company of Moths"
*Elizabeth Winslow, translation of "The War Works Hard" by Dunya Mikhail

Judges:
*Lavinia Greenlaw
*Lisa Robertson
*Eliot Weinberger

Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Robin Blaser


=2007=

Canada:
*Don McKay, "Strike/Slip"
*Ken Babstock, "Airstream Land Yacht"
*Priscila Uppal, "Ontological Necessities"

International:
*Charles Wright, "Scar Tissue"
*Paul Farley, "Tramp in Flames"
*Rodney Jones, "Salvation Blues"
*Frederick Seidel, "Ooga-Booga"

Judges:
*John Burnside
*Charles Simic
*Karen Solie

Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Tomas Tranströmer


=2008=

Canada:
*Robin Blaser, "The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser"
*Robert Majzels and Erin Moure, translation of "Notebook of Roses and Civilization" by Nicole Brossard
*David McFadden, "Why Are You So Sad? Selected Poems of David W. McFadden"

International:
*John Ashbery, "Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems"
*Elaine Equi, "Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems"
*Clayton Eshleman, translation of "The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition" by Cesar Vallejo
*David Harsent, "Selected Poems 1969-2005"

Judges:
*George Bowering
*James Lasdun
*Pura Lopez Colome

Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Ko Un

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/podcast/rss.xml Poetry readings podcast feed]
* [http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/435767 Poets performing prose is the real prize] "Toronto Star"


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