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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]
Atlantic Poetry Prize; Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize; Gerald Lampert Award – for the best volume of poetry by a new author; Griffin Poetry Prize – generous award for one Canadian and one foreign poet; Pat Lowther Award – for the best volume of poetry written by a woman; Prix Alain-Grandbois
The Latner Griffin Writers' Trust Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award. [1] Presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada and the Latner Family Foundation, the award presents $60,000 annually to a Canadian poet who has published at least three collections, to honour their body of work.
Scott Griffin, OC (born 1938) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2000, one of the world's most generous poetry awards, and Poetry In Voice, a bilingual recitation competition for Canadian high schools. Celebrating its 20th year in 2020, the Griffin Poetry Prize has become known as ...
Men in the Off Hours won the inaugural Griffin Poetry Prize in 2001, with the judges calling it an "ambitious collection" in which Carson "continues to redefine what a book of poetry can be".
Margaret Avison, OC (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. [1] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "Her work has been praised for the beauty of its language and images." [2]
Sylvia Legris (born 1960) is a Canadian poet.Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.She has published four volumes of poetry, the third of which, Nerve Squall, won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize and Pat Lowther Award, and the fourth of which was published by New Directions.
Eve Joseph (born 1953) is a Canadian poet and author. She is the author of The Startled Heart (2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and Quarrels, which won the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize [1] and was shortlisted for the 2019 ReLit Award for poetry.