The Trust created the Griffin Poetry Prize with the aim of helping to introduce contemporary collections of poetry to the public's imagination. Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of The Wound is a World, won the Canadian prize, and Susan Howe, author of Debths, won the international prize. [4] One prize for a living Canadian poet, the other to a living poet from any other country, which could include Canada. Read some poetry from the Griffin Prize nominees. Riggs will receive 60 per cent of the cash prize, and the remaining 40 per cent will go to Adnan. "remove":"add"](select.closed),dom.control.setAttribute("aria-expanded",o)}function onToggleClicked(){var l=!isPanelOpen();setPanelState(l)}function onWindowScroll(){window.requestAnimationFrame(function() {var l=isPanelOpen(),n=0===(document.body.scrollTop||document.documentElement.scrollTop);n||l||!allowExpand?n&&l&&(allowExpand=!0,setPanelState(!1)):(allowExpand=!1,setPanelState(!0))});}pencilInit(".js-sub-pencil",!1); // via darwin-bg var slideIndex = 0; carousel(); function carousel() { var i; var x = document.getElementsByClassName("subs_valueprop"); for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { x[i].style.display = "none"; } slideIndex++; if (slideIndex> x.length) { slideIndex = 1; } x[slideIndex - 1].style.display = "block"; setTimeout(carousel, 2500); } //. The winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize will be announced on June 13. Winners are listed first and highlighted with bold. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. What part of the event were you looking forward to?Story continues below advertisementChantal Gibson:I really like a … We asked the three authors on the Canadian shortlist about their nominated books, what they’ll miss about not having a night out on the Griffin’s tab, and the poetry that’s helping them get through this moment. In November 2010, Scott Griffin announced a new Griffin Trust initiative called Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie, a bilingual recitation contest for high school students across Canada. Griffin Poetry Prize spotlight: Eve Joseph reads from Quarrels Other past Canadian winners include Anne Carson, Roo Borson, Dionne Brand and Jordan Abel. Srikanth Reddy. Dale Northey/HandoutNot having an actual awards gala is a bummer. Chantal Gibson, shortlisted for How She Read (Caitlin Press): Both my visual and literary art challenge the ways individuals, communities and institutions construct knowledge. The judges for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize are Ulrikka Gernes (Denmark), Kim Maltman (Canada) and Srikanth Reddy (US). Griffin Prize nominees reflect on their work, the cancelled gala and poetry in a pandemic. Qualified judges are selected annually by the Trustees. Toronto-based Ken Babstock and British poet David Harsent have been named the 2012 winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize. The Griffin Poetry Prize will award $65,000 each to two winners - one Canadian and one international. The winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize will be announced on June 13. Before then, we’d like to introduce you to this year’s nominees. My art installations and altered-book sculptures question historical narratives, the story, the storyteller, what’s included, what’s not. Announcing the Griffin Poetry Prize 2019 Shortlist. 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The Griffin Prize Gala is the one night each year when Canadian poets get to dress up, drink expensive cocktails and mingle with people who get to their cottages by private float plane – all in the name of celebrating great verse. Griffin Poetry Prize 2016 winners. The Griffin Poetry Prize, valued at $130,000, is awarded annually in two categories – International and Canadian. 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 award has a long history of recognising new talent and cementing the careers of Australian writers, as the Honour Board of Griffin Award winners attests. poet Robin Blaser, and some advice", "Robin Blaser and Ko Un Win Griffin Poetry Prizes! The Griffin Poetry Prize. Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson, Jo Shapcott and Colm Tóibín have assumed the role of Trustees Emeriti. Scott Straker (center) with William (left) and Lucianna (right) David Young, Louise Dennys. ... Jennifer Maiden’s Liquid Nitrogen is on the short list for the Griffin Poetry Prize. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Romanian contemporary poet Ana Blandiana also received The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry's 2018 Lifetime Recognition Award. ", "Griffin Poetry Prize: 2015 – Derek Walcott", "Jordan Abel wins $65K Griffin Poetry Prize for Injun", Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffin_Poetry_Prize&oldid=994660546, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Canadian and International awards for poetry written in or translated into English, Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry and, This page was last edited on 16 December 2020, at 21:39. 1st Place in the Snow Sculpture contest for Lucknow & Area went to Kelly Greig. This article was published more than 6 months ago. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. Liz Howard was honoured and celebrated last night in Toronto at the Griffin Poetry Prize Gala for her debut work, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent. The winners were chosen on June 7 at a gala held in The Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery Historic District. Each year, selections from the shortlisted works are gathered in The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology,[5] typically edited by one of that year's judges. Eligible collections of poetry must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the prior year. The Montreal-based, Calgary-raised writer Kaie Kellough is shortlisted for his third collection, Magnetic Equator. Griffin Prize nominees reflect on their work, the cancelled gala and poetry in a pandemic GlobeArts. Tessa Griffin, Lindsay Cornish and David Smith of Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie. The trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry select the judges annually. The Victoria-based writer received the honour at a Toronto gala on … These distinguished writers and poets each read 510 books of poetry, received from 32 countries around the globe, including 37 translations. Both poets received $65,000 in prize money. Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Every year, the Griffin Poetry Prize judges compile a shortlist of up to seven outstanding books of poetry, four International and three Canadian. Subscribe Now> Like almost every other major cultural event, however, the gala has had to adjust to the new COVID-19 reality. [20], Guest performer at awards ceremony: Hamish Marissen-Clark, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion, Guest speaker at awards ceremony: August Kleinzahler, 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize winner, Lifetime Recognition Award (announced by the Griffin trustees) to Nicole Brossard. The journal entries begin in 2010 and end in 2019 when the book was published. Fro Every year, the Griffin Poetry Prize judges compile a shortlist of up to seven outstanding books … The prize shortlists are announced in April (National Poetry Month) every year. [17], Guest performer at awards ceremony: Marie Foolchand, National Poetry In Voice recitation champion, Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees) to Frank Bidart. [2][3] The increased amount of $100,000 will be awarded as follows: CAD$10,000 to each of the seven shortlisted – four international and three Canadian – for their participation in the shortlist readings. International Shortlist. Poets from Ireland, Scotland and the U.S. have made the short list for the Griffin Poetry Prize, the prize that awards $50,000 to a Canadian poet and an international poet every year. How She Read is another kind of altered book. New trustees have been named as follows: 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. The winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize will be announced on June 13. Also in the running is Doyali Islam for Heft.. Rounding out the Canadian short list is Vancouver-based Chantal Gibson for her debut book of poetry, How She Read. The Griffin Poetry Prize counts amongst its past winners some of the most lauded, beloved, and respected names in poetry. Some information in it may no longer be current. Dominoes at the Crossroads was longlisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize; and his book of poetry Magnetic Equator won the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize. Instead of a luxe party at Toronto’s Koerner Hall, the winners (one Canadian and one international) of the country’s richest poetry prize – $65,000 to each – will be announced online May 19. Kaie Kellough is shortlisted for his book Magnetic Equator. Doyali Islam, shortlisted for heft (McClelland & Stewart): Because I’m voluntarily self-isolating in the room where I keep the 10 handwritten journals of my thoughts while creating heft, I’ve had an opportunity to skim them. The collection is one of three Canadian titles nominated for the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize, which will be awarded at a Toronto gala on June 2. Kaie Kellough's Magnetic Equator is the Canadian winner of the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize.. Join now to receive daily email updates. Just $1.99 per week for the first 24 weeks, var select={root:".js-sub-pencil",control:".js-sub-pencil-control",open:"o-sub-pencil--open",closed:"o-sub-pencil--closed"},dom={},allowExpand=!0;function pencilInit(o){var e=arguments.length>1&&void 0!==arguments[1]&&arguments[1];select.root=o,dom.root=document.querySelector(select.root),dom.root&&(dom.control=document.querySelector(select.control),dom.control.addEventListener("click",onToggleClicked),setPanelState(e),window.addEventListener("scroll",onWindowScroll),dom.root.removeAttribute("hidden"))}function isPanelOpen(){return dom.root.classList.contains(select.open)}function setPanelState(o){dom.root.classList[o?"add":"remove"](select.open),dom.root.classList[o? The Griffin Prize Q&A: Ian Williams. Peter LaMantia, Krystyne Griffin, Kai McCall. Chantal Gibson, Doyali Islam and Kaie Kellough are all on the Canadian shortlist for the $65,000 prize. Doyali Islam is shortlisted for her book heft. In addition, Griffin Prize nominees receive $10,000 apiece for participating in a pre-awards reading at Koerner Hall at The Royal Conservatory in the TELUS Centre for … Lake Michigan Daniel Borzutzky The Perseverance Raymond Antrobus Penned in the Margins. In June 2004, Carolyn Forché joined the board of Trustees. Icons like Anne Carson, Paul Muldoon, and P.K. Friday, Jun 03, 2016 at 12:51pm The winners of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize, Canada's largest and most generous award for poetry, were announced this week.. Norman Dubie won the Griffin International Prize for his collection The Quotations of Bone, and The Griffin Canadian Prize for Poetry went to Liz Howard for the Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent. Griffin Poetry Prize nominee's work based on case of slain B.C. Meet Alan Shapiro, author of Night of The Republic . Submissions must come from publishers only. SUBMITTED 1st Place in the Snow Sculpture contest for Ripley & Area went to Larry Griffin. Scott Griffin, 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlisted poets. Nominees for the Griffin Prize — one for international poets, one for Canadians — were announced Tuesday in Toronto. When Scott Griffin founded the prize that bears his family name, one of his goals was that the award becomes international in scope and prestige. Kaie Kellough, Doyali Islam among Canadian nominees for Griffin Poetry Prize April 7, 2020 Spring books preview: 38 of the best new reads in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and gardening Each prize is worth C$65,000. Join the mailing list to receive daily email updates. Nominees for this year’s Griffin Poetry Prize have been announced. A 2013 entry reveals that I was thinking about poetry-making as “an exocrinic task” because language is secreted onto “something epithelial, tissue-thin.” But today I would say the opposite: poetry is endocrinic – it’s music and silence entering the bloodstream directly. The ninth annual Griffin Poetry Prize winners were announced last night at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District, with A.F. Jared Bland. In April 2000, Scott Griffin started the Griffin Trust to raise public awareness of the crucial role poetry plays in society's cultural life. Originally, the award was two annual prizes of CAD$40,000 each, for collections of poetry published in English during the preceding year. The shortlisted poets gather for an evening of public readings every May/June, and the winners are announced and all the poets are feted the following evening. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Kaie Kellough is among this year’s Canadian nominees for the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize. The prestigious Griffin Award recognises an outstanding play or performance text that displays an authentic, inventive and contemporary Australian voice, with the winner receiving a $10,000 prize. Before then, we’d like to introduce you to this year’s nominees. The two winners, to be announced at the Griffin Poetry Prize Awards on Thursday, June 6, will each be awarded $65,000. teen Reena Virk Lauren La Rose The Canadian Press Published Sunday, May 29, 2016 9:55AM EDT [19], Guest performer at awards ceremony: David White, National Poetry In Voice recitation finalist, Lifetime Recognition Award (announced by the Griffin trustees) to Ana Blandiana.