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By funding the Griffin Poetry Prize
- the world’s largest prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written in, or translated into English, from any country in the world – the Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry aims to spark the public’s imagination and raise awareness of the crucial role poetry plays in our cultural life.

Announcing the 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners

TORONTO – June 13, 2013 – Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems, translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah, written by Ghassan Zaqtan and What’s the Score? by David W. McFadden are the International and Canadian winners of the 2013 annual Griffin Poetry Prize. They each received C$65,000 in prize money. Get all the details here.

Griffin Poetry Prize 2013 Shortlist Readings Livestream

We’re sharing a replay of the Griffin Poetry Prize 2013 shortlist readings livestream, from the June 12, 2013 event at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Enjoy it here.

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Guess the Griffin Poetry 2013 Winners … and Win A Poetry Anthology

Thank you to everyone who sent in their guesses for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2013 International and Canadian winners. Click here to find out who guessed correctly and has won a copy of the 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology.

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  • Poem of the Week
    June 16, 2013 to June 23, 2013

    Microscopic Surgery
    by David W. McFadden
    The final poem in David McFadden's 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize winning collection What's the Score? throws out pretty quickly a word that could describe not only the narrator, but perhaps also the reader: disoriented. From a queasy start, where does that poem take both?
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