THE GRIFFIN TRUST
For Excellence In PoetryPress ReleasesThe following are highlights of current announcements and press releases from and about the Griffin Poetry Prize. For more news on poets associated with the Griffin Poetry Prize, read our poets’ blog. To sign up to receive Griffin Trust announcements by e-mail, click here.
- April 8, 2008
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2008 Canadian and International Shortlist
- September 4, 2007
- Announcing the Judges for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize
- June 6, 2007
- Charles Wright’s Scar Tissue and Don McKay’s Strike/Slip Win the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize
- June 5, 2007
- Tomas Tranströmer Receives Griffin Trust Lifetime Recognition Award
- April 3, 2007
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2007 Canadian and International Shortlist
- November 15, 2006
- Judges Announced for the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize
- June 1, 2006
- Kamau Brathwaite's Born to Slow Horses and Sylvia Legris' Nerve Squall Win the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize
- April 5, 2006
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2006 Canadian and International Shortlist
- September 21, 2005
- Griffin Poetry Prize Announces Judges for 2006
- June 2, 2005
- Roo Borson's Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida and Charles Simic's Selected Poems: 1963-2003 Win the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize
- April 19, 2005
- Borderless: A Reading by Canadian Poets
- April 6, 2005
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2005 Canadian and International Shortlist
- January 19, 2005
- The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry Receives Record Number of Submissions for 2005 Prize
- December 9, 2004
- The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry Announces New Public Relations Director
- October 28, 2004
- The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry Announces the Judges for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize
- October 25, 2004
- Margaret Atwood, Robert Bringhurst, Anne Carson, August Kleinzahler and Anne Simpson read at exclusive Griffin Poetry Prize event at Poetry International 2004
- June 3, 2004
- Anne Simpson's Loop and August Kleinzahler's The Strange Hours Travelers Keep Win the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize
- March 31, 2004
- The C$80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize International and Canadian 2004 Shortlist Announced
- September 25, 2003
- The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry Announces the Judges for the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize
- June 12, 2003
- Margaret Avison’s Concrete and Wild Carrot and Paul Muldoon’s Moy sand and gravel Win the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize
- May 27, 2003
- Dionne Brand’s thirsty wins Pat Lowther Memorial Award
(League of Canadian Poets press release) - April 7, 2003
- Paul Muldoon’s Moy sand and gravel wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
(The Pulitzer Prizes citation) - March 27, 2003
- The C$80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize Announces Canadian and International Shortlist for 2003
- August 24, 2002
- The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry Announces the Judges for the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize
- July 29, 2002
- Anne Carson, Christian Bök and Alice Notley to Read at the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Griffin Poetry Prize Event
- May 30, 2002
- Christian Bök’s Eunoia and Alice Notley’s Disobedience Win the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize
- March 21, 2002
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces Canadian and International Shortlist for 2002
- March 6, 2002
- The Griffin Trust to Announce the 2002 International and Canadian Shortlists for the C$80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize on World Poetry Day
- July 26, 2001
- The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry Announces the Judges for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2002
- June 7, 2001
- Anne Carson’s Men in the Off Hours and Paul Celan’s Glottal Stop: 101 Poems by Paul Celan Win the $80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize Award
- April 11, 2001
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces International and Canadian Shortlist for 2001
- March 12, 2001
- The Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist to be Announced April 11th at Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
- February 8, 2001
- Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist To Be Announced at Blue Metropolis, Montreal’s International Literary Festival (April 11-16, 2001)
- September 6, 2000
- C$80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize Launched by Renowned Literary Figures Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young
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