Griffin Poetry Prize
Summary: The Griffin Poetry Prize was launched in September, 2000 by Trustees Margaret Atwood, Scott Griffin, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young. Most recently, Carolyn Forché has joined the group of Trustees who each year selected the judges for the Griffin Poetry Prize. The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry was created to serve and encourage poetry written in English anywhere in the world. The Griffin Trust annually awards two prizes - an International and a Canadian award - for a total of $100,000 (Cdn). The Griffin Poetry Prize Web site further encourages an appreciation for poetry by offering samples of the works of the poets who have been shortlisted for these awards, in text, audio and video formats.
Podcasts:
Roo Borson reads from Summer Grass
Reading of Les Murray's An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow
Don McKay reads from Sometimes a Voice (1)
Robert Bringhurst reads Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas' Those Who Stay a Long Way Out to Sea
Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh read Paul Celan's With a Changing Key
Anne Carson reads from Seated Figure With Red Angle (1988) by Betty Goodwin
Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld read Yehuda Amichai's I, May I Rest in Peace
August Kleinzahler opens the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize awards ceremony
Robert Hass pays tribute to Griffin honoree Robin Blaser
Simon Armitage opens the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize awards ceremony
Ken Babstock reads Compatibilist from Airstream Land Yacht
Ken Babstock reads Compatibilist from Airstream Land Yacht
Paul Farley reads Tramp in Flames
Paul Farley reads Tramp in Flames
Rodney Jones reads The United States from Salvation Blues
