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:
Rodney Jones reads The United States from Salvation Blues
Don McKay reads Astonished and Petrified from Strike/Slip
Don McKay reads Astonished and Petrified from Strike/Slip
Frederick Seidel's Barbados from Ooga-Booga (read by Caroline Cave)
Frederick Seidel's Barbados from Ooga-Booga (read by Caroline Cave)
Priscila Uppal reads Sorry, I Forgot to Clean Up After Myself from Ontological Necessities
Priscila Uppal reads Sorry, I Forgot to Clean Up After Myself from Ontological Necessities
Charles Wright reads The Woodpecker Pecks But the Hole Does Not Appear from Scar Tissue
Charles Wright reads The Woodpecker Pecks But the Hole Does Not Appear from Scar Tissue
Matthew Rohrer opens the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize awards ceremony
Matthew Rohrer opens the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize awards ceremony
Robert Hass and Robin Robertson pays tribute to Griffin honoree Tomas Transtromer
Robert Hass and Robin Robertson pays tribute to Griffin honoree Tomas Transtromer
Don McKay reads Pond from Strike/Slip (video produced by Liz Zetlin)