The world’s most lucrative poetry prize just got a little richer. In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Griffin Poetry Prize, founder Scott Griffin announced this morning that annual prize winnings will double to $200,000, with each of the shortlisted authors receiving $10,000 and the winner in each category receiving $65,000.
This year’s shortlists were selected by a three-person jury comprising former Griffin winner Anne Carson and poets Kathleen Jamie and Carl Phillips. The nominees are as follows:
Canadian shortlist:
- The Certainty Dream by Kate Hall (Coach House Books)
- Coal and Roses by P.K. Page (The Porcupine’s Quill)
- Pigeon by Karen Solie (House of Anansi Press)
International shortlist:
- Grain by John Glenday (Picador)
- A Village Life by Louise Glück (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- The Sun-fish by Eiléan Nà Chuilleanáin (The Gallery Press)
- Cold Spring in Winter by Susan Wicks, translated from the French by Valérie Rouzeau (Arc Publications)