2017 Shortlist – Griffin Poetry Prize

International Shortlist

	Book: *World of Made and Unmade* Poet: Jane Mead Publisher: Alice James Books
	Book: *In Praise of Defeat* Translator: Donald Nicholson-Smith Poet: Abdellatif Laâbi Publisher: Archipelago Books
	International Winner Book: *Falling Awake* Poet: Alice Oswald Publisher: Jonathan Cape/W.W. Norton & Company
	Book: *Say Something Back* Poet: Denise Riley Publisher: Picador
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Canadian Shortlist
	Canadian Winner Book: *Injun* Poet: Jordan Abel Publisher: Talonbooks
	Book: *Violet Energy Ingots* Poet: Hoa Nguyen Publisher: Wave Books
	Book: *Silvija* Poet: Sandra Ridley Publisher: BookThug
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The Griffin Poetry Prize 2017 Anthology

Edited by Sue Goyette

House of Anansi Press

Royalties from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology will be donated to UNESCO’s World Poetry Day, created to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression, and to offer endangered languages the opportunities to be heard in their communities.

Griffin Poetry Prize 2017 Photo Gallery

Jordan Abel, Erin Soros

Dale Smith, Hoa Nguyen, Tawny Andersen, Jeramy Dodds

David Young, George Szirtes

Joan Naviyuk Kane, George Szirtes, Sue Goyette

Abdellatif Laabi, Donald Nicholson-Smith

Erin Soros, Sandra Ridley

Jessica Cooney, Melissa Shirley

Mark Doty, Frank Bidart

Abdellatif Laabi

Sandra Ridley, Scott Griffin, Erin Soros

Jeramy Dodds, Tawny Andersen, Scott Griffin

Alice Oswald, John FitzGerald

Krystyne Griffin, Adrienne Clarkson

Frank Bidart

Sue Goyette, Scott Griffin, Joan Naviyuk Kane, George Szirtes

Michael Ondaatje, Hoa Nguyen

Donald Nicholson-Smith, Jill Schoolman

Scott Griffin

Sue Goyette

Jeramy Dodds (reading for Jane Mead)

George Szirtes

Abdellatif Laabi

Donald Nicholson-Smith

Joan Naviyuk Kane

Alice Oswald

Erin Soros (reading for Denise Riley)

Mark Doty

Frank Bidart

Scott Griffin, Frank Bidart

Scott Griffin

Jordan Abel

Hoa Nguyen

Sue Goyette

Sandra Ridley

Jo Shapcott, Sandra Ridley, Hoa Nguyen, Jordan Abel

Front row (left to right): Frank Bidart, Erin Soros (who read for Denise Riley), Donald Nicholson-Smith, Abdellatif Laabi, Sandra Ridley - Back row (left to right): Jeramy Dodds (who read for Jane Mead), George Szirtes, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Sue Goyette, Hoa Nguyen, Scott Griffin, Alice Oswald, Jordan Abel

Hoa Nguyen, Jordan Abel, Sandra Ridley, Donald Nicholson-Smith

Hoa Nguyen

Alice Oswald

Scott Griffin

Joan Naviyuk Kane, Dale Smith, Hoa Nguyen

Alice Oswald and family

Christian Kemp-Griffin, Ruth Smith

Donald Nicholson-Smith, Mia Rublowska

Hoa Nguyen, Sonnet L'Abbe

Laurie Siblock, Stuart Ross

Jordan Abel, Chelsea Novak, Kevin Williams, Heidi Waechtler

Kylie Dyment, Ryan Murphy

Francine Prevost, Pierre Nepveu

Lois Lorimer, Kate Flaherty

Eric Romer, Bonnie Soutar, Chloe Griffin, Nick Romer, Mark Romer

John FitzGerald, George Szirtes

Mark and Melanie Romer

Albert Schultz, Carey Salerno

Joan Naviyuk Kane, Erin Soros

Adam Sol, Erin Knight, Adam Dickinson

Poetry in Voice competitors David White and Enzo Campa

Christian Kemp-Griffin, Scott Griffin

Chloe, Scott and Krystyne Griffin

Mark Doty, Frank Bidart, Scott Griffin

Jocelyne and Abdellatif Laabi

Abdellatif Laabi, Krystyne Griffin

Jordan Abel, Chelsea Novak

Susan Perly, Dennis Lee

Jane Brenneman Gibson, Douglas Gibson

Ben McNally, Lynn Thomson

Erin Soros

Christine McNair, Rob McLennan

Thaddeus Romer, Michou Caron

Alice Oswald, Scott Griffin, Jordan Abel

Liz Marshall, Susan G. Cole

Lois Lorimer, Catherine Graham, Susan Perly

Please contact webmaster@griffinpoetryprize.com if we have missed anyone’s names in picture captions. Thank you!

Photo credits: Tom Sandler Photography

Photo credits:
Alice Oswald, by Kate Mount
Sandra Ridley, by John W. Macdonald
Denise Riley, by Kevin Lake

International Shortlist

Canadian Shortlist

Griffin Poetry Prize 2017 Photo Gallery