The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2013 International and Canadian Shortlist

TORONTO – April 9, 2013 – Scott Griffin, founder of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry and David Young, trustee, announced the International and Canadian shortlist for this year’s prize. Judges Suzanne Buffam (Canada), Mark Doty (USA) and Wang Ping (China) each read 509 books of poetry, from 40 countries, including 15 translations.

The seven finalists – four International and three Canadian – will be invited to read in Toronto at Koerner Hall at The Royal Conservatory in the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, on Wednesday, June 12th. The seven finalists will each be awarded $10,000 for their participation in the Shortlist Readings.

The winners, to be announced at the Griffin Poetry Prize Awards evening on Thursday, June 13th, will each be awarded $65,000.

Each year, The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry presents an anthology of poems selected from the shortlisted books, published by House of Anansi Press. Royalties from The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology are donated to UNESCO’s World Poetry Day.

Tickets for the Shortlist Readings to be held on Wednesday, June 12th, at Koerner Hall at The Royal Conservatory in the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto are available at http://performance.rcmusic.ca or by calling 416 408 0208.

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Note: The publishers mentioned in our release are those who submitted the books.

Note to booksellers: Griffin Poetry Prize book stickers are supplied free of charge by The Griffin Trust. Contact info@griffinpoetryprize.com to place an order. Winner book stickers will be available after June 13th.

Please direct other inquiries as follows:

Media Contacts:June Dickenson Telephone: (647) 477-6000 press@griffinpoetryprize.com

General Inquiries:Ruth Smith, Manager Telephone: (905) 618-0420 info@griffinpoetryprize.com

Shortlisted Publishers’ Web sites:

Able Muse Press
www.ablemusepress.com

Copper Canyon Press
www.coppercanyonpress.org

Freehand Books
www.freehand-books.com

Giramondo Publishing
www.giramondopublishing.com

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
www.hmhbooks.com

Mansfield Press
www.mansfieldpress.net

Yale University Press
www.yalebooks.com/margellos

 

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