2012 Shortlist

See also 2013 Shortlist.

International Shortlist | Canadian Shortlist | Anthology | Photo Gallery

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International Shortlist

	International Winner Book: Night Poet: David Harsent Publisher: Faber and Faber
	Book: The Chameleon Couch Poet: Yusef Komunyakaa Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
	Book: November Poet: Sean O’Brien Publisher: Picador
	Book: Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Różewicz Translator: Joanna Trzeciak Poet: Tadeusz Różewicz Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company

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Canadian Shortlist

	Canadian Winner Book: Methodist Hatchet Poet: Ken Babstock Publisher: House of Anansi Press
	Book: Killdeer Poet: Phil Hall Publisher: BookThug
	Book: Forge Poet: Jan Zwicky Publisher: Gaspereau Press

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Griffin Poetry Prize 2012 Anthology

The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2012 Edited by David O’Meara 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.

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Griffin Poetry Prize 2012 Photo Gallery

Krystyne Griffin, Heather McHugh, Yusef Komunyakaa

Scott Griffin, Robert Hass

Kara Springer, Christian Campbell, Yusef Komunyakaa

Jan Zwicky, Robert Bringhurst, Robert Hass

Margaret Atwood, Robin Robertson

David O'Meara, Charmaine Tierney, Matthew Tierney, Dorothy Jeffreys

Robert Bringhurst, Seamus Heaney, Ruth Smith

Fiona Sampson, Scott Griffin, David Harsent, Sean O'Brien, Simon Harsent

Dorothy Jeffreys, David O'Meara, Linda Spalding

Robert Bringhurst, Phil Hall

Ken Babstock

Scott Griffin

Fiona Sampson

David Harsent

David O'Meara

Yusef Komunyakaa

Heather McHugh

Sean O'Brien

Joanna Trzeciak

Robin Robertson

Seamus Heaney, Scott Griffin, Robin Robertson

Seamus Heaney

Ken Babstock

Phil Hall

Jan Zwicky

David Harsent, Margaret Atwood

Front row (left to right) - Yusef Komunyakaa, Scott Griffin, Fiona Sampson, Heather McHugh / Back row (left to right) - Ken Babstock, Joanna Trzeciak, David O'Meara, David Harsent, Jan Zwicky, Phil Hall, Sean O'Brien

David Harsent, Yusef Komunyakaa, Sean O'Brien

Jan Zwicky

Florence Richler, Noah Richler, Seamus Heaney

Catherine Bush, Ken Babstock

Karen Solie, Christine Pountney, Laura Repas

Scott and Krystyne Griffin

Yusef Komunyakaa, Scott Griffin

Victoria Webster, Gabe Gonda, Krystyne Griffin

Jan Zwicky, Robert Bringhurst, Scott Griffin

Margaret Atwood, Liz Marshall, Pat Pidgeon, Doug Kaye

Jess Atwood Gibson, Graeme Gibson

Leslie Lester, Albert Schultz, Karen Solie, David Seymour

Richard Gwyn, Monte McMurchy

Seamus and Marie Heaney

Joanna Trzeciak, Christopher Doda, Priscila Uppal

Michael Ondaatje, Linda Spalding

Sinclair Russell, Ruth Smith

Adam Sol, Yael Splansky, Yusef Komunyakaa

Adrienne Clarkson, Joanna Trzeciak, Krystyne Griffin, John Huss

Sandra Ridley, George Murray, Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Conrad Black, Barbara Amiel, Scott Griffin

Mike Belitsky, Damian Rogers

Beatriz Hausner, Robin Kay, Krystyne Griffin

Scott Griffin

Poetry in Voice winner Alexander Gagliano

Seamus Heaney

David O'Meara

David Harsent

David Harsent

Fiona Sampson

Ken Babstock, Laura Repas

Ken Babstock

Ken Babstock

David Harsent, Scott Griffin, Ken Babstock

David Harsent, David Bale

Domenica, Alexander and Frank Gagliano

Susan Swan, Samantha Haywood, George Murray

Dionne Brand, Geoffrey Taylor, Leslie Sanders

Rick Rowe, Ruth Smith

Alana Wilcox, Laura Repas

Charlie Huisken, Liz Howard, Jacob Scheier

Ellen Seligman, Christopher Doda, Camilla Gibb

Sacha Douglas, Bill Douglas, Erinn Somerville

Gil Adamson, Kevin Connolly

Priscila Uppal, Douglas Gibson, Jane Brenneman Gibson

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

Photo credits: Tom Sandler Photography

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See also 2011 Shortlist.