2013 Shortlist

See also 2014 Shortlist.

International Shortlist | Canadian Shortlist | Anthology | Photo Gallery

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International Shortlist

	International Winner Book: Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems Translator: Fady Joudah Poet: Ghassan Zaqtan Publisher: Yale University Press
	Book: Liquid Nitrogen Poet: Jennifer Maiden Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
	Book: Night of the Republic Poet: Alan Shapiro Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
	Book: Our Andromeda Poet: Brenda Shaughnessy Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

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Canadian Shortlist

	Canadian Winner Book: What’s the Score? Poet: David McFadden Publisher: Mansfield Press
	Book: Sailing to Babylon Poet: James Pollock Publisher: Able Muse Press
	Book: Personals Poet: Ian Williams Publisher: Freehand Books

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Griffin Poetry Prize 2013 Anthology

The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology 2013 Edited by Suzanne Buffam 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 2013 Photo Gallery

Fady Joudah, Ghassan Zaqtan, Scott Griffin

Ian Williams, Scott Griffin

Ian Williams, Krystyne Griffin, Jim Johnstone

Merlin Homer, David McFadden

Alan Shapiro, Callie Warner, Scott Griffin

Perry Kane, Kyla Kane

Felix Atinkut Pollock-Stipe, Irene Pollock, James Pollock, Ruth Smith, Stormy Stipe

Blaine Newton, Leslie Greentree

Dr. Alberto Darszon, Pura Lopez Colome, Robert Hass

Alexander Pepple, James Pollock, June Dickenson

Michael Ondaatje

Brenda Shaughnessy, David Young

Merlin Homer, David McFadden, Frank Buffam, Suzanne Buffam

June Dickenson, Ruth Smith

Ben McNally, Lynn Thomson, Yeats McNally

Scott Griffin

Wang Ping

Fady Joudah, Ghassan Zaqtan

Suzanne Buffam

Leslie Greentree (reading for Jennifer Maiden)

Mark Doty

Alan Shapiro

Brenda Shaughnessy

David McFadden

James Pollock

James Pollock

Ian Williams

Scott Griffin

Brenda Shaughnessy

Ian Williams

James Pollock, Alan Shapiro, Brenda Shaughnessy

Stan Bevington, Graeme Gibson

Joy von Tiedemann, Florence Richler

Susan Crammond, Bernie Lucht

Krystyne and Scott Griffin

Paul Dempsey, Joy von Tiedemann

Ruth Smith

Liz Howard, Jacob Scheier

Heidi Waechtler, Alana Wilcox

Scott Griffin, Peter Tolnai

Michael Ondaatje

Priscila Uppal

Robert Hass, Krystyne and Scott Griffin

Brenda Shaughnessy, Alan Shapiro

Catherine and Bill Graham

Scott and Krystyne Griffin

Susan Swan, Patrick Crean

Paige Cooper, Jeramy Dodds

Leslie Lester, Albert Schultz

Laura Repas, Alexandra Rockingham, Michael Helm

Robert Dales, Johanne Blais

Kate Murdoch, Reg Beatty, Don Taylor

Leon Rooke, Fran Hill

Libby Znaimer, Douglas Goold

Grace Ganan, McLean Greaves, Krystyne and Scott Griffin

Scott and Krystyne Griffin

Louise Dennys, Avie Bennett, Ric Young

Leslie Greentree, Blaine Newton

Suzanne Zelazo, Christian Bok

Pierre McAlpine, Shannon Bowie

Erin Balser, Mark Medley

Gordon and Irene Pollock

Leslie Sanders, Dionne Brand

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Liz Marshall, Doug Kaye, Pat Pidgeon

Conrad Black

Srikanth Reddy, Suzanne Buffam, Frank Buffam

Ghassan Zaqtan, Fady Joudah

Prudence Emery, Ruth Smith

Charles Foran, Krystyne and Scott Griffin

Kyla Kane

Douglas Gibson, Jane Brenneman Gibson

Samara Walbohm, Joanne Saul, Margaret Atwood

Jess Atwood Gibson, Margaret Atwood

Cris Costa, Sean Cranbury

Bernard Gauthier, KJ Mullins

Peter La Mantia, Jane La Mantia, Adam de Pencier

Rudyard Griffiths, Jennifer Lambert, Jenny Bradshaw

Alexander Pepple, Kyla Kane, Lindsay Cornish, Pierre McAlpine

Matt Williams, Michael Winter, Michael Redhill

Pat Pidgeon. Liz Marshall, Doug Kaye

Ghassan Zaqtan, Gabriel Safdie

Ghassan Zaqtan, Adrienne Clarkson

Ian Williams, Brenda Shaughnessy

Scott Griffin

Robert Hass

Poetry in Voice champion Kyla Kane

Pura López-Colomé

Ghassan Zaqtan, Fady Joudah

Ghassan Zaqtan, Fady Joudah

Ghassan Zaqtan

Mark Doty

Scott Griffin, David McFadden

Scott Griffin, Fady Joudah, Ghassan Zaqtan

Scott Griffin, David McFadden

Merlin Homer, David McFadden

Stuart Ross, David McFadden, Merlin Homer, James Pollock

Fady Joudah, Ghassan Zaqtan, Scott Griffin, David McFadden

Fady Joudah, Ghassan Zaqtan, Scott Griffin, David McFadden

Doug Knight, Patrick Crean

Marian Botsford Fraser, Jane Urquhart, Martin Levin

Nicola Makoway, Ellen Seligman, Lynn Henry

Virginia Griffin, Peter Tolnai

Kelly Joseph, Jolise Beaton, Lonny Knapp

Anna Porter, Margaret Atwood, Rudyard Griffiths

Suzanne Buffam, Michael Ondaatje, Srikanth Reddy

Liisa House, Kyla Kane, Lindsay Cornish

Scott Griffin, Chloe Griffin

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Photo credits: Tom Sandler Photography

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See also 2012 Shortlist.