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	The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry: History - About the Griffin Trust
		Since the Griffin Trust is a new entity in the literary firmament it seemed worthwhile to take a minute to give you a little background on the man who is the moving spirit behind the prize.
		Poetry speaks to the soul of a nation and its people, and these days, at least in North America, it seems to me that there is precious little that addresses the soul.
		The first was that the poetry prize had to be of sufficient size to make a statement, a statement that declared that poets and poetry are just as important as novelists and their works.
	www.griffinpoetryprize.com /history.php (1941 words)

	Bookselling This Week: The Lion's Share -- Griffin Poetry Prize Pays Big Money
		Griffin, who is chairman, director, and majority shareholder of General Kinetics Engineering Corporation and Advance Precision Limited, manufacturers of automotive parts, said that the idea for the prize was born at a dinner party he had attended with Michael Ondaatje.
		The third objective for the prize is that it be international, which, of course, creates some difficulty given that one of the guidelines for the prize is that the work be written in English.
		Griffin broached the challenge of judging a book of poetry in translation, mentioning that the way around this was to determine whether the translation could stand on its own.
	news.bookweb.org /news/2042.html (802 words)

	Paul Muldoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Muldoon's poetry is known for difficulty, allusion, casual use of extremely obscure or archaic words, understated wit, punning, and deft technique in meter and slant-rhyme.
		In 2003 Muldoon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry.
		Eliot Prize, the 1997 Irish Times Poetry Prize, and the 2003 Griffin International Prize for Excellence in Poetry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Muldoon (357 words)

	THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE 2006 Short-lists
		On April 5, 2006, The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry announced the short-lists for this year’s prize.
		The prize is awarded annually for the two best books of poetry, including translations, published in English in the previous year.
		The prize is the world’s most lucrative prize to accept books from poetry from any country in the world.
	www.danforthreview.com /features/special/griffin2006.htm (773 words)

	CTV.ca \| Christian Bok wins $40,000 Griffin Poetry Prize
		American Alice Notley was honoured at the gala with the $40,000 international Griffin prize _ one of the richest in the world of poetry _ for Disobedience.
		At the time, he said he was establishing the prize because poetry speaks to the soul.
		Griffin said there was great variety of poets this year "and particularly in the Canadian, all with young presses and very exuberant and wonderful poetry.''
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1024857892376_20267092 (451 words)

	List of poetry awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of awards that are, or have been, given out to writers of poetry, either for a specific poem, collection of poems, or body of work.
		Griffin Poetry Prize a lucrative award for one Canadian and one foreign poet.
		Governor General's Award for Poetry presented to one English language and one French language poet
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_poetry_awards (147 words)

	Griffin Poetry Prize nominates poets from Saskatoon to San Francisco
		The Griffin Poetry Prize, created six years ago by Toronto businessman Scott Griffin along with trustees who include Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, awards C$50,000 (US$42,735) to the best book of Canadian poetry and C$50,000 to the best book of international poetry.
		The Griffin Poetry Prize each year publishes an anthology of a selection of poems from the shortlisted books and royalties from the Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.
		The Griffin Poetry Prize was launched in September 2000 by trustees Margaret Atwood, Carolyn Forch, Scott Griffin, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/41843.html (290 words)

	News -- Brick Books
		The Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist for 2003 was announced today by Scott Griffin, Chairman of The Griffin Trust.
		The annual $80,000 Griffin Poetry Prize is the most lucrative poetry prize in the world for a single volume of poetry, and is awarded annually for the two best books out of 3 nominees for the Canadian prize and out of 4 books for the international prize.
		Avison's poetry is also alive in its sublimity and its humility: ‘wonder, readiness, simplicity' – the gifts of perception Avison attributes to her Christian faith – imbue every poem in this book with a rare spirit of disorderly love.
	www.brickbooks.ca /News-April2003.htm (579 words)

	Poems about death and love: Poems with an Edge: Griffin Poetry Prize
		The Griffin Trust was founded in 2000 by industrialist, Scott Griffin, to recognize and promote excellence in poetry.
		Of the various literary art forms, poetry is one of the most exacting, requiring precision in the use of language, and an acute sense of tone and rhythm.
		Poetry as an art form has a long and respectable history, but regrettably, in the flurry of our modern day obsession with consumerism, poetry has been pushed aside by the glitz and thunder of technology and the allure of easily digested, mass produced ideas.
	www.xenowave.com /griffin.htm (379 words)

	Margaret Atwood Home Page - The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Griffin Trust is a Canadian initiative founded in April, 2000 by Scott Griffin, its Chairman, with Trustees Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young.
		The purpose of The Griffin Trust is to raise public awareness of the crucial role poetry must play in society's cultural life.
		The Griffin Poetry Prize will be promoted both through readings from shortlisted poets and by the marketing and advertising aid organized through publishers and bookstores.
	www.web.net /owtoad/griffintrust.html (329 words)

	Griffin Poetry Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's youngest and most lucrative poetry award.
		It was founded in 2000 by Scott Griffin, a wealthy automotive part manufacturer.
		The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who write in the English language.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Griffin_Poetry_Prize (136 words)

	[New-Poetry] Muldoon & Avison win prizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Paul Muldoon Wins Griffin Poetry Prize Fri Jun 13,11:44 AM ET TORONTO - Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon has won the Griffin Poetry Prize for his collection, "Moy Sand and Gravel." The judges praised "Moy Sand and Gravel" as a "merry dance," full of stories and cradle songs, nursery rhymes, riddles and prayer.
		Margaret Avison won the Canadian prize for her book, "Concrete and Wild Carrot." Avison, 85, took the stage aided by a cane to accept the award, which also brought a $30,000 prize.
		Her citation said the book of poetry was "an occasion of beauty" and described Avison as a national treasure.
	ebbs.english.vt.edu /pipermail/new-poetry/2003-June/013054.html (232 words)

	All-Info About Poetry - Weekly Newsletter #65 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Poetry isn¹t viewed by newspaper editors (nor by most American poets) as a primary medium of popular political and economic expression.
		Poetry on Op Ed pages, however, poetry that regularly speaks about political, economic and social issues of immediate interest to a wide audience, is nowhere to be found.
		Robert Frost described poetry as 'the best possible way of saying anything.' No one could argue against the need for 'the best possible way of saying anything' on Op Ed pages, where public policies that affect us all are debated and shaped.
	poetry.allinfo-about.com /newsletters/poetry-newsletter65.html (2056 words)

	USATODAY.com - Poet Kay Ryan wins Ruth Lilly Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The 59-year-old writer is the 19th recipient of the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, established in 1986 by the drug company heiress.
		In 2001, she gave Poetry an additional $100 million gift, a sum so enormous that the magazine waited a year to tell the public.
		After "dabbling" in it for many years, Ryan committed herself to poetry when she was in her 30s.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-06-14-ryan-prize_x.htm (831 words)

	Poetry : Non Fiction : Page #13 Disobedience The Spirit Level Ark Winter Hours Hawksley Burns for Isadora Twinkle, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Alice Notley, the bohemian adventurer and former nominee for the Pulitzer Prize, presents a book-length spiritual journey that crosses the borders between the real and the imagined, this life and the next.
		This volume was shortlisted for the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize.
		This collection of poetry, combining the visionary with the actual, was inspired by the bubble in the spirit level and celebrates moments when the challenge of simply going on with life is transformed into a world of possibility.
	books.amazinglink.com /non-fiction-poetry-p13.htm (303 words)

	The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the 2003 Shortlist
		The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the 2003 Shortlist includes poems from the seven exceptional books shortlisted for the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize.
		This annual anthology gathers together extraordinary poets and introduces us to some of the finest poems within their collections, work that is at the heart of language and that reminds us what it means to be human.
		Prize jurors Michael Longley, Sharon Olds, and Sharon Thesen chose the outstanding shortlist and wrote the citations that precede each anthology selection.
	www.literacyconnections.com /0_0887846874.html (259 words)

	Calyx Publishing Journal and Books
		This poetry prize in her name honors the memory of her commitment to the creative work of women from all walks of life.
		Gail Griffin of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is the recipient of the Fifth Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize from CALYX Journal with her poem “War Stories,” which is being published in CALYX Journal, vol.
		Deborah Narin-Wells of Eugene, Oregon, is the recipient of the Third Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize from CALYX Journal, with her poem "Eurydice Speaks from the Basement." Which is published in CALYX Journal Volume 22:2.
	www.calyxpress.org /lois.html (932 words)

	The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry: Rules - The Griffin Poetry Prize
		In each category, the prize is for the best collection of poetry in English published during the preceding year.
		Translations are assessed for their quality as poetry in English; the focus is on the achievement of the translator.
		Otherwise, the disbursement of that portion of the prize is left to the discretion of the judges.
	www.griffinpoetryprize.com /rules.php?t=1 (1010 words)

	The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry: Rules - Eligibility
		One prize goes to a living Canadian poet or translator, the other to a living poet or translator from any country, which may include Canada.
		Should a prize-winning book be a translation from a living poet, the prize is awarded 60% to the translator and 40% to the original poet.
		In that event, the publisher will be required to forward an entry form along with four copies of the book to the Griffin Poetry Prize, and to comply with all other rules and regulations.
	www.griffinpoetryprize.com /rules.php?t=4 (1007 words)

	Poetry newslog April
		The “relationship — balance rather than conflict — between the body’s hedonism and the mind’s discipline is a central, enduring theme in the work of one of the late twentieth century’s finest poets,” writes The Guardian in this obituary.
		The Pulitzer Prize 2003 for poetry (in the category Letters, Drama and Music) has been awarded to Franz Wright for his collection Walking to Martha's Vineyard, reports the New York Times.
		The shortlist for the world’s most lucrative international poetry award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, has been announced.
	www.poetryinternational.org /cwolk/view/22314 (682 words)

	Griffin, Scott & Krystyne
		Griffin stressed that the prize would steer clear of corporate sponsorship and "the recruitment of politicians, bureaucrats and bankers" as trustees.
		"Poetry speaks to the soul of a nation and its people, and these days, at least in North America, it seems to me there is precious little that addresses the soul," he said at a press conference announcing the Griffin Poetry Prize.
		Griffin's $80,000 will be divided into two prizes, one for a Canadian poet, one for an international poet, both writing in English.
	www.wednesday-night.com /Griffin-Scott-Krystyne.htm (2622 words)

	Griffin Poetry Prize 2004 - Canadian Culture
		On March 31st, the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist for 2004 was announced.
		Her first collection of poetry, Light Falls Through You, won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Atlantic Poetry Prize, and was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Poetry Award.
		She recently won the CBC Poetry Face-off for Calgary, and is competing in the National Face-off in April 2004.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art18766.asp (626 words)

	Poetry and the Human Condition: The Writings of Poets
		While good or great poetry has certain qualities not found in mediocre or bad poetry, keep in mind that what delights the senses in one person is not always what delights the senses in another, and so it should be, for reading a poem is a very personal experience.
		His dislike of Eliot's and Pound's poetry was that it was too intellectual, too distant from the immediate experience of living, too preoccupied with "culture in the abstract." Although Larkin had enjoyed the early writings of Auden, he lost his taste for Auden's later poetry, which he regarded as having become too intellectual and eclectic.
		And Czeslaw Milosz pulled no punches, when he assaulted the poetry of Larkin: "I simply cannot bear his poetry, to me it is loathsome and sickening, it is a poetry of disgust with the world."
	www.xenowave.com /page2.htm (833 words)

	CBC Arts: Short list revealed for Griffin Poetry Prize
		One of the richest of its kind, the prize is divided in two, with the international winner receiving $50,000 and the Canadian winner receiving $50,000.
		Poets were not only at the back of the bus, I'm not even sure they were even on the bus," founder Scott Griffin told CBC News at Wednesday evening's announcement, which unveiled the short list as well as the new prize amount, increased from the previous $80,000.
		When establishing the prize in 2000, with the help of trustees such as Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, the Toronto businessman wanted to promote, celebrate and encourage the writing of poetry worldwide.
	cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/04/07/Arts/griffinshortlist050407.html (503 words)

	Griffin Poetry Prize Poetry Readings on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts
		The Griffin Poetry Prize was launched in September, 2000 by Trustees Margaret Atwood, Scott Griffin, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young.
		The Griffin Poetry Prize Web site further encourages an appreciation for poetry by offering samples of the works of the poets who have been shortlisted for these awards, in text, audio and video formats.
		Griffin Poetry Prize 2005 shortlisted poet Matthew Rohrer opens the 2007 Griffin Poetry Prize awards ceremony with a warm and entertaining keynote speech about the Republic of Poetry.
	www.podcastalley.com /podcast_details.php?pod_id=6758 (697 words)

	Poetry and Explorations of the Human Condition: Xenowave Archives
		The Griffin Poetry Prize winners for 2002 are Christian Bök's Eunoia (Canadian Category) and Alice Notley's Disobedience (International Category).
		Reading poetry is a very personal experience in which the poem is a kind of catalyst bringing the reader in intimate contact with the poet's vision and awakening a resonating feeling.
		The kind of poetry that works as a catalyst for one reader may not for another.
	www.xenowave.com /archive.htm (1144 words)

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