Griffin Poetry Prize

The Griffin Poetry Prize is given annually to a poet living in Canada for a collection of poetry written in English or translated into English. Although the Griffin Trust also gives an international prize annually, this list contains only winners and shortlisted poets for the Canadian prize. For more details on the award, visit the official site.
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2015
- Jane Munro – Blue Sonoma
Also shortlisted:
- Shane Book – Congotronic
- Russell Thornton – The Hundred Lives
2014
- Anne Carson – Red Doc>
Also shortlisted:
- Sue Goyette – Ocean
- Anne Michaels – Correspondences
2013
- David W. McFadden – What's the Score?
Also shortlisted:
- James Pollock – Sailing to Babylon
- Ian Williams – Personals
2012
- Ken Babstock – Methodist Hatchet
Also shortlisted:
- Phil Hall – Killdeer
- Jan Zwicky – Forge
2011
- Dionne Brand – Ossuaries
Also shortlisted:
- Suzanne Buffam – The Irrationalist
- John Steffler – Lookout
2010
- Karen Solie – Pigeon
Also shortlisted:
- Kate Hall – The Certainty Dream
- P.K. Page – Coal and Roses
2009
- A.F. Moritz – The Sentinel
Also shortlisted:
- Kevin Connolly – Revolver
- Jeramy Dodds – Crabwise to the Hounds
2008
- Robin Blaser – The Holy Forest
Also shortlisted:
- Robert Majzels and Erin Moure – Notebook of Roses and Civilization (translation of the poems by Nicole Brossard)
- David McFadden – Why Are You So Sad?
2007
- Don McKay – Strike/Slip
Also shortlisted:
- Ken Babstock – Airstream Land Yacht
- Priscila Uppal – Ontological Necessities
2006
- Sylvia Legris – Nerve Squall
Also shortlisted:
- Phil Hall – An Oak Hunch
- Erín Moure – Little theatres
2005
- Roo Borson – Short Journey Upriver Towards Oishida
Also shortlisted:
- George Bowering – Changing on the Fly
- Don McKay – Camber
2004
- Anne Simpson – Loop
Also shortlisted:
- Di Brandt – Now You Care
- Leslie Greentree – go-go dancing for Elvis
2003
- Margaret Avison – Concrete and Wild Carrot
Also shortlisted:
- Dionne Brand – thirsty
- P.K. Page – Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New
2002
- Christian Bök – Eunoia
Also shortlisted:
- Eirin Moure – Sheep’s Vigil by a Fervent Person
- Karen Solie – Short Haul Engine
2001
- Anne Carson – Men in the Off Hours
Also shortlisted:
- Robert Bringhurst – Nine Visits to the Mythworld (translation of the poems by Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas)
- Don McKay – Another Gravity