✨ We are pleased to announce that Joseph Kidney (josephkidney.bsky.social), author of 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨, is the winner of the 2026 Canadian First Book Prize! ✨ Join us in congratulating Joseph and his publisher, icehouse poetry / @gooselane.bsky.social!

✨In less than 24 hours we are announcing the 2026 winner of the Canadian First Book Prize! Join us on all of our channels on May 20 at 10:00am ET.

✨We are one week away from announcing the 2026 winner of the Canadian First Book Prize! ✨The Canadian First Book Prize, valued at $10,000, is for a first-edition first book of poetry written in English by a living Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

Congratulations to Raúl Zurita, recipient of the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award! The Chilean poet's incantatory work has long borne witness to political violence and the resilience of language. Read a new interview with him today in TYR. yalereview.org/article/ra%C...

✨ We’re delighted to announce Raúl Zurita as the 2026 Lifetime Recognition Award recipient. ✨ ✨ Raúl Zurita will participate in the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings with his translator, Anna Deeny Morales.

We are one day away from announcing this year’s Lifetime Recognition Award recipient! Since 2006, the Griffin Poetry Prize trustees have presented this honour to international artists working in poetry. The 2026 recipient will be announced on Wednesday, May 6 at 10:00am ET.

Guess the #2026GriffinPoetryPrize winner for a chance to win a full set of this year’s shortlisted books and/or the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize anthology! 📚✨ Artwork: Toronto Ink Company

congrats to the five 2026 Griffin Prize nominees: Gbenga Adesina, Elvira Hernández (translated by Daniel Borzutzky & Alec Schumacher), Aracelis Girmay, Ange Mlinko, and Kevin Young

Announcing our 2026 #GriffinPoetryPrize Shortlist! ✨ Artwork: Toronto Ink Company #2026GriffinPoetryPrize

✨We are one month away from announcing the 2026 winner of the Canadian First Book Prize! The Canadian First Book Prize, valued at $10,000, is for a first-edition first book of poetry written in English by a living Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.

We are three days away from our shortlist announcement! ✨The five shortlisted books will be announced on Wednesday, April 22.

We are one week away from our shortlist announcement! ✨The five shortlisted books will be announced on Wednesday, April 22.

We are two weeks away from our shortlist announcement! ✨The five shortlisted books will be announced on Wednesday, April 22.

One Month to go! ✨ The Griffin Poetry Prize and @arvonfoundation.bsky.social are partering to offer this Masterclass, led by acclaimed poet Ishion Hutchinson ✨ 🗓 May 5, 2026 🕒 2:00pm ET / 7:00pm GMT 💻 Virtual 🔗 Register: buff.ly/oWIJMTd Photo Credit: George Pimmentel

As a founder and trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize, I recognise that many poets within the Canadian poetry community have raised concerns about the current format of the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Congratulations to 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows Rob Macaisa Colgate and Marissa Davis, whose books made the @griffinpoetryprize.bsky.social longlist! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tarV1f

Congratulations WWB contributor Daniel Borzutzky! Check out his other translations on our website: wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...

Congratuations to Raz/Shumaker Book Prize Winner Gbenga Adesina on being longlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize! @univnebpress.bsky.social

✨Warmest congratulations to our longlisted authors and their publishers! ✨ Here is the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize longlist in full Artwork: Toronto Ink Company (@TorontoInkCompany.bsky.social) #2026GriffinPoetryPrize

⏳ Tomorrow! The wait is almost over. Join us tomorrow as we reveal the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist!

We are just 48 hours away from unveiling the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist. Join us this Wednesday, March 25, at 10:00am ET as we celebrate the year's most exceptional voices in poetry.

One week to go! The 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist will be announced on March 25, 2026 at 10:00am ET on our website and social media channels. ✨The Griffin Poetry Prize is one of the world's most generous poetry awards. Background art: @torontoinkcompany.bsky.social

✨Two months to go! The Griffin Poetry Prize and @arvonfoundation.bsky.social are partnering to offer this Masterclass led by acclaimed Jamaican poet Ishion Hutchinson. Here is an overview of the class✨ 🗓 May 5, 2026 🕒 2:00pm ET / 7:00pm GM 💻 Virtual 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/IRYNaF4

Save the Date! 📚 The 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist will be announced on March 25, 2026. Ten books will be selected by this year’s judges—Major Jackson, Andrea Cote, and Luke Hathaway—celebrating outstanding poetry from around the world. griffinpoetryprize.com