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One of the world’s most generous poetry awards is both consolidating and expanding. Officials of Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize announced Thursday that they are combining their international and Canadian honors into a single award, worth $100,000. Griffin also has created a new prize for first-time Canadian poets that includes a six-week residency in Italy. The prize’s founder, businessman/philanthropist Scott Griffin, says the awards were originally in separate categories because he believed Canadian poets needed attention. Now that many Canadian poets "have been recognized in the p...

Scott Griffin thinks that Canadian poetry can stand on its own, competing with the best poetry in the world. And he’s putting his money where his belief is to create

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The Griffin Poetry Prize announced today that it has combined its existing Canadian and international awards into a single $130,000 prize. The new annual prize represents the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry written in, or translated into English.

Scott Griffin thinks that Canadian poetry can stand on its own, competing with the best poetry in the world. And he’s putting his money where his belief is to create