✨Warmest congratulations to our longlisted authors and their publishers! ✨
Here is the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize longlist in full:
✨𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙖, Gbenga Adesina (
@_gbengaadesina ), University of Nebraska Press (
@univnebpress )
✨𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨, Daniel Borzutzky & Alec Schumacher (schumacher.alec), translated from the Spanish written by Elvira Hernández (
@archivo.elivira.hernandez ), Cardboard House Press (
@cardboardhousepress )
✨𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨, Rob Macaisa Colgate (
@swing.sets ), Tin House (
@tin_house )
✨𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚, Marissa Davis (
@marissabd242 ), Penguin Books (
@penguinrandomhouse )
✨𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨, Aracelis Girmay (
@aracelisxgirmay ), BOA Editions (
@boaeditions )
✨𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨, Nick Makoha (
@nick.makoha ), Allen Lane (an imprint of Penguin Books) (
@penguinukbooks )
✨𝙁𝙤𝙭𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚, Ange Mlinko, Faber & Faber (
@faberbooks )
✨𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙, Greg Rappleye (
@gregrappleye ), University of Arkansas Press (
@uarkpress )
✨𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣, Emily Wilson, University of Iowa Press (
@uiowapress )
✨𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝, Kevin Young (thehungryear), Alfred A. Knopf (
@aaknopf )
✨Judges Andrea Cote (
@andreacote27 ), Luke Hathaway, and Major Jackson (
@poetmajorjackson ) each read 461 books of poetry, including 34 translations from 19 languages, submitted by 219 publishers from 42 different countries.
✨The five shortlisted books will be announced on Wednesday, April 22.
✨The international Griffin Poetry Prize winner will be announced at the Readings to be held at Koerner Hall (
@theroyalconservatory ) in Toronto on Wednesday, June 3, and will be awarded $130,000. The other shortlisted finalists will each receive $10,000.
✨Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the box office of Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West or online (link in bio).
✨Learn more about our longlisted poets and their collections on our website!
Artwork:
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