[New-Poetry] CD Wright up for Griffin again

[Christopher Kelly]

Wonderful news. 

It'd be great, too, if Derek receives a prize. He's a wonderful poet. 






















































----- Original Message -----
From: jforjames at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 10:10 am
Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright up for Griffin again
To: new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu


> http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/content/lb-poetaward_06-02-09_51EIM2H_v13.2d67590.html
> 
> 
> For the second time in six years, Wright is a finalist for the Griffin 
> Poetry Prize. This is Canada’s biggest poetry competition, and one of 
> the biggest in the world. The two winners — one in the Canadian 
> division and one in the international division — will each receive 
> $45,000. To be a contender, you had to have published a book of poetry 
> the previous year. Now, from a field of 485 books, the judges have 
> reduced the field to seven: three Canadian poets, and four 
> international poets.
> 
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> 
> 
> The other finalists in the international division of the Griffin 
> Poetry Prize are: Derek Mahon of Ireland; Dean Young of California and 
> Iowa; and the late Mick Imlah of Great Britain who died in January of 
> ALS at 52.
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