David Harsent and Ken Babstock Win 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize

Posted on June 16, 2012

David Harsent and Ken Babstock are the winners of the 2012 annual Griffin Poetry Prize. They each received C$65,000 in prize money. David Harsent's Night won the international prize and Ken Babstock's Methodist Hatchet won the Canadian prize.

The Griffin Poetry Prize is open to first edition books of poetry written in, or translated into, English and submitted from anywhere in the world. It was founded in 2000 to serve and encourage excellence in poetry.

The House of Anansi has published The 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology, which contains a selection of the 2012 shortlist. You can view the shortlist here. Royalties generated from the anthologies, published annually, are donated to UNESCO's World Poetry Day.

Photo: Tom Sandler