The Griffin Poetry Prize has named Margaret Atwood as the 2025 recipient of the Lifetime Recognition Award, given to international artists working in poetry.
Atwood will be in conversation with Carolyn Forché at the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings on June 4 in Toronto, an event that will feature the announcement of the international Griffin Poetry Prize winner, as well as readings by the 2025 shortlisted poets--Aaron Coleman, Durs Grünbein, Brian Henry, Karen Leeder, Carl Phillips, and Diane Seuss--and the Canadian First Book Prize winner, to be named May 21.