The Austin, Texas-based writer was awarded the $130,000 honour at a ceremony in Toronto for his collection ‘Best Barbarian’
When Roger Reeves was named the winner of this year’s Griffin Poetry Prize on Wednesday night, his head fell to his hands and his mind went blank.
“I think the first thing that I would say is this is always for our people: for our people that had helped us get here.”But to write, he said, he puts awards and accolades out of his head and thinks only of the work. Wednesday marked the Griffin’s return to in-person festivities, which went virtual following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first year back, benefactor Scott Griffin did away with the former arrangement of holding separate events on consecutive nights for the poetry reading and announcement gala.
The Griffin used to award one Canadian and one international winner in two separate competitions worth $65,000 each. But last year, organizers said they would change the format to hand out a single prize.
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