The Latner Griffin Writers' Trust Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award. Presented by the

Writers' Trust of Canada The Writers' Trust of Canada () is a registered charity which provides financial support to Canadian writers. Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence, and David Young (Canadian playwright), David Young; the W ...

and the Latner Family Foundation, the award presents $60,000 annually to a Canadian poet who has published at least three collections, to honour their body of work."New prize to award $25,000 annually to Canadian poets"
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National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only.

'', April 22, 2014. Announced in April 2014, the award was presented for the first time on November 4. Its inaugural jury consisted of poets

Stephanie Bolster Stephanie Bolster (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal. History She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the University of Br ...

Lorna Crozier Lorna Crozier, (born 24 May 1948) is a Canadian poet, author, and former chair of the Writing Department at the University of Victoria. She is the author of twenty-five books and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 as one of Ca ...

and

Fred Wah Frederick James Wah, OC, (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Life Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but grew up in the interior (West Kootenay) of British Col ...

. In 2023, months after the unrelated

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is a Canadian poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, two separate awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. I ...

changed its structure to present one annual award instead of two separate awards for Canadian and international poetry, philanthropist

Scott Griffin Scott Griffin, (born 1938) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2000, one of the world's most generous poetry awards, and Poetry In Voice, a bilingual recitation competition for Canadi ...

gave an endowment to the Writers' Trust to expand the prize package for the Latner, resulting in its renaming to Latner Griffin.Nicole Thompson
"Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize more than doubles to $60K with Scott Griffin contribution"
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