Fady Joudah and David McFadden Win 2013 Griffin Poetry Prizes

The night also featured a recitation of Canadian Don MacKay’s poem “Sometimes a Voice” by Kyla Kane, a Vancouver Grade 12 student who is the first national champion (English Stream) of Poetry in Voice/Les voix de la poésie, a recitation competition sponsored by the Griffin Trust. The bilingual competition initiated a few years ago to promote a love and understanding of poetry among Canadian students is growing. Last year, students from 36 schools in Ontario and Quebec participated in the bilingual competition. This year 177 schools across the country took part, with an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 student participants.