Recent events
- French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. It is reportedly the longest modern hand-written poem in the world.
- Sylvia Legris and Kamau Brathwaite received the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize. Robin Blaser was presented with a lifetime achievement award.
- Donald Hall named new U.S. Poet Laureate
- Carol Ann Duffy wins the T. S. Eliot Prize
- W.S. Merwin wins the 2005 National Book Award for poetry.
- Christopher Logue wins the 2005 Whitbread Award for poetry
- Finnish poet Bo Carpelan wins the Finlandia Prize, thus becoming the first person to win the prize twice
- Claudia Emerson wins the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for poetry