- He is a former poetry editor for the Literary Review of Canada and is a contributing editor for several journals, including Canadian Notes & Queries, Maisonneuve, and The Drunken Boat.
- He has been short listed for the Atlantic Poetry Prize,
-He currently sits on the boards of directors for One Little Goat Theatre Company (NYC/Toronto) and the Writers Alliance of Newfoundland Labrador.
-He has been on the part-time poetry faculty at New School University in New York City and formerly taught at Humber College in Toronto.
-Currently, George Murray is the editor of the popular literary website Bookninja.com and is working on translations and a novel.
Awards
- 2011, Independent Publisher Book Award for Poetry, Bronze
- 2011, EJ Pratt Poetry Prize, Shortlist
- 2008, EJ Pratt Poetry Prize, Shortlist
- 2007, Atlantic Poetry Prize, Shortlist
- 2007, CAA Poetry Prize, Shortlist
- 2006, PIP Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative Poetry
- 2003, New York Festivals Radio and Television Award for Best Writing for “Anniversary: A Personal Inventory” (commissioned by CBC Radio)
- Various awards and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Newfoundland Labrador Arts Council
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