The T. S. Eliot Prize, which former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has described as “the Prize most poets want to win”, is an annual prize for the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland.
John Burnside to Chair 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize Judging Panel
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the 2019 Prize. The panel will be chaired by John Burnside, alongside Sarah Howe and Nick Makoha. The 2019 judging panel will be…
Call for submissions for the 2019 T. S. Eliot Prize
The call for submissions for the 2019 T S Eliot Prize has now gone out to publishers. The 2019 judging panel will be chaired by John Burnside, alongside Sarah Howe and Nick Makoha. The judges…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Arundhathi Subramaniam’s When God is a Traveller, published by Bloodaxe. When God is a Traveller was shortlisted for the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Kevin Powers’ Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting, published by Sceptre. Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting was shortlisted for the 2014 T….
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Pascale Petit’s Fauverie, published by Seren. Fauverie was shortlisted for the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear Pascale reading from this collection here. ‘Portrait of…