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.
2018 Shortlist Announced
RECORD SUBMISSIONS AND FIVE DEBUT COLLECTIONS IN OUTSTANDING 2018 T.S. ELIOT PRIZE SHORTLIST Judges Sinéad Morrissey (Chair), Daljit Nagra and Clare Pollard have chosen the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist from a record 176…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from David Harsent’s Fire Songs, published by Faber. Fire Songs won the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear David reading from his collection here. ‘Icefield’ A…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from Louise Gluck’s Faithful and Virtuous Night, published by Carcanet. Faithful and Virtuous Night was shortlisted for the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear Louise reading…
The T. S. Eliot Prize – A Retrospective
This year sees the 26th T. S. Eliot Prize being awarded, with the first Prize going to Ciarán Carson in 1993 for his collection First Language, published by The Gallery Press. Ciarán was shortlisted again…
Poem of the Week
Poem of the week this week comes from John Burnside’s All One Breath, published by Cape Poetry. All One Breath was shortlisted for the 2014 T. S. Eliot Prize. You can hear John reading from…