The T. S. Eliot Prize, which former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion has described as “the Prize poets most want to win”, is an annual prize for the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland.
ANTHONY JOSEPH’S SONNETS FOR ALBERT WINS THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce that the winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2022 is Anthony Joseph for his collection Sonnets for Albert published by Bloomsbury Poetry.
CRACK POETS AND VIBRANT NEW VOICES DELIVER COLLECTIONS ‘IMBUED WITH ENERGY AND JOY’ IN DISRUPTIVE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2023 SHORTLIST
We are thrilled to announce the T. S. Eliot Prize 2023 shortlist, chosen by judges Paul Muldoon (Chair), Sasha Dugdale and Denise Saul from 186 poetry collections submitted by British and Irish publishers. The list comprises…
REWARDING POETS, READERS AND AUDIENCES: 30 YEARS OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE
From gathering a ‘hot and overwrought multitude […] into the dining room of the Chelsea Arts Club’, to staging the UK’s largest annual poetry event, the T. S. Eliot Prize has grown significantly since its…
YOUNG CRITICS SCHEME 2023: REVIEWERS OF T. S. ELIOT PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
The T. S. Eliot Prize and The Poetry Society’s Young Poets Network are delighted to announce the names of the young reviewers who will take part in the Young Critics Scheme 2023. They are: Oliver Cooney,…
‘I SEE YOU’VE TRAVELLED SOME WAY; BUT WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?’ – DON PATERSON, A TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE, REFLECTS ON HIS EXPERIENCES
In 2023 the T. S. Eliot Prize celebrates its 30th anniversary. We’re marking the occasion by looking back at the collections which have won ‘the Prize poets most want to win’ (Sir Andrew Motion). Don…