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.
T. S. Eliot Prize 2020 – Judges Announced
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the 2020 Prize. The panel will be chaired by Lavinia Greenlaw, alongside Mona Arshi and Andrew McMillan. The 2020 judging panel will be…
T. S. Eliot and the London Library
It worked in The Waste Land. But it made work in the British Museum nearly impossible for a young T. S. Eliot. For no sooner had he settled at his desk each Saturday afternoon than,…
The T. S. Eliot Prize – A 2019 Retrospective
This year sees the 27th T. S. Eliot Prize being awarded, and the roster of past winners includes some very well-known poets alongside some less known authors that demand further attention. To refresh the memory…
In it for the Long Haul by Clare Pollard
Times are dark, but the poets are singing. 2019 has been another strong year for poetry. Thematically, poetry is increasingly, necessarily political. Brecht asked in 1938: What kind of times are they, when A talk…
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…