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.
T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2024: MIMI KHALVATI TO CHAIR THE JUDGING PANEL
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the 2024 T. S. Eliot Prize for poetry. Mimi Khalvati will chair, and will be joined on the panel by Anthony Joseph and…
T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2023 WINNER JASON ALLEN-PAISANT TO PERFORM AT CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL
With the programme just announced for 2024’s The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, we invite you to join us for this year’s T. S. Eliot Prize reading. Jason Allen-Paisant, who won the T….
REVIEW THE SHORTLIST – APPLY TO THE 2024 YOUNG CRITICS SCHEME
The T. S. Eliot Prize and The Poetry Society are delighted to invite applications for the third year of the highly praised and hugely successful Young Critics Scheme. The programme offers a unique development opportunity…
‘A TRULY GREAT WRITER’: JOHN BURNSIDE, 1955-2024
We are very sad to report the death of John Burnside on 29 May, aged 69, following a short illness. John won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for Black Cat Bone, a collection…
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…