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The 26th T. S. Eliot Prize will be awarded this year, two and half decades on from the inaugural Prize being presented in 1993 to Ciarán Carson for his collection First Language, published by The Gallery Press. Carson was shortlisted again in 2008 for For All We Know, also published...
Judges Sinéad Morrissey (Chair), Daljit Nagra and Clare Pollard have chosen the T. S. Eliot Prize 2018 Shortlist from a record 176 poetry collections submitted by, as Sinéad Morrissey says, ‘a plethora of poetry publishers’. The Shortlist comprises five debut collections, one small press, five men, five women, and two...
We’re delighted to have received a record number of submissions for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2018, with 176 collections from 48 publishers currently being considered by judges Sinéad Morrissey (Chair), Daljit Nagra and Clare Pollard. British poetry has arguably never been stronger, with a wealth of publishers large and...
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce that this year’s winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2017 is Ocean Vuong for his remarkable debut collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds, published by Cape Poetry. After months of reading and deliberation, Judges W. N. Herbert (Chair), James...
To mark the 25th anniversary of the T. S. Eliot Prize, the T. S. Eliot Foundation has increased the winner’s prize money to £25,000. Judges W. N. Herbert (Chair), James Lasdun and Helen Mort have chosen the Shortlist from a record 154 poetry collections submitted by publishers. Tara Bergin, The...
Jacob Polley’s disturbing tale of lost innocence wins world’s most prestigious poetry prize The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce that the winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2016 is Jacob Polley for his remarkable new collection Jackself. After months of reading and deliberation, judges Ruth Padel...
To help readers engage fully with the T. S. Eliot Prize 2016 Shortlist, we asked poetry blogger and regular Eliot Prize reviewer John Field to explore the shortlisted titles. In his review of Rachael Boast’s Void Studies, John Field writes, ‘Reading Void Sudies is a sensual, sensory joy. Like music,...
The T. S. Eliot Prize is delighted to announce the thrilling 2016 Shortlist, featuring exciting newcomers and established names. Judges Ruth Padel (Chair), Julia Copus and Alan Gillis have chosen the Shortlist from 138 books submitted by publishers: Rachael Boast – Void Studies (Picador Poetry) Vahni Capildeo – Measures of...
