Open for submissions

T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 panel: Niall Campbell (no photographer credit); Michael Hofmann, Chair (photo © Gary Doak); Patience Agbabi (photo © Lyndon Douglas)

We are delighted to announce that the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 opened for submissions at 9am BST on Monday 2 June 2025. This year’s panel of judges – Michael Hofmann (Chair), Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell – look forward to receiving the entries.

Please ensure you read the Rules & Conditions in full, which you can download here, before you send books. The Prize is open to single author poetry collections published in the UK or Ireland. Books must be published or be scheduled for publication in the year 2025. Entries are accepted from publishers only; self-published work is not eligible.

Publishers, please upload details of submissions via the Zealous platform. If you haven’t done this before, you will need to register to set up your account.

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Note, submissions will close on Thursday 31 July 2025, 5pm BST.

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