{"id":11672,"date":"2026-05-05T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/?p=11672"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:15:33","slug":"writersmosaic-podcasts-by-eliot-prize-shortlistees-and-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/writersmosaic-podcasts-by-eliot-prize-shortlistees-and-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"WritersMosaic podcasts by Eliot Prize shortlistees and winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L to R: Roger Robinson, Joelle Taylor (photos \u00a9 Adrian Pope for the T. S. Eliot Prize); Ella Frears (photo \u00a9 Etienne Gilfillan); Nick Makoha (photo \u00a9 Dirk Skiba); Hannah Lowe, Sarah Howe (photos \u00a9 Adrian Pope for the T. S. Eliot Prize); James Conor Patterson (photo \u00a9 Aimee Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How do poets feel about being shortlisted for and in some cases winning the T. S. Eliot Prize? What impact does it have on their writing and their careers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Find out in the exciting new series of podcasts Nick Makoha has curated for WritersMosaic<\/strong><\/a>, the Royal Literary Fund\u2019s innovative online and print magazine for new writing.<\/p>\n

Seven poets \u2013 Ella Frears<\/a><\/strong>, Sarah Howe<\/a><\/strong>, Hannah Lowe<\/a><\/strong>, James Conor Patterson<\/a><\/strong>, Roger Robinson<\/a><\/strong> and Joelle Taylor<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 have contributed, along with Nick Makoha<\/a><\/strong> himself (a judge of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2019 and shortlisted in 2025 for The New Carthaginians<\/em>). The poets reflect on their collections and how particular poems came into being. They also share behind-the-scenes insights of their Prize experiences.<\/p>\n

Visit the WritersMosaic webpage for links<\/a> to the podcasts, available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube, and to read them in written form. Highly recommended!<\/p>\n

Eliot Prize-winning poets including Sharon Olds<\/a><\/strong>, Don Paterson<\/a><\/strong>, Ocean Vuong<\/a><\/strong>, Bhanu Kapil<\/a><\/strong>, Anne Carson<\/a><\/strong> and Anthony Joseph<\/a><\/strong> talked to us about their Eliot Prize experiences as part of our 30th anniversary celebrations. Find the full range of articles here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do poets feel about being shortlisted for and in some cases winning the T. S. Eliot Prize? What impact does it have on their writing and their careers? Find out in the exciting new series of podcasts Nick Makoha has curated for WritersMosaic, the Royal Literary Fund\u2019s innovative online and print magazine for new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11672"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11685,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672\/revisions\/11685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}