{"id":11708,"date":"2026-05-31T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/?p=11708"},"modified":"2026-05-31T22:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:07:51","slug":"open-for-2026-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/open-for-2026-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Open for 2026 submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11688\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11688 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TSEP-2026-judges-composite-1200x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TSEP-2026-judges-composite-1200x600-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TSEP-2026-judges-composite-1200x600-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TSEP-2026-judges-composite-1200x600-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TSEP-2026-judges-composite-1200x600-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">T. S. Eliot Prize 2026 panel: Leontia Flynn, Chair (photo \u00a9 Steve Martin); Ishion Hutchinson (photo \u00a9 Marco Giugliarelli); Daisy Lafarge (photo \u00a9 Jesse Dittmar).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We are delighted to announce that the T. S. Eliot Prize 2026 opens for submissions at 9am BST on Monday 1 June<\/strong>. This year&#8217;s panel of judges \u2013 Leontia Flynn (Chair), Ishion Hutchinson and Daisy Lafarge \u2013 look forward to receiving the entries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please ensure you read the Rules &amp; Conditions in full, <\/strong>which you can <a href=\"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Guidelines_TSEP_2026.pdf\"><strong>download here<\/strong><\/a>, 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 2026. Entries are accepted from publishers only; self-published work is not eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Publishers, please <a href=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/tseliotprize\/opportunity\/t-s-eliot-prize-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>upload details of submissions via the Zealous platform<\/strong><\/a>. If you haven&#8217;t done so already, you will need to register to set up your account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-align: center; color: #ffffff !important; display: inline-block; background-color: #cc8a00; border-radius: 4px!important; margin: 7px 0 5px!important; padding: 16px 58px!important; border: 0; text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; text-transform: capitalize;\" title=\"Submit to T. S. Eliot Prize 2026 on Zealous\" href=\"https:\/\/zealous.co\/tseliotprize\/opportunity\/t-s-eliot-prize-2026\/?utm_source=Referral&amp;utm_medium=Opportunity%20Button%20Click&amp;utm_campaign=tseliotprize&amp;utm_content=t-s-eliot-prize-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit here<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; padding-right: 3px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; color: #888888; text-align: center;\">via<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; background-image: url('https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/zealous-co.appspot.com\/zealous-logo-grey.svg'); background-position: right center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; min-width: 65px; min-height: 11px; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Note, submissions will close on Thursday 31 July 2026, 5pm BST<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that the T. S. Eliot Prize 2026 opens for submissions at 9am BST on Monday 1 June. This year&#8217;s panel of judges \u2013 Leontia Flynn (Chair), Ishion Hutchinson and Daisy Lafarge \u2013 look forward to receiving the entries. 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