{"id":5095,"date":"2018-10-11T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T09:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/?p=698"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:09:27","slug":"this-years-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/this-years-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"A record number of submissions for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re 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 Sin\u00e9ad Morrissey (Chair), Daljit Nagra and Clare Pollard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

British poetry has arguably never been stronger, with a wealth of publishers large and small making great poetry accessible to all. This year\u2019s submissions include a raft of famous names, as well as a number of d\u00e9buts and up and coming poets. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not possible to cover every single collection submitted here, but we\u2019ve tried to give a flavour of the range of voices currently on offer as there is something for every possible taste in poetry, whether traditional or avant-garde, from prose-poetry to more traditional forms.<\/p>\n

From newer publishing houses such as Boiler House Press, Offord Road Books, Indigo Dreams, Nine Arches Press, Vanguard Editions and V Press, to evergreen independent publishers like Arc, Arete, Bloodaxe, Carcanet Press, Eyewear, HappenStance Press, Mica Press, Peepal Tree Press, Salt, Seren, Templar Poetry and the Gallery Press, this year\u2019s submissions read like a who\u2019s who of British poetry publishing, and these voices sit alongside submissions from the major houses, reflecting the range and diversity of British poetry today.<\/p>\n

The list below contains a link to the website of every publisher who submitted for this year\u2019s Prize, and while the judges make their extremely difficult decision on this year\u2019s Shortlist, we recommend exploring the wonderful poetry published in 2018 by a wide range of voices. Where else can you find previous Shortlistees such as Robin Robertson, Moniza Alvi, J. O. Morgan, Sean O\u2019Brien and Carol Ann Duffy rubbing shoulders with indie favourites Amy Key, Andrew McMillan, Imtiaz Dharker, Bobby Parker, Sophie Collins, Kate Tempest, Raymond Antrobus and Oliver Reynolds, to name but a few? There are also a number of exciting d\u00e9but collections submitted this year, including work by Phoebe Power, Niall Bourke, Danielle Boodoo-Fortune, Charly Cox and Nafeesa Hamid. We guarantee that you will find something below to surprise and delight, regardless of your taste in poetry.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for the announcement of this year\u2019s Shortlist on 18 October, the same day that the Southbank Centre\u2019s London Literature Festival brings ten days of great writing to the capital. The Shortlist announcement will be followed by our email newsletters, which will feature each shortlisted poet in turn. As always, our newsletter will guide you through this year\u2019s Shortlist, with critical analysis, poetry, our video readings and interviews, and details on other poetry news and events taking place in the run-up to the Shortlist Readings at Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 13 January 2019. To ensure you\u2019re up to speed with the UK\u2019s most popular poetry prize, make sure you follow us on Twitter<\/a> and sign up to our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arc Publications<\/a>
\nArete Books<\/a>
\nBloodaxe Books<\/a>
\nBoiler House Press<\/a>
\nCape Poetry<\/a>
\nCarcanet Press<\/a>
\nChatto & Windus<\/a>
\nDoire Press<\/a>
\nEyewear Publishing<\/a>
\nFaber & Faber<\/a>
\nFairacre Press<\/a>
\nHappenStance Press<\/a>
\nHarvill Secker<\/a>
\nHolland Park Press<\/a>
\nHQ, HarperCollins<\/a>
\nIndigo Dreams<\/a>
\nIsobar Press<\/a>
\nLilliput Press<\/a>
\nLuath Press<\/a>
\nMica Press<\/a>
\nNine Arches Press<\/a>
\nOfford Road Books<\/a>
\nPalewell Press<\/a>
\nParthian Books<\/a>
\nPavilion Poetry (Liverpool University Press)<\/a>
\nPeepal Tree Press<\/a>
\nPenguin Poetry<\/a>
\nPenned in the Margins<\/a>
\nPicador Poetry<\/a>
\nPlatypus Press<\/a>
\nRed Squirrel Press<\/a>
\nSalt Publishing<\/a>
\nSeren<\/a>
\nShearsman Books<\/a>
\nSmith\/Doorstop<\/a>
\nTemplar Poetry<\/a>
\nThe Gallery Press<\/a>
\nThe High Window<\/a>
\nThe Irish Pages Press<\/a>
\nThe Rialto<\/a>
\nTwo Rivers Press<\/a>
\nV. Press<\/a>
\nVagabond Voices<\/a>
\nValley Press<\/a>
\nVanguard Editions<\/a>
\nVerve Poetry Press<\/a>
\nWard Wood Publishing<\/a>
\nWorple Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re 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 Sin\u00e9ad Morrissey (Chair), Daljit Nagra and Clare Pollard. British poetry has arguably never been stronger, with a wealth of publishers large and small making great poetry accessible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-5095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-40"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5095"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10768,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5095\/revisions\/10768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}