{"id":9394,"date":"2004-11-01T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2004-11-01T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tse.spyrosntanos.com\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:19:32","slug":"t-s-eliot-prize-2004-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/prize\/t-s-eliot-prize-2004-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"T. S. Eliot Prize 2004 Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article on the T. S. Eliot Prize was first published in the <\/i>Poetry Book<\/i> Society’<\/em><\/a>s <\/em>PBS Bulletin in Autumn 2004.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The dozens of manuscripts and scores of books submitted for this year\u2019s T. S. Eliot Prize spill out of two large crates in the Poetry Book Society office – the astonishing debut publications, the confident follow-ups and the career-defining collections.<\/p>\n

Poring over these varied submissions are this year\u2019s judges Douglas Dunn (Chair), Paul Farley and Carol Rumens. Having selected this Shortlist of ten books, they will make their decision about the single winner of the Prize on 17 January, and announce the news that evening. The night before the ceremony, the Shortlisted poets \u2013 or as many of them who are able to attend \u2013 will read from their collections at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre in Euston.<\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>: 16 January 2005, 7.30pm
\nVenue<\/strong>: UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH
\nTickets<\/strong>: \u00a310, \u00a37 concs<\/p>\n

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T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ten of the best books of the year, all available at the usual discount from the Poetry Book Society.<\/p>\n

Colette Bryce \u2013 The Full Indian Rope Trick<\/em> (Picador Poetry)<\/p>\n

Kathryn Gray \u2013 The Never Never<\/em> (Seren)<\/p>\n

Kathleen Jamie \u2013 The Tree House<\/em> (Picador Poetry)<\/p>\n

Michael Longley \u2013 Snow Water<\/em> (Cape Poetry)<\/p>\n

Ruth Padel \u2013 The Soho Leopard<\/em> (Chatto & Windus)<\/p>\n

Tom Paulin \u2013 The Road to<\/em> Inver <\/em>(Faber & Faber)<\/p>\n

Peter Porter \u2013 Afterburner<\/em> (Picador Poetry)<\/p>\n

Michael Symmons Roberts \u2013 Corpus<\/em> (Cape Poetry)<\/p>\n

George Szirtes \u2013 Reel<\/em> (Bloodaxe Books)<\/p>\n

John Hartley Williams \u2013 Blues<\/em> (Cape Poetry)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zadie Smith said of last year\u2019s Eliot Prize winner, Landing Light <\/em>by Don Paterson, \u2018His is the kind of poetry that teaches us all writers of prose a thing or three; words weighed with equal attention to form and function; sentiment reigned in and challenged; images of such particularity and elegance, it makes you jealous to look at them. Above all, Paterson has an infinite sensitivity to the world, and that rare quality makes any collection of his work a cause for celebration.\u2019<\/p>\n

For the next three years, the T. S. Eliot Prize will be generously supported by Five, the broadcaster\/TV channel which has enjoyed enormous success and critical acclaim with its raft of prime-time arts programming.<\/p>\n

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Study the Shortlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

To coincide with this year\u2019s prize, the Poetry School, in association with the Poetry Book Society, presents an afternoon seminar in which Carol Rumens will provide an overview of the shortlist, selecting examples from the contenders\u2019 new collections, and inviting lively comment and debate. Copies of the poems under discussion will be available to the audience.<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>16 January 2005, 2-5pm
\nVenue: <\/strong>UCL Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH
\nFees: <\/strong>\u00a39\/\u00a37 concs<\/p>\n

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This article has been republished to provide a fuller picture of the T. S. Eliot Prize history. The Poetry Book Society ran the T. S. Eliot Prize until 2016, when the T. S. Eliot Foundation took over the Prize, the estate having supported it since its inception.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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