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Home of the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for the best collection published in the year.
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Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of the @tseliotprize.bsky.social with Wellwater (Picador)!

Watch Young Critic Caleb Simon's video review of the collection at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwIJ...

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Poet Karen Solie at the T.S.Eliot awards ceremony. She wears a red dress and stands at a lectern.
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Tonight! Have you booked your tickets yet?
poetryschool.bsky.social The Poetry School @poetryschool.bsky.social · Jan 14
The T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 Shortlist Readings, hosted by Ian McMillan, will be taking place this Sunday!

🗓️ WHEN: Sunday 18 January, 7-9pm
📍 WHERE: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London

👉 BOOK NOW: www.southbankcentre....
January 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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"Heed my cadences then and live only for now.
Don’t ever bother about tomorrow.
Just pluck, today, life’s full-blooded roses."

From: Tom Paulin, 'Quand vous serez bien vieille'
after Pierre de Ronsard, in the collection 'Namanlagh', nominated for the @tseliotprize.bsky.social this year.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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I'm really looking forward to the @tseliotprize.bsky.social readings tonight at the South Bank, and to the Awards Ceremony tomorrow evening. Such a wonderful celebration of contemporary poetry and chance to hear the work of a range of brilliant poets, some very well known to me, others less so.
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Had the greatest pleasure of reviewing Paul Farley’s collection ‘When it Rained for a Million Years’ as part of the @poetrysociety.org.uk & @tseliotprize.bsky.social Young Critics Scheme 2025. 🌧️🔦✈️

You can check out my video on YouTube, here: youtu.be/D7PIySOnEPM?...
Molly Knox reviews ‘When It Rained for a Million Years’ by Paul Farley
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December 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Head to @carcanet.bsky.social’s website and get 20% off all current and former Carcanet @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted and winning poetry collections.
A great way to stock up and also but my last collection Eleanor Among The Saints at a discount. Simply use the code.

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One of the outstanding literary publishers of our time, Carcanet Press has a special emphasis on poetry from around the world.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Many thanks to Young Critic Anisha Jaya Minocha for this very thoughtful guide to Gillian Allnutt's @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted tenth collection Lode.
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Young Critic Anisha Jaya Minocha reviews Gillian Allnutt's Lode
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December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Here's an excerpt from Young Critic Aphra Le Levier-Bennett's review of Catherine-Esther Cowie's Heirloom shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Watch the rest of Aphra's review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysqP...
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Here's an excerpt from Young Critic Freya Gillard's review of Vona Groarke's Infinity Pool, which is shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Watch the rest of Freya's review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCNB...
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way is with the wonderful Catherine-Esther Cowie.

We spoke about her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Heirloom, the new Rosalía album Lux, and using persona poetry as a type of mask work.

Listen wherever good podcasts can be found.
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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We're delighted to announce with @englishpen.bsky.social & @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social the winner of the PEN Heaney Prize is Namanlagh by Tom Paulin. It's a wonderful collection! Congratulations to all our finalists, and huge thanks to the judges Sasha Dugdale, Séan Hewitt & Zaffar Kunial 👏🍾
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Today’s interview with the amazing poet Sarah Howe is now live. We spoke about time, flow states, and her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Foretokens.

Check out The Poems We Made Along The Way wherever good podcasts can be heard.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Great in-depth interview with Gillian Allnutt on the latest episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast. She was in conversation with host @gregorykearns.bsky.social about her poetry, in particular her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection #Lode.
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Episode 36: Gillian Allnutt - "An exercise in truthfulness"
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Here's an excerpt from Young Critic Ishita Uppadhayay's review of Sarah Howe's Foretokens, shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social

Watch the rest of Ishita's review: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwp0...
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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And we are thrilled to host @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social
on 7/Nov at the Letters and Literature conference. One week to go! Tickets here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/...

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October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Follow this link to access the T.S. Eliot Prize resources for Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool. (Videoed readings to follow): tseliot.com/prize/work/i...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Congratulations to all ten poets shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social, with a special shout out to St. Lucian author Catherine-Esther Cowie for her debut collection, Heirloom published by @carcanet.bsky.social!
Read more about this prestigious award at:
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October 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Oct news: New books by Menna Elfyn, Selima Hill & Kit Wright; Katrina Porteous wins Laurel Prize; @tseliotprize.bsky.social & Saltire shortlistings for Gillian Allnutt & Niall Campbell; @jesstraynor.bsky.social reviews; @forwardprizes.bsky.social Highly Commended Poems.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Gillian Allnutt's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lode' is one belter of a book. Check out the resources on the Prize's website (including my review): tseliot.com/prize/shortl... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Delighted to see Vona Groarke on the shortlist for this year's
T. S. Eliot Prize for her collection, Infinity Pool. Congratulations to all selected authors.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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We're delighted that Gillian Allnutt has been shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social for her tenth poetry collection Lode. Many congratulations to all ten shortlisted poets.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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We're overjoyed to share that Catherine-Esther Cowie's debut collection Heirloom has been shortlisted for a 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social!

Well done Catherine-Esther, and all the other shortlisted poets and publishers! 🎉
October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist!
Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone."

Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/
October 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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We are deeply saddened to share the news that Chris Holifield, Director of the Poetry Book Society 2003–16 and Director of the T. S. Eliot Prize 2016–22, died on 3 September 2025.

Read our tribute to Chris in full: tseliot.com/prize/a-tire...
Chris Holifield
September 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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To help you get to know your judges for the 2025 National Poetry Competition, we've asked each one to participate in a visual Q&A.

Next is Denise Saul, whose debut collection The Room Between Us (Pavilion / Liverpool University Press, 2022) was shortlisted for TS Eliot poetry prize 2022, (...)
A muted blue-grey background with big, bold white text that reads: Can you show us... A visual Q&A with National Poetry Competition 2025 judge Denise Saul. Behind the text is a large, opaque, sketched question mark. In the top left corner is a white Poetry Society logo. The bottom left corner has a white National Poetry Competition logo. The bottom right corner has a headshot of Denise Saul in a circular frame. The same muted, blue-grey background with white text. At the top, it reads: ... a poetry collection that helped inspired you to become a poet? Below is an image of Lyn Hejinian's 'My Life and My Life in the Nineties'. Behind the image are two smaller versions of the opaque question marks. Her answer, below the image, reads: Lyn Hejinian's My Life gave me permission as a poet to open up the spaces within and outside of a poem. The same template as before. The question reads: ... an image that relates to something you enjoy doing outside of poetry? The image is of a colourful piece of art. Denise's response: I often visit art galleries. Photo from Emily Kam Kngwarray's current art exhibition at Tate Modern. The question reads: ... a place where you feel most able to write? The image is of large, full, green tree above a river surrounded by greenery and blue skies. Denise's answer: As a keen walker, I am inspired to write in historical and urban green spaces. Photo - Hampton Court Park
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM