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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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January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Tonight! Have you booked your tickets yet?
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
YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize
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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
YouTube video by The Poetry Society
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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
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
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...
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, (...)
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM