T. S. Eliot Prize

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This article is about the prize administered by the Poetry Book Society. For the U. S. prize of the same name, see T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University).

The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded by the Poetry Book Society (UK) to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland"[1] in any particular year. The Prize was inaugurated in 1993 in celebration of the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and in honour of its founding poet, T. S. Eliot. Since its inception, the prize money has been donated by Eliot's widow, Mrs Valerie Eliot. At present, the prize is £15,000, with each of nine runners-up receiving £1000 each, making it the United Kingdom's most valuable annual poetry competition. The Prize has been called "the most coveted award in poetry".[2]

The Society selects one new collection of poetry for distribution to its members each quarter. These four volumes and six additional collections comprise the annual shortlist for the Prize.[3] On the evening before the announcement of the Prize, the Society sponsors a public reading by the authors of the ten shortlisted volumes.[4] 2000 people attended the 2011 reading.[5]

List of winners

Shortlists

2010s

2014

2013

The shortlist was announced 23 October 2013.[7]

2012

The shortlist was announced 23 October 2012.[8]

2011

2010

2000s

2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001

See also

Notes

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  10. ↑ "Alice Oswald withdraws from TS Eliot prize in protest at sponsor Aurum", Alison Flood, The Guardian, 6 December 2011
  11. ↑ "TS Eliot prize: Second poet withdraws in sponsor protest" 7 December 2011 The Guardian
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