A Former Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Winner Lead TS Eliot Prize Shortlist
10 poets are in the running for the prestigious £25,000 prize, with collections that ‘remind us why it’s to poetry we turn to reorient ourselves’
TL;DR
- 10 poets are shortlisted for the £25,000 TS Eliot prize.
- Shortlisted poets include Andrew Motion (Gravity Archives) and Jorie Graham (Killing Spree).
- The collections are praised for offering reorientation through language in challenging times.
- The prize was established in 1993 by the Poetry Book Society.
- The winner receives £25,000, and shortlisted poets receive £1,500.
- Shortlisted poets will read in London on January 17, with the winner announced on January 18.