Every winner, newest first
T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry Winners
1993 to 2025
Winners by year
Newest first. The year links to everything published or awarded that year.
About the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
The T.S. Eliot Prize is the UK's leading poetry award, presented annually since 1993 by the Poetry Book Society to the best new collection published that year.
- Awarded by
- The T. S. Eliot Foundation, with the Poetry Book Society
- First awarded
- 1993
- Country
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- Winner receives
- £25,000
When it is announced
The winner is announced in January, for collections published the previous year, after a shortlist in October. See the full announcement calendar.
How to enter
Publishers submit collections first published in the UK or Ireland during the year.
Official prize site. Checked August 2026. Dates move year to year, so confirm on the official site before entering.