‘Great range and power’: TS Eliot poetry prize shortlist announced

<p>Ten poets, including Tom Paulin and Sarah Howe, appear on the shortlist for the £25,000 award, which judges described as offering ‘something for everyone’</p><p>Tom Paulin and Sarah Howe are among the poets shortlisted for this year’s £25,000 TS Eliot prize, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious award for a single volume of poetry.</p><p>The shortlist features 10 collections from established names and new voices, ranging from meditations on illness and inheritance to explorations of ecological collapse and exile.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/07/ts-eliot-poetry-prize-shortlist-announced-tom-paulin-sarah-howe">Continue reading...</a>