The shortlist has been released for the 2026 T.S. Eliot Prize, which honors "the best new collection of poetry published in the U.K. or Ireland." Each shortlisted poet receives £1,500 (about $1,980) and the winner, who will named at the award ceremony on January 18, 2027, gets £25,000 (about $33,035). This year's shortlisted titles are:
Killing Spree by Jorie Graham
Hide Me Under the Blood and I Shall Be Satisfied by Keith Jarrett
PIVOT by Imani Mason Jordan
Sleep Gate by Sylvia Legris
Behold by Shara McCallum
The House of Broken Things by Kim Moore
Gravity Archives by Andrew Motion
Cafés by Holly Pester
The Channel by Jana Prikryl
Render by Billy Ramsell
Chair of judges Leontia Flynn said: "Though very different in voice, style and preoccupation, these ten collections share a determination to meet the challenges faced in difficult times with closer attention to language. Linguistic disruption, personal reflection, humorous lyricism--or indeed all these things at once--can be found in this work. Each of these books reminds us why, when nothing else makes much sense, it's to poetry we turn to reorient ourselves."