T. S. Eliot Prize 2022 shortlisted poets and collections

The Judges

Roger Robinson, Jean Sprackland (chair), Hannah Lowe

This year, the shortlist has been chosen by judges Jean Sprackland (Chair), Hannah Lowe and Roger Robinson.

The shortlisted poets are:

Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Quiet (Faber)

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Fiona Benson, Ephemeron (Cape Poetry)

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Jemma Borg, Wilder (Pavilion Poetry, Liverpool University Press)

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James Conor Patterson, bandit country (Picador)

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Philip Gross, The Thirteenth Angel (Bloodaxe)

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Anthony Joseph, Sonnets for Albert (Bloomsbury Poetry)

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Zaffar Kunial, England’s Green (Faber)

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Mark Pajak, Slide (Cape Poetry)

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Denise Saul, The Room Between Us (Pavilion Poetry, Liverpool University Press)

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Yomi Ṣode, Manorism (Penguin Poetry)

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TS Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings

Sun 15 Jan 2023, 7pm
Royal Festival Hall