UK: TS Eliot Prize's Shortlisted Poets Set for Digital Readings

In case you're not familiar with this one, the T S Eliot Prize is the best-paying award in British poetry. The winning poet receives a purse of £25,000 (US$34,111) and each shortlisted poet receives £1,500 (US$2,046).

Its organizers emphasize that it's "the only major poetry prize which is judged purely by established poets" and the program awards collections written in English and, in this case, published in 2020.

The program's shortlist was drawn from a total 153 poetry collections submitted by British and Irish publishers. There are five women and five men in the group, and the list of 10 includes two writers who are Americans, as well as poets whose backgrounds range from Chinese, Indonesian, and Native American ancestry to British and Indian roots.