BOOK AWARDS
T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2003
Established in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and honour it's founding poet, the T S Eliot Prize is now in its 11th year.
The shortlisted poets will read from their collections at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre on 18th January 2004, the eve of the awards ceremony. For more details or to book tickets, visit www.thebloomsbury.com
The £10,000 prize is donated by Eliot's widow, Valerie, and will be presented by her to the winner at a central London ceremony on 19th January 2004.
This year's judging panel are George Szirtes (Chair), David Harsent and Mimi Khalvati.
Winner (announced mid January)
The winner has been announced as:
Landing Light by Don Paterson
Shortlist (announced end October)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Nine Horses | Billy Collins | Picador | 033041304X |
| Manhandling the Deity | John F Deane | Carcanet Press | 1857546385 |
| The Lammas Hireling | Ian Duhig | Picador | 0330492381 |
| Minsk | Lavinia Greenlaw | Faber and Faber | 057121780X |
| Ink Stone | Jamie McKendrick | Faber and Faber | 0571215327 |
| Outliving | Bernard O'Donoghue | Chatto and Windus | 0701174811 |
| Landing Light | Don Paterson | Faber and Faber | 0571219934 |
| The Brink | Jacob Polley | Picador | 0330412884 |
| For and After | Christopher Reid | Faber and Faber | 0571218075 |
| Hard Water | Jean Sprackland | Jonathan Cape | 0224069594 |
