BOOK AWARDS
T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2004
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 12th year.
This year's judges are Douglas Dunn (Chair), Paul Farley and Carol Rumens.
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 in January 2005.
Winner (announced mid January)
The winner has been announced as:
Reel by George Szirtes (Bloodaxe) ISBN 1852246766
Shortlist (announced end October)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Full Indian Rope Trick | Billy Collins | Picador | 0330135973 |
| The Never-Never | Kathryn Gray | Seren | 1854113658 |
| John Clare: A Biography | Jonathan Bate | Picador | 0330371061 |
| The Tree House | Kathleen Jamie | Picador | 0330433326 |
| Snow Water | Michael Longley | Jonathan Cape | 0224072579 |
| The Soho Leopard | Ruth Padel | Chatto & Windus | 0701176210 |
| The Road to Inver: ranslations, Versions and Limitations, 1975- 2003 | Tom Paulin | Faber & Faber | 057122119x |
| Afterburner | Peter Porter | Picador | 0330434365 |
| Corpus Michael | Symmons Roberts | Jonathan Cape | 0224073427 |
| Reel | George Szirtes | Bloodaxe | 1852246766 |
| Blues | John Hartley Williams | Jonathan Cape | 0224073443 |
