BOOK AWARDS
T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2007
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 14th 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.
Winner (announced mid January)
The Drowned Book by Sean O'Brien, published by Picador - ISBN 9780330447621
Shortlist (announced end October)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Speed of Dark | Ian Duhig | Picador | 9780330446556 |
| Hawks and Doves | Alan Gillis | Gallery | 9781852354183 |
| Pessimism for Beginners | Sophie Hannah | Carcanet | 9781857548785 |
| Meanest Flower | Mimi Khalvati | Carcanet | 9781857548686 |
| Public Dream | Frances Leviston | Picador | 9780330440547 |
| Pomegranates of Kandahar | Sarah Maguire | Chatto & Windus | 9780701181314 |
| Book of Lives | Edwin Morgan | Carcanet | 9781857549188 |
| Drowned Book | Sean O'Brien | Picador | 9780330447621 |
| Common Prayer | Fiona Sampson | Carcanet | 9781857549423 |
| Black Moon | Matthew Sweeney | Carcanet | 9780224080927 |
