BOOK AWARDS
T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 2009
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)
Shortlist (announced end October)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| The Sun-Fish | Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | Gallery Press | 9781852354831 |
| Continental Shelf | Fred D'Aguiar | Carcanet | 9781847770431 |
| Over | Jane Draycott | Carcanet | 9781903039922 |
| The Water Table | Philip Gross | Bloodaxe Books | 9781852248529 |
| Through The Square Window | Sinéad Morrisey | Carcanet | 9781847770578 |
| One Secret Thing | Sharon Olds | Jonathan Cape | 9780224087841 |
| Weeds & Wild Flowers | Alice Oswald | Faber & Faber | 9780571237494 |
| A Scattering | Christopher Reid | Areté Ltd | 9780955455360 |
| The Burning Of The Books And Other Poems | George Szirtes | Bloodaxe Books | 9781852248420 |
| West End Final | Hugo Williams | Faber & Faber | 9780571245932 |
