T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University)

The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded annually by Truman State University, which is a United States university located in Missouri. First awarded in 1997, the prize is given "for the best unpublished book-length collection of poetry in English, in honor of native Missourian T. S. Eliot’s considerable intellectual and artistic legacy".[1] Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. The prize includes publication of the collection as well as a purse of $2000. Poets submit their unpublished collections to Truman State University Press for each year's competition. A well-known poet is chosen each year to judge the collections, and to select the winner and several finalists.

This article is about the poetry prize administered by Truman State University. For the poetry prize administered by the Poetry Book Society, see T. S. Eliot Prize.

List of winners

The winners, collection titles, and judges of the annual Prize are listed below. In addition to the winner, several finalists are announced for each year's competition. The complete list of winners and finalists is posted at the Truman State University Press website.[2] As examples, Deborah Warren and A. M. Juster were finalists, and both Patty Seyburn and Daniel Bourne have been finalists twice.

Winners of the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry[2]
Year Poet Collection Judge
2016 Alison D. Moncrief Bromage Daughter, Daedalus Jennifer Clement
2015Laura BylenokWarpArthur Sze
2014Ilyse KusnetzSmall HoursDorianne Laux
2013Luc PhinneyCompassSherod Santos
2012David LivewellShackamaxonSandra McPherson
2011B. K. FisherMutiny GalleryTony Barnstone
2010Dean RaderWorks and DaysClaudia Keelan
2009David Moolten[3]Primitive MoodVirgil Suárez
2008Victoria Brockmeiermy maiden cowboy namesGrace Schulman
2007Carol V. DavisInto the Arms of Pushkin: Poems of St. PetersburgAlberto Rios
2006Rebecca DunhamThe Miniature RoomNaomi Shihab Nye
2005Mona Lisa SaloyRed Beans and Ricely YoursIshmael Reed
2004Michael SowderThe Empty BoatDiane Wakoski
2003Barbara CampbellErotic DistanceC. D. Wright
2002James GurleyHuman CartographyDavid Wagoner
2001Christopher BakkenAfter GreeceLynne McMahon
2000H. L. HixRational NumbersDana Gioia
1999David KeplingerThe Rose InsideMary Oliver
1998Rhina EspaillatWhere Horizons GoX. J. Kennedy
1997William BaerThe UnfortunatesSamuel Maio

References
  1. "Truman State University Press - Prizes". Truman State University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  2. "T. S. Eliot Prize - Winners and Finalists". Truman State University. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  3. Lenfield, Spencer (October 2010). "Physician Poet". Harvard Magazine. Harvard University.
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