Karen Solie’s Wellwater wins TS Eliot poetry prize

The Guardian - World NewsCenter-LeftEN 2 min read 100% complete by Yassin El-MouddenJanuary 19, 2026 at 08:30 PM

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Canadian poet Karen Solie won the 2025 TS Eliot poetry prize for her collection, *Wellwater*, which explores environmental destruction. The award was announced at a ceremony in London, and Solie will receive £25,000. *Wellwater*, Solie's sixth collection, previously co-won the Forward prize. The collection was chosen from a shortlist that included works by Tom Paulin, Isabelle Baafi, Nick Makoha, and Sarah Howe. The judges praised *Wellwater* for its honest portrayal of the world's beauty and its problems, shaped by Solie's upbringing in rural Saskatchewan. The TS Eliot prize recognizes new poetry collections published in the UK and Ireland.

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