Winnipeg poet Sylvia Legris has been named to the shortlist for the T.S. Eliot Prize, a major literary award for poetry in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The shortlist was announced on October 16, 2026.
The T.S. Eliot Prize, which offers a cash award of $47,000, is presented each year to the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland. Legris's inclusion places her among the leading contemporary poets recognized by the prize committee.