Derek Walcott won the 2010 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry with White Egrets. The winner was chosen from a field of ten highly-regarded poets, two of which were Pascale Petit and John Haynes, both published by Seren (2010).

The judges of this year's Prize, Chair Anne Stevenson, reached their decision after months of deliberation and debate.

Anne Stevenson said "This year's exceptionally strong and varied shortlist made it difficult to choose the winner."

The winner was announced at the T S Eliot Prize award ceremony at the Wallace Collection on Monday 24th January.

Mrs Valerie Eliot presented the winner with a cheque for £15,000 and shortlisted poets received a cheque for £1,000 in recognition of their achievement in winning a place on the most prestigious shortlist in UK poetry.

The award ceremony was precede by the T S Eliot Prize Readings on Sunday 23rd January, which moved this year to the Royal Festival Hall, achieving a spectacular 2000 strong audience, wth twice as many tickets sold as the previous year.

Seren's shortlisted poets were:

Pascale Petit What the Water Gave Me

John Haynes You