The Next Generation poets are a list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry, mostly British, compiled by a panel for the Poetry Book Society in 2004. This is a promotional exercise, and a sequel to the

New Generation poets (1994) The New Generation Poets is a group of 1994 British poets whose work was featured in a month-long nationwide festival, many of the writers going on to considerable popular success. The 20 poets were chosen by a panel of judges comprising Melvyn Brag ...

. The "Next Generation" was followed by ''Staple'' magazine's "Alternative Generation" (2005),"An Alternative Generation"
''Staple 62: Ten Years of Small Press Poets'', 12 July 2005. which selected a group of poets from the UK's small-press output. The Next Generation 2004 list comprises: *

Patience Agbabi Patience Agbabi FRSL (born 1965) is a British poet and performer who emphasizes the spoken word.. Although her poetry hits hard in addressing contemporary themes, it often makes use of formal constraints, including traditional poetic forms. She ...

* Amanda Dalton *

Nick Drake Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognit ...

Jane Draycott Jane Draycott is a British poet. She is Senior Course Tutor on Oxford University's MSt in Creative Writing and teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of Lancaster. Life and career Draycott was born in London in 1954. She studied ...

* Paul Farley *

Leontia Flynn Leontia Flynn (born December 1974) is a poet and writer from Northern Ireland. She grew up between the towns of Dundrum and Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. She is the second-youngest of five siblings. She has worked at The Seamus Hean ...

* Matthew Francis * Sophie Hannah * Tobias Hill * Gwyneth Lewis * Alice Oswald * Pascale Petit * Jacob Polley * Deryn Rees-Jones * Maurice Riordan * Robin Robertson * Owen Sheers * Henry Shukman * Catherine Smith * Jean Sprackland

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Next generation poets 2004
coverage on The Guardian website British literary movements British poetry {{poetry-stub

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