Next Generation poets (2004)

The Next Generation poets are a list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry.

The Next Generation poets, mostly British,were selected 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 "Next Generation" was followed by Staple magazine's "Alternative Generation" (2005), which selected a group of poets from the UK's small-press output. The Next Generation 2004 list comprises:


 * Patience Agbabi
 * Amanda Dalton
 * Nick Drake
 * Jane Draycott
 * Paul Farley
 * Leontia Flynn
 * 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