Next Generation poets (2014)

Next Generation poets (2014) are a list of poets named in 2014 by a panel for the Poetry Book Society, which once every ten years selects 20 poets "expected to dominate the poetry landscape of the coming decade."{{Cite web |date=2014-12-05 |title=Next Generation Poets 2014 - Poetry Book Society |url=http://poetrybooks.co.uk/projects/51/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205073745/http://poetrybooks.co.uk/projects/51/ |archive-date=2014-12-05 }}{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2014-09-10 |title='Next Generation' of 20 hotly-tipped poets announced by Poetry Book Society |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/11/next-generation-20-poets-poetry-book-society-kate-tempest |access-date=2023-02-10 |issn=0261-3077}} The accolade highlights emerging poets in the UK and Ireland who published a first collection of poetry within the previous decade.

The judges who compiled the list were: poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan (chair), poet and playwright Caroline Bird; Robert Crawford, from the 1994 New Generation Poets list; poet Clare Pollard; and Paul Farley, one of 2004's Next Generation Poets list.Sarah Shaffi, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/twenty-next-generation-poets-decade-named "Twenty 'Next Generation Poets' of the decade named"], The Bookseller, 11 September 2014. The British Council collaborated with the Poetry Book Society on an international showcase of the chosen poets.[https://literature.britishcouncil.org/project/uk-next-generation-poets-international-showcase "UK Next Generation Poets: International Showcase"], British Council, 2015–2016.

The Next Generation 2014 list comprises:

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• Tara Bergin
• Emily Berry
• Sean Borodale
• Adam Foulds
• Annie Freud
• Alan Gillis
• Rebecca Goss
• Jen Hadfield
• Emma Jones
• Luke Kennard
• Melissa Lee-Houghton
• Hannah Lowe
• Kei Miller
• Helen Mort
• Daljit Nagra
• Heather Phillipson
• Kae Tempest
• Mark Waldron
• Sam Willetts
• Jane Yeh

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