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."[1] [2] 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.[3] The British Council collaborated with the Poetry Book Society on an international showcase of the chosen poets.[4]
The Next Generation 2014 list comprises: