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UPDATING THE YOUNG BRITISH POETS LIST

Please check this list twice and let us know who we should add! Thanks.


Eyewear Young UK Poets List, A Work In Progress (poets must be born in or since 1970)
  • Abigail Parry
  • Ahren Warner
  • Alice Willington
  • Alistair Noon
  • Amy De'Ath
  • Amy Evans
  • Andrew Bailey
  • Andrew Fentham
  • Andrew Spragg
  • Angus Sinclair
  • Anna Kisby
  • Anna Selby
  • Anna Smaill
  • Anne Welsh
  • Ben Borek
  • Ben Parker
  • Ben Stainton
  • Ben Wilkinson
  • Beppe Bartoli
  • Bethan Tichborne
  • Caleb Klaces
  • Camellia Stafford
  • Camilla Nelson
  • Cath Nichols
  • Chloe Stopa-Hunt
  • Chris McCabe
  • Chrissy Williams
  • Christopher Crawford
  • Colette Sensier
  • Colin Herd
  • Declan Ryan
  • Edward Ragg
  • Eileen Pun
  • Elizabeth Guthrie
  • Elizabeth Stefanidi
  • Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
  • Emily Berry
  • Emily Critchley
  • Emily Hasler
  • Emily Toder
  • Fabian Macpherson
  • Frances Leviston
  • Hannah Silva
  • Harry Man
  • Hayley Buckland
  • Heather Phillipson
  • Heidi Williamson
  • Helen Mort
  • Holly Corfield Carr
  • Holly Hopkins
  • Holly Pester
  • Ian Pindar
  • Ishion Hutchinson
  • Jack Underwood
  • Jacob Polley
  • Jacob Sam-La Rose
  • James Brookes
  • James Byrne
  • James Wilkes
  • Jennifer Wong
  • Jessica Mayhew
  • Jim Goar
  • Jo Crot
  • Joe Dunthorne
  • Joey Connolly
  • John Challis
  • Jon Stone
  • Jonty Tiplady
  • Kaddy Benyon
  • Kate Potts
  • Katherine Kilalea
  • Kathryn Simmonds
  • Kei Miller
  • Kelina Gotman
  • Kelley Swain
  • Keston Sutherland
  • Kim Lockwood
  • Kirsten Irving
  • Laura Elliott
  • Laura Kilbride
  • Liz Berry
  • Lizzie Whyman
  • Lorraine Mariner
  • Luke Kennard
  • Luke Samuel Yates
  • Luke Wright
  • Marcus Slease
  • Maria Taylor
  • Marianne Morris
  • Martha Sprackland
  • Martin Jackson
  • Matthew Gregory
  • Meirion Jordan
  • Melanie Challenger
  • Michael Kindellan
  • Michael McKimm
  • Miriam Gamble
  • Nat Raha
  • Nathan Hamilton
  • Oli Hazzard
  • Ollie Evans
  • Owen Sheers
  • Patrick Coyle
  • Penny Boxall
  • Phoebe Power
  • Rachael Allen
  • Rachael Boast
  • Rachael Nicholas
  • Rebecca Cremin
  • Richard Lambert
  • Richard Parker
  • Ryan Van Winkle
  • S.J. Fowler
  • Sam Riviere
  • Samantha Jackson
  • Sandeep Parmar
  • Sarah Howe
  • Sarah Kelly
  • Sarah Westcott
  • Siddhartha Bose
  • Simon Turner
  • Sophie Baker
  • Sophie Robinson
  • Stefan Mohamed
  • Stephen Emmerson
  • Steve Willey
  • Stuart Calton
  • Swithun Cooper
  • Tamarin Norwood
  • Theo Best
  • Thomas Ironmonger
  • Tiffany Anne Tondut
  • Tim Cockburn
  • Toby Martinez de las Rivas
  • Todd von Joel
  • Tom Chivers
  • Tom Warner
  • Tom Weir
  • Tony Williams
  • V.A. Sola Smith
  • Zoe Brigley

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