The Next Generation: Vol. V

May 2, 2025

Now available: The Next Generation, Vol. V

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Featuring 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize winners:

  • "Our Yearly Sun Turns Around" by Jessica Zhao
  • "River Run Dry" by Emma Han
  • "Bottles Born to Shatter" by Elizabeth Bernal
  • "forgive me, this is not a love poem" by Lilah Warren
  • "Ekphrastic of Diē" by Cheryl Chen
  • "Google searches the night after graduation" by Zagreus Zheng

And additional selections from the 2024 Stursberg Prize submissions:

  • "Spring" by Cynthia Xiao
  • "All In My Head" by Farah Diggle
  • "Growing Up" by Lily Pahmer
  • "Swaddling Cloth" by Noaah Karim
  • "Invisible Imperfections" by Suixin Gong
  • "rainy tapestry" by Tianyi Li
  • "to grandma" by Vanessa Chen
  • "How to Properly Place an Orange" by Zhi Qi (Jeremy) Zhang

The Next Generation chapbooks are published annually and feature the winners and additional selections from the Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Young Poets.

Please note that our chapbook sales are currently paused, but copies will be available again in autumn 2026.

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