The Next Generation: Vol. VI

September 19, 2025

Now available: The Next Generation, Vol. VI

A book with an orange cover featuring six greyscale windows, and the words The Next Generation

Featuring 2025 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize winners:

  • "-write this down!" by Lovisa Goodwill
  • "Blossoming" by Michelle Masood
  • "Sea lions take beach days in wintertime" by Eliot Scott
  • "to be used as you use your dog—" by Tracy Wang
  • "Ars Fami" by Angela Xiao
  • "Latitude of Roots" by Shuyu Zheng

And additional selections from the 2025 Stursberg Prize submissions:

  • "Moth-Love" by Rose Haberer
  • "mama's peeler" by Isolde Li
  • "Whispers Through the Rain" by Jessie Li
  • "Part/itions" by Sofia Varma
  • "The Male Gazette" by Dan Yu
  • "Hollowed to Hold Light" by Soleil 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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