Read the 2021 winning Poems

[L-R] A small group gathered for the event; Robert West MCing; Majella Cullinane reads her judges report; Jane Simpson performs her poem, ‘The domestic assistant’; John reads Derek Schultz’s poem, ‘Kōanga Ngākau’; Allan Roddick reads his poem, ‘At Blue Cliffs’; Sandi Forsyth reads her poem, ‘An Ode to L’; Jenna Heller reads her poem, ‘Kintsukuroi’; Sophia Wilson reads her poem, ‘Sea-skins’; Mark Sanders announces the winner of the Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writer Residency for 2022; Nicky Page talks about the establishment of the Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Residency; Poets, reader and judge.

The Caselberg’s International Poetry Prize Awards Night was held at the Dunedin Athenaeum on Thursday 25 November 2021 — and here are the winning works. A booklet comprising the winning poems and the judges report is available here.

Winner

Sophia Wilson [Ōtepoti] - Sea-skins

Runner Up

Jenna Heller [Ōtautahi] - Kintsukuroi

Highly Commended

Jilly O’Brien [Ōtepoti] - Inversion Layers, Hāwea

Jane Simpson [Ōtautahi] - The domestic assistant

Alan Roddick [Ōtepoti] - At Bluecliffs

Sandie Forsyth [Ōtepoti] - Ode to L

Derek Schulz [Raumati Beach]- Kōanga Ngākau

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