Lakshmi R Kanchi has won the 2021 Pocketry Prize for Unpublished Poets with her collection, imagick.

Lakshmi's collection will be published as an A6 sized instant book by Pocketry. It will be available to purchase in Pocketry's online shop.

There were three highly commended entries:

earthlings by Kristina Deminick,

Beyond the eucalypts by Steph Amir and

Clear Answers by Zoe Simmons.

Melbourne poet and actor, Sophia Riozzi won the inaugural Pocketry Prize for Unpublished Poets with her collection, Year of the Double Autumn.

There were three highly commended entries:

Lorikeets by Steph Amir,

Stray Perceptions by Melissa Favasuli and

Pandemic 575: A Collection of Haiku for the Year 2020 by Megan Riedl.