IHS International Haiku Competition 2013 Results
The
Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the sixth IHS
International Haiku Competition. 148 haiku by poets from eight
countries/territories (Australia, Canada, England, Germany,
Ireland, New Zealand, Northern Ireland and the USA)
were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated
by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and was judged
blindly. The
following
is the
list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.
1st Prize
John
Barlow
(England) receives
the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:
over
the eggs
they laid too soon
late
falling snow
2nd Prize
The
2nd
Prize of Euro 50 goes to Quendryth Young (Australia) for the following haiku:
sun's out
a drop on
the lily pad
changes to
green
3rd Prize
Scott
Mason (New York, USA) and Ian Storr
(England) each
receive
the third
prize of Euro 30 for the
following haiku:
the faint
melody
of a carousel
swirling
leaves
winter's end
fence wire
ripples
in the wake
of a coot
(by
Ian Storr)
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Ernest
Berry
(New Zealand)
sacred ground
red geraniums
where they fell
Marion
Clarke (Northern Ireland)
jardin d'hiver
la balancelle de mon père
toujours grinçante
self-translation:
winter garden
my father's swing seat
still creaking
Robert
Davey (England)
dawn grey
the scratch of a claw
from the sleeping dog
Cynthia
Rowe (Australia)
on the pine
a feather stiff with sleet
ice moon
Timothy Russell (USA)
anniversary...
a pinwheel on the next grave
suddenly starts up
Jennifer Sutherland
(Australia)
dusk shadows
a peacock -
across the paddocks
Quendryth
Young (Australia)
spring birdsong
a common cuckoo
barges in
Our
congratulations go to all of the winners. We also express our sincere
gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, without whom...
Competition Rules in PDF format are available here
IHS International Haiku Competition 2012 Results
The
Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the fifth IHS
International Haiku Competition. This year we saw a further
increase in
the number of participating authors. 262 haiku by poets from thirteen
countries/territories (Australia, Canada, Chile, England, Germany,
Ireland, Japan,
The Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Serbia, USA and Wales)
were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated
by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and was judged
blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly
commended haiku.
1st Prize
Alan
S. Bridges
(Massachusetts, USA) receives
the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:
gale-force
wind
a bird's nest becomes
what
it was
2nd Prize
The
2nd
Prize of Euro 50 goes to Steven Carter (Arizona, USA) for the following haiku:
wind in
tamaracks -
whispering
to shadows,
shadows
3rd Prize
John
Barlow (England) and Ernest J. Berry
(New Zealand) each
receive
the third
prize of Euro 30 for the
following haiku:
drawing the
geese
from the
stubble fields
the
pink-tinged sky
funeral march
the crunch
crunch crunch
of cicada
husks
(by
Ernest J. Berry)
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Owen
Bullock
(New Zealand)
on the piano
photos of the ones
who don't visit
Tracy
Davidson (England)
April showers
my inside-out umbrella
drowns a snail
Cathy
Drinkwater Better (Pennsylvania, USA)
November dusk
a cloud of sparrows rounds
the weathered silo
Scott
Mason (New York, USA)
end of summer
the busker's trouser cuffs
collect burs
Conor O'Neill (Ireland - Chile)
twilight
the late swallow passes
the first bat
Cynthia Rowe (New South
Wales, Australia)
stone steps
an electric ant takes
the handrail
Julie
Warther (Ohio, USA)
spring equinox
chaise lounge claimed
by the swollen river
Our
congratulations to all of the winners. We also express our sincere
gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, without whom...
Competition Rules in PDF format are available here
IHS
International
Haiku Competition 2011 Results
The
Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the fourth IHS
International Haiku Competition. This year we saw a further
increase in
the number of participating authors. 232 haiku by poets from fourteen
countries (Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Portugal,
Romania, USA and Wales)
were submitted to this year's competition
in Category
A. As for Category
B open
only for participants born or residing
on the island of Ireland, we received 37 poems.
Poets submitting their works in this category were expected to write
about poverty and include reflections upon or
references to "Poverty: punishment for a crime you didn't commit"
(attributed to Eli Khamarov). This year's competition was adjudicated
by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and it was judged
blindly. The
following
is the
list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku in both categories.
Category
A
1st Prize
Quendryth
Young
(Australia) receives
the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:
turning
tide
the buoy bobs
sideways
2nd Prize
The
2nd
Prize of Euro 50 goes to John Barlow (England) for the following haiku:
the windfalls
he gathered
gathering
dusk
3rd Prize
Bouwe
Brouwer (the Netherlands) receives
the third
prize of Euro 30 for the
following haiku:
November
rain -
the fence
around the
ruin
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Ernest J. Berry
(New Zealand)
early dusk
the elderly sexton
wreathed in mist
Marion
Clarke (Northern Ireland)
storm on the lough
streetlamps on Seaview
lit by sunrise
Beth
McFarland
(Northern Ireland - Germany)
laid at the feet
of a cat,
all the Alps
Peter
Newton (USA)
first snow...
filling the emptiness
of a curled leaf
Roland Packer (Canada)
equinox
again you speak
of leaving
Cynthia Rowe (Australia)
wild persimmon
autumn sun fills
the last leaf
Priscilla
Van Valkenburgh (USA)
island morning fog -
the spruce tree and wooden bench
web-connected
Category
B
1st Prize
Clare McCotter (Co. Derry) receives
the first prize of Euro 100 for the following haiku:
silver
moon
climbing a scaffold
of stars
unemployed
builder
2nd Prize
The 2nd Prize
of Euro 30 goes to Thomas Powell (Co. Armagh) for
the following haiku:
charity shop
-
we debate
the need
for a book
on Gauguin
3rd Prize
Mary O'Keefe
(Co. Cork)
receives the third prize of Euro 20
for the following haiku:
coffee
morning
in the hull
of her handbag
she stows
her daughter's lunch
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Clare McCotter (Co. Derry)
gold autumn
dawn
melting over
the fields
she once
owned
Clare McCotter (Co. Derry)
rose dawn
pulled tight
around
the
bagwoman's shoulders
Beth
McFarland (Co. Tyrone - Germany)
all the
unborn children
cherry
blossom
in the wind
Conor
O'Neill (Co. Dublin - Chile)
outside the
bank
a beggar's
empty hands
counting
raindrops
Thomas Powell (Co. Armagh)
work
prospects...
I search the
sky
for
yesterday's swallows
Our
congratulations go to all of the winners. We also express our sincere
gratitude
to the Administrator of the competition, without whom...
Competition Rules in PDF format are available here
IHS
International Haiku Competition 2010 Results
The
Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the third IHS
International Haiku Competition. This year we saw a further
increase in
the number of participating authors. 227 haiku by poets from eleven
countries (Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Northern
Ireland,
England, USA, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, Portugal
and Romania)
were submitted to this year's competition
in Category
A. As for Category
B open
only for participants born or residing
on the island of Ireland, we received 87 poems.
Poets submitting their works in this category were expected to write
about Ireland in the changing world and include reflections upon or
references to "what it means to live in Ireland at the beginning of the
21st century". This year's competition was adjudicated
by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and it was judged
blindly. The
following
is the
list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku in both categories.
Category
A
1st Prize
Ernest
J. Berry
(New Zealand) receives
the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:
chill
wind
the windowsill tomato
still
warm
2nd Prize
The
2nd
Prize of Euro 50 goes to John Barlow (England) for the following haiku:
new year's
snow
the tracks
of creatures
that went by
in the night
3rd Prize
Catherine
J. S. Lee (USA) receives
the third
prize of Euro 30 for the
following haiku:
mountain
sunset
an eagle
rides
the
downslope wind
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Cathy
Drinkwater Better (USA)
crossroads
the wind takes my hair
the other way
Scott
Mason (USA)
new moon
the night watchman
goes unseen
Maire
Morrissey-Cummins
(Ireland)
in the chair
the cat curls up
in my warmth
Peter
Newton (USA)
where the maple stood
a shroud
of sunlight
Roland Packer (Canada)
the things
we never did
undertow
Cynthia Rowe (Australia)
winter solstice
the barbed wire fence
furry with frost
Eduard
Tara (Romania)
Deireadh bliana -
tionlacann bád an abhainn
i dtreo na farraige
(year end
a boat
accompanies
the river to
the sea)
Category
B
1st Prize
Clare McCotter (Co. Derry) receives
the first prize of Euro 100 for the following haiku:
wakening
in a scullery of stars
the
wino folds her home
2nd Prize
The 2nd Prize
of Euro 30 goes to Cara Joy (Co. Kerry) for
the following haiku:
the small
river flows
through the
door of the valley
soon to be
no more
3rd Prize
Maire Morrissey-Cummins
(Co. Wicklow)
receives the third prize of Euro 20
for the following haiku:
on the
motorway
abandoned
cranes
among ghost
estates
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Susan
Flynn (Co. Dublin)
memorial
flowers
tied to the
ash in full leaf
bowing and
sighing
Clare McCotter (Co. Derry)
forty seven
and no
pension
all the
starry heavens
Hugh
O'Donnell (Dublin)
recession
more tree
less leaf
Aoife
Stephens (Co. Kerry)
despite all
reports
of bleak and
woeful stories
the sun
still rises
Our
congratulations go to all of the winners. We also express our sincere
gratitude
to the administrators of the competition, without whom...
Competition
Rules in PDF format are available here
IHS
International Haiku Competition 2009 Results
Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Northern
Ireland, England,
USA, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, France,
Poland, Portugal
and Romania)
were submitted to the
second IHS International Haiku Competition. Many of them
were
from the island
of Ireland.
That year's competition was adjudicated by Anatoly
Kudryavitsky, and it
was judged blindly. The following is the
list of
prize-winning and highly commended haiku.
1st
Prize
Mary O'Keefe (Ireland) receives
the first prize of Euro 150 for the
following haiku:
November sunset
a galaxy of crows
quench
the twilight
2nd
Prize
The
2nd
Prize of Euro 50 goes to Scott
Mason (USA) for
the following haiku:
receding
surf...
for every
clamshell
a sandy wake
3rd Prize
John
Barlow (England) receives
the third
prize of Euro30 for the following haiku:
some in,
some out
of the
ebbing tide...
the morning
oystercatchers
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
Ernest
J. Berry (New Zealand)
September
wind
a better view
of compost bins
Clare
McCotter (Northern
Ireland)
stooping
on the edge
of autumn
purple river grass
Roland
Packer (Canada)
country
fair
cornsilk at the feet
of the hucksters
Cynthia
Rowe (Australia)
spring
equinox
two pines leaning
into each other
Andre Surridge (New Zealand)
end
of a stalk
the caterpillar climbs
a ladder of air
Ian
Turner (England)
sun
fringed clouds
a carrion crow struts
from sleeper to sleeper
Andrena
Yeats (England)
horses
stand in morning
frost
one apart stares
at the space between
as
as
IHS
International Haiku Competition 2008 Results
177
haiku by poets from twelve countries (Ireland, UK, Northern Ireland,
USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, Portugal,
Romania and Serbia) were submitted to the first ever IHS International
Haiku Competition competition. Half of them were from the
island of
Ireland. That year's competition was adjudicated by Anatoly
Kudryavitsky, and it was judged blindly. It had been previously
announced that an entrant may win more than one prize, which, actually,
happened. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly
commended haiku.
1st Prize
John
Barlow (England)
receives the first prize of Euro 150 for the
following haiku:
mountain
stillness
an empty
chrysalis
fills with
sunlight
2nd Prize
The 2nd
Prize of Euro 50 also goes to John
Barlow (England) for the following haiku:
summer
morning
every other
post
has its
crow
3rd Prize
Ernest
J. Berry (New
Zealand) receives
the
third prize of Euro 30 for the following haiku:
early
frost
the
fragrance of pine
on fire
Highly
Commended Haiku
In
alphabetical order:
John
Barlow (England)
cold
rain...
the
fishermen wade deeper
into the
lake
Sharon
Dean (Australia)
winter
chill
a
bull ant
climbs
the
flame
tree
Walter
Daniel McGuire (Ireland)
autumn
breeze -
spider's
web
convex...
concave
Roland
Packer (Canada)
the
open
gate
to
an empty
field -
country
graveyard
Roland
Packer (Canada)
Christmas
Eve
swaddled in the busker's case
a fiddle
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results of the IHS haiku
competitions held after 2013 are here.
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