Haiku Contest
Previous Prize Winners
The 19th HIA Haiku Contest
The Award ceremony for the 19th HIA Haiku Contest was held at Ichigaya Arcadia on Friday December 1th, 2017.
Sponsored by Haiku International Association
Supported by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, The Japan Times
Haiku submission in Japanese, the results
Judge
Teiko Inahata, Shugyo Takaha, Akito Arima, Shizuo Miyasaka, Atsushi Anzai, Tsunehiko Hoshino, Ryutarô Nagata, Yasuhiro Ôwa, Gôichi Imase, Hakuson Okubo, Mukai Ôtaka, Koko Kato
The International Haiku Association Award
すがるべきものなど無くて水中花
sugarubeki mono nado nakute suichûka
Jin Wada,Akita City
nothing to cling to . . .
paper flowers blooming
in a glass of water
露滂沱なる草原にゲル畳む
tsuyu bôda naru sôgen ni geru tatamu
Haruko Obata,Toyonaka City
the grassy plain
sheds its dew—
folding a yurt
The Association of Haiku Poets Award
セルロイド・ブリキの記憶浮いて来い
seruroido・buriki no kioku uitekoi
Toshiko Wada,Suginami Ward
memories of water toys
made of celluloid and tinplate
floating up
The Modern Haiku Association Award
空蝉や還らぬ兵の一張羅
utsusemi ya kaeranu hei no itchoura
Satoru Koshikawa,Isumi County
cicada shell—
the departed soldier's
Sunday best
The Association of Japanese Classical Haiku Award
子規の忌や英語嫌ひの野球好き
shiki no ki ya eigogirai no yakyûzuki
Kyôko Shimizu,Nagoya City
Shiki's memorial day—
hating English
loving baseball
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award
けぶらひて滝全長をまだ見せず
keburaite taki zenchô o mada misezu
Junko Sakai,Suginami Ward
dimmed by mist—
the waterfall hasn't shown
its full height yet
Japan Times Award
ヒマラヤに細く冴ゆるや冬の月
himaraya ni hosoku sayuru ya fuyu no tsuki
Kazuhiro Kitazawa,Shibuya Ward
how thin and clear
over the Himalayas . . .
winter moon
Haiku in Overseas
Judge
Kiuchi Toru, Kimura Toshio
Prize Winners - Selected by Toru Kiuchi
spring cleaning...
a free space for echoes
in the basement
Barnabas I. Adeleke (Nigeria)
In a rocky language
mountain guides sing
mysteries of the Alps
Pierre Nabhan (France)
Prize Winners - Selected by Toshio Kimura
moon halo...
prayers that grandma
taught me
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde (Australia)
Remembrance Day
different stories
about my father
Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă (Romania)
Honorable Mentions - Selected by Toru Kiuchi
tomato season…
in the hand of each picker
a succulent sun
Ali Znaidi (Tunisia)
freezing night
from a star to a star
magpie's wings
Alexey Andreev (Russia)
between barbed wires
a child and a refuge
look up to the sky
April Mae M.Berza (Philippines)
in the sand
the sun crushed
into pieces
Branka Vojinović Jegdić (Montenegro)
Honorable Mentions - Selected by Toshio Kimura
deforestation
a pine tree falls
on its own shadow
Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan)
paper animals unfold
becoming like paper again
Allan Saylor (U.S.A.)
old oak
still serves
as a marker
Vishnu P Kapoor (India)
Sepia photos
faces we once knew
flowers with no names
Mack[David McMurray] (JAPAN)