Haiku Contest
Previous Prize Winners
The 21th HIA Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Haiku International Association
Supported by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, The Japan Times
Haiku in Overseas
Judge
Arima Akito, Inahata Teiko, Takaha Shugyo, Miyasaka Shizuo, Ohwa Yasuhiro, Nomura Kenzo, Nakamura Kazuhiro Nagata Ryutaro, Kato Koko, Ohtaka Mukai
The Haiku International Association Award
パオ一つだけの草原馬肥ゆる
pao hitotsu / dake no sôgen /uma koyuru
塚本 治彦
just a single yurt
in the grasslands
horses fattening
Tsukamoto Haruhiko（Chigasaki）
The Association of Haiku Poets Award
星月夜エジプト文字にとりけもの
hoshizukiyo/ ejiputomoji ni/ torikemono
石橋 万喜子
starry night
in Egyptian writing
birds and animals
Ishibashi Makiko（Setagaya-ku）
The Modern Haiku Association Award
風死すや樹下にユリシーズ像細し
kaze shisu ya / juka ni yurishîzuzô hososhi
柏木 ともみ
the wind has died
under the trees a statue of Ulysses
so thin
Kashiwagi Tomomi（Sendai）
The Association of Japanese Classical Haiku Award
水澄みて澄みて水無きごとくかな
mizu sumite /sumite mizu naki / gotoku kana
𠮷村 玲子
water clearing
so clear it’s like
there’s no water
Yoshimura Reiko（Sanda）
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award
端渓の彫りの深さを洗ひけり
tankei no / hori no fukasa o / arai keri
佳田 翡翠
I wash
Tankei’s inkstone
its deep engraving
Yoshida Hisui（Funabashi）
The Japan Times Award
地獄絵の裏より出でて子蟷螂
jigokue no/ ura yori idete /kotorô
浅野 航秀
out from behind
the painting of hell
a baby mantis
Asano Kôshû（Katsuura） （Translations: Emiko Miyashita & Michael Dylan Welch)
Prize Winners - Selected by Toru Kiuchi
wild plum －
the ants carrying the light
petal by petal
Eduard TARA（Romania）
old pendulum clock －
caught in a spider net
grandpa’s fairy tales
Francesco de Sabata（Luxembourg）
Prize Winners - Selected by Toshio Kimura
wild plum －
the ants carrying the light
petal by petal
Eduard TARA（Romania）
morning rain
a child's cupped hand
collecting wishes
Blessed Ayeyame（Nigeria）
Honorable Mentions - Selected by Toru Kiuchi
on the road
to a full recovery...
gibbous moon
Helen Buckingham（United Kingdom）
night curfew...
even the sky
becomes starless
Ali Znaidi（Tunisia）
in a pool of rainwater
a little ghetto boy floats
his paper boat
Dinesh Shihantha De Silva（Sri Lanka）
lingering heat...
a man behind the turnstile
listening to jazz
Pragya Vishnoi（India）
Honorable Mentions - Selected by Toshio Kimura
dilapidated castle
the moonlight rebuilds
the front staircase
Lyudmila Hristova（Bulgaria）
sunflower field
is it real that each of them
is looking at me?
Zelyko Funda（Croatia）
desert
water bottles
riddled
Brett Brady（U.S.）
Unknown hero －
the weeds and grass
conquer his grave
Vasile Moldovan（Romania）