The 21st HIA Haiku Contest Prize Winners
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 Sataba (Luxembourg) |
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 | Pragya Vishnoi (India) |
| lingering heat… a man behind the turnstile listening to jazz | Pragya Vishnoi (India) |
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 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) |