THE RESULTS OF A LITTLE IRIS HAIKU CONTEST, CROATIA 2018 The judge was Jim Kacian. 142 authors, 409 haiku from 36 countries! The theme – FREE.   First Prize   Sandra Simpson, New Zealand: twilight— humming as i weed around the hive    Second Prize   Jay Friedenberg, USA: slow summer clouds the formless shape of desire   Thir...

Judged by Marta Majorka Chociłowska     HAIKU 1st Prize   Saša Važić (Serbia)   hidden in the cornfield a dewdrop sliding into a lone pumpkin flower   kukuruzište... u samotni cvet tikve klizi kap rose     2nd Prize Radostina Dragostinova (Bulgaria)   string of gourds on the rusty fence grandm...

IRIS – A LITTLE HAIKU CONTEST, THEME: INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL   By Jim Kacian   If seeing the daily routine with new eyes is the inspiration for haiku, then surely travel is its antithesis. In a foreign setting, everything is new, and even when we hew to our personal routines, we are beset by unaccustomed images every moment. Hence the challenge of writing cogently to the theme of this ...

The results of the Croatian International Haiku Contest on theme GOURD We received haiku by 72 authors from 26 countries. The Selector was Carole MacRury.   Na natječaj se odazvalo 72 pjesnika i pjesnikinja iz Australije, Belgije, Bosne i Hercegovine, Brazila, Bugarske, Crne Gore, Filipina, Francuske, Gane, Hrvatske, Indije, Italije, Kanade, Nigerije, Njemačke, Novog Zelanda, Poljske, Rum...

This year we received 681 haiku by 281 authors  from 34 countries: (more…)

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