IHS International Haiku Competition 2019 Rules

The Competition Prizes

The IHS International Haiku Competition offers prizes of

Euro 150, Euro 50 and Euro 30

for unpublished haiku/senryu in English.

In addition there will be up to seven Highly Commended haiku/senryu.

Entrants may win more than one prize.

Deadline:

All the entries shall be postmarked by 30^th November 2019. Overseas (non-EU) entries mailed in the month up to and including this closing date must be sent by airmail.

Address for Entries:

Administrator,

The IHS International Haiku Competition 2019

75 Willow Park Grove

Glasnevin

Dublin 11

D11 VK85

Ireland

or ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com

The Rules of the Competition

1. Entrants may submit an unlimited number of haiku/senryu in any language.

2. A haiku/senryu written in Irish (Gaelic), or in a foreign language, should be submitted accompanied by an English translation of the haiku on the same list. These translations cannot be made by the adjudicator of the competition or edited by him.

3. Haiku by international and Irish poets, including members of the IHS, are eligible for the competition. Haiku by the members of the Board of the IHS are not eligible.

4. Each haiku must be accompanied by a fee of Euro 3 or �2.50 sterling or � 500, or USA $4. Or with each seven haiku: Euro 20 or �15 sterling or � 3000 or $25. Methods of payment: personal cheques, International Bank Drafts or postal/money orders in Euro, or U.K Sterling, or US Dollars only, are acceptable and should be made payable to The Irish Haiku Society. No other cheques/ International Bank Drafts/ postal/money orders can be accepted. Entrants in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries should send Euro, US, Sterling or Yen banknotes, unless they have an Ireland-, US- or UK-based bank account. Please do not send coins.
PayPal payments can be made via ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com For that, please create an account with http://www.paypal.com, then click "Send Money" in the menu bar at the top of the page - and send the required amount of money to ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com You can link your Paypal account to your bank account and transfer some money onto it before you make this payment.

5. Haiku/senryu of 17 syllables or fewer are eligible for the competition. Free-form and experimental haiku are also welcome. All haiku must be the original work of a living author. They must not have been previously published, self-published, published on an edited or unedited website, or have won a prize, or Honourable Mention, at a haiku contest.

6. The poems must be typed or very clearly written on one side of the paper only. Each haiku must be submitted on a separate sheet of paper, or e-mailed to the competition administrator as a MS Word file attached to your e-mail. E-mail submissions can be made via ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com

7. The haiku and payment should be firmly attached to the entry form/covering letter. The name of the entrant must not appear on the poems themselves (or in the file attached to the e-mail).

8. Contestants are asked to provide a covering letter with their Name, Address, Phone Number, E-mail address, Date of Birth, Nationality, Occupation, any Haiku group affiliation and the first lines of their poems. This information can be included in the body of the e-mail but not in the attached file. The name of the translator(s), if any, must also appear in the covering letter but not on the poems themselves.

9. No alterations can be made to the haiku once it has been submitted, and it is regretted that no entries can be returned.

10. Haiku cannot be submitted via the adjudicator of the competition. Any attempt to contact the adjudicator of the competition in relation to it will result in immediate disqualification.

11. The judge's decisions are final and no correspondence can be entered into regarding those decisions.

Submission of haiku implies the competitor's acceptance of the conditions set out above.

The prize-winners will be announced in January 2020 and subsequently awarded. A list of the prize-winners will be posted up on the IHS website at

http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm as soon as they are announced.

Copyright will remain with the competitors, but the Irish Haiku Society reserves the right to arrange first publication or broadcast of selected haiku as it sees fit.

Adjudicator

Anatoly Kudryavitsky is the editor of Shamrock Haiku Journal and the founding President of the Irish Haiku Society. His own collections include Shadow of Time (2005), Morning at Mount Ring (2007), Capering Moons (2011) and Horizon (2016), the latter three being collections of haiku, senryu and haibun. His haiku have received awards in Ireland, Japan, USA, Italy, Croatia, Romania and Canada, were published in the main haiku magazines and widely anthologised.

IHS International Haiku Competition 2018 Results

The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the eleventh IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 300 haiku by poets from fourteen countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.

1st Prize

equinox
the leaf scent half bitter
half sweet

Scott Mason (USA)

2nd Prize

beyond the reach of light luminous fish

Simon Hanson (Australia)

3rd Prizes:

the river
smoothing river stones
winter moon

John Barlow (England)

dead orchard
the random blue sparks
of woolly aphids

Debbie Strange (Canada)

Honourable Mentions

In alphabetical order:

on every stem
of the seed-spent umbel
a cluster of frost

John Barlow (England)

a palomino
flicks her tail...
new foal�s first breath

Tracy Davidson (England)

falling
through serrated leaves
tatters of light

Anton Floyd (Ireland)

ullchabh�n r�isc
san aer feanntach �
ci�nas

(short-eared owl
in the chilly air �
silence)

Susan Flynn (Ireland)

warming tidal pool
a starfish creeps
deeper into shadow

Jay Friedenberg (USA)

a grub in the bark
the wattlebird�s beak
at the ready

Gregory Piko (Australia)

tire swing
the memories
we cling to

Greg Schwartz (USA)

Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, whose assistance proved invaluable.

World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018

We are delighted to be able to announce the winners of the JAL World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018, Ireland. The competition yielded very impressive works, and we have four winners of JAL Grand Prix.

JAL GRAND PRIX (in alphabetical order):

Ro�s�n Beazley, Co. Kerry, age 8
Ellie Geary, Co. Limerick, age 13
Fionn Kearney, Co. Cork, age 13
Lorraine O'Shea, Co.Cork, age 13

The judges were of the opinion that the further four works were of considerable merit, and so awarded four JAL Prizes:

JAL PRIZE (in alphabetical order):

Noelle McCarthy, Co. Cork, age 12
Duaa Aziza Rejeb, Dublin City, age 6
Orestis Smalis, Co. Limerick, age 12
Sin�ad Ward, Co.Limerick, age 13

The winning poems are awailable for viewing on the JAL Foundation website.

Many thanks to all for taking part in the contest - and congratulations to our worthy winners!

World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018

The contest is held by JAL Foundation, Japan, in cooperation with the Irish Haiku Society.
Contestants must be aged under 15 on 15th January 2018.

Each haiku must be an original and unpublished work by the child himself/herself.
Assistance of others is prohibited.
The haiku must be accompanied by a hand-drawn or hand-crafted artwork
appearing on the same page of an A4 sheet of paper (21cm x 29.7cm).
Glue the application form to the back of the artwork.
The winning haiku will appear in the book titled Haiku by World Children, Vol. 15.

Topic: "Living Things"

Deadline:

All the entries shall be postmarked by 15^th January 2018.

Address for Entries:

Administrator,

World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018

75 Willow Park Grove

Glasnevin

Dublin 11

D11 VK85

Ireland
More detailed Rules are available here.
The Application Form is available here.

Queries: irishhaikusociety[at]gmail[dot]com

IHS International Haiku Competition 2017 Results

The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the tenth IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 300 haiku by poets from fifteen countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.

1st Prize

sunrise
all these little fires
in the frost

Simon Hanson (Australia)

2nd Prize

endless heather first scent of the sea

Scott Mason (USA)

3rd Prize:

almost dusk
far from the shore
a small paper boat

Ann Magyar (USA)

Honourable Mentions

In alphabetical order:

making no headway
in the tipping rain
the wind-blown crow

John Barlow (England)

river wind
the sting
of sulfur rain

Chris Bays (USA)

vapour trails
a roaring horse
becomes unicorn

Tracy Davidson (England)

slime trails
a tale
of two snails

Jay Friedenberg (USA)

over the last hill
the sun melts
into golden red

Mercy Ikuri (Kenya)

sunset
darkness settles
on an owl

Gregory Longenecker (USA)

river bend the curve of a raven's cry

Gregory Piko (Australia)

new moon tide
sandpiper takes
a longer U-turn

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi (India)

snowy field
the owls we thought
were stones

Debbie Strange (Canada)

Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, whose assistance proved invaluable.

IHS International Haiku Competition 2016 Results

The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the ninth IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 300 haiku by poets from fourteen countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.

1st Prize

equinox
the weight
of dying light

Gregory Longenecker (USA)

2nd Prize

coastal beach, crabs catching the wave home

Mercy Ikuri (Kenya)

3rd Prize:

nightswim
in mountain water
touch of the moon

Anton Floyd (Ireland)

Honourable Mentions

In alphabetical order:

turtle rain
grass root nudging
a half-buried egg

Bill Cooper (USA)

warm breeze
a deaf man
and his blind dog

Ignatius Fay (Canada)

between fence rails
an orb weaver
graphing the breeze

Scott Mason (USA)

heartland
a road sign above
the floodwater

Roland Packer (Canada)

ebb tide
turtle hatchlings
chase the sea

Christina Sng (Singapore)

nothing planted
in the garden this year ...
wild strawberries!

Richard St. Clair (USA)

this autumn
a willow
weeping gold

Steve Tabb (USA)

all the things
I never told you -
fallen leaves

Juliet Wilson (Scotland)

Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, without whom...

World Children's Haiku Contest 2015-2016

We are delighted to be able to announce the winners of the JAL World Children's Haiku Contest 2015-2016, Ireland. The competition yielded very impressive works, and we have four winners of JAL Grand Prix.

JAL GRAND PRIX (in alphabetical order):

Chantelle Esper (15) Riverchapel, Co. Wexford
Athalia Fubara (14) Foxrock, Dublin 18
Niamh O'Farrell-Tyler (15) Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Emma O'Mahony (12) Killaloe, Co Clare

The judges were of the opinion that the further four works were of considerable merit, and so awarded four JAL Prizes:

JAL PRIZE (in alphabetical order):

Roisin Beazley (6) Killarney, Co. Kerry
Jessica Lawrence (11) Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
Briana Mac Cinna (10) Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
Dylan Walsh (13) Limerick

The winning poems are awailable on the JAL Foundation website.

Many thanks to all for taking part in the contest - and congratulations to our worthy winners!

Rules:

http://irishhaiku.webs.com/rules.pdf

Application form:

PDF: http://irishhaiku.webs.com/applicationform.pdf

XLS (download):

http://irishhaiku.webs.com/applicationform.xls

IHS International Haiku Competition 2015 Results

The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the eighth IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 250 haiku by poets from twelve countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.

1st Prize

late afternoon
a rabbit
sniffs the sun

Scott Mason (USA)

2nd Prize

forest mist...
a single bee fills
the stillness

Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland)

Two poets receive the 3rd Prize:

July morning
fire-ants pour
from the faucet

Ernest J Berry (New Zealand)

rocky ledge
a wolf with the moon
in its mouth

Debbie Strange (Canada)

Honourable Mentions

In alphabetical order:

bend of the river
a heron's shadow
stretches southwest

John Barlow (England)

Crete dusk
between the shore's rocks
squid eye

Martin Cohen (USA)

glinting off snow
a skater's blade
cuts through the silence

Tracy Davidson (England)

mountainside
waterfall pours
colonnade of light

Anton Floyd (Ireland)

thunderheads
a cowrie's mantle
purple-flushed

Marietta McGregor (Australia)

http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm
empty ocean
the shearwater's belly
catches the sun

Greg Piko (Australia)

winter's afternoon
a golden pheasant weaves
through bamboo

Cynthia Rowe (Australia)

autumn wind -
ten thousand shimmering stars
viewed from a wave crest

William Seltzer (USA)

http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htmsunset valley
a line of merinos
melds into the gold

Barbara A. Taylor (Australia)

Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, without whom...

IHS International Haiku Competition 2014 Results

The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the seventh IHS International Haiku Competition. 165 haiku by poets from eight countries/territories (Australia, Canada, England, Italy, 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.

1^st Prize

Anton Floyd (Ireland) receives the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:

waiting
in the sheaths of ice
blades of grass

2^nd Prize

The 2^nd Prize of Euro 50 goes to John Barlow (England) for the following haiku:

places I'll never see
the backlit wings
of migrating geese

3^rd Prize

Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) and Cynthia Rowe (Australia) each receive the third prize of Euro 30 for the following haiku:

reflection
in this oyster shell
pearl moon

(by Marion Clarke)

spring shower
a peacock sips pinkness
from the bromeliad

(by Cynthia Rowe)

Highly Commended Haiku

In alphabetical order:

Glenn G. Coats (USA)

mouth of the river
I dream with my cousin
boat to boat

Tracy Davidson (England)

empty jam jar
the tadpoles
in the u-bend

Jan Dobb (Australia)

no clouds
a wind in the sheoaks
shuffles bits of blue

Seren Fargo (USA)

loon call the stillness of the lake

Scott Mason (USA)

flashes of lightning
across the pasture â€“
sheared sheep

Jan O'Loughlin, Australia

half light
not knowing what today
will bring

Roland Packer (Canada)

winter commute
the face of a missing child
exits

Our congratulations to 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 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.

1^st 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

2^nd Prize

The 2^nd 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

3^rd 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

(by Scott Mason)

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IHS International Haiku Competition 2019 Rules The Competition Prizes The IHS International Haiku Competition offers prizes of Euro 150, Euro 50 and Euro 30 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English. In addition there will be up to seven Highly Commended haiku/senryu. Entrants may win more than one prize. Deadline: All the entries shall be postmarked by 30^th November 2019. Overseas (non-EU) entries mailed in the month up to and including this closing date must be sent by airmail. Address for Entries: Administrator, The IHS International Haiku Competition 2019 75 Willow Park Grove Glasnevin Dublin 11 D11 VK85 Ireland or ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com The Rules of the Competition 1. Entrants may submit an unlimited number of haiku/senryu in any language. 2. A haiku/senryu written in Irish (Gaelic), or in a foreign language, should be submitted accompanied by an English translation of the haiku on the same list. These translations cannot be made by the adjudicator of the competition or edited by him. 3. Haiku by international and Irish poets, including members of the IHS, are eligible for the competition. Haiku by the members of the Board of the IHS are not eligible. 4. Each haiku must be accompanied by a fee of Euro 3 or �2.50 sterling or � 500, or USA $4. Or with each seven haiku: Euro 20 or �15 sterling or � 3000 or $25. Methods of payment: personal cheques, International Bank Drafts or postal/money orders in Euro, or U.K Sterling, or US Dollars only, are acceptable and should be made payable to The Irish Haiku Society. No other cheques/ International Bank Drafts/ postal/money orders can be accepted. Entrants in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries should send Euro, US, Sterling or Yen banknotes, unless they have an Ireland-, US- or UK-based bank account. Please do not send coins. PayPal payments can be made via ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com For that, please create an account with http://www.paypal.com, then click "Send Money" in the menu bar at the top of the page - and send the required amount of money to ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com You can link your Paypal account to your bank account and transfer some money onto it before you make this payment. 5. Haiku/senryu of 17 syllables or fewer are eligible for the competition. Free-form and experimental haiku are also welcome. All haiku must be the original work of a living author. They must not have been previously published, self-published, published on an edited or unedited website, or have won a prize, or Honourable Mention, at a haiku contest. 6. The poems must be typed or very clearly written on one side of the paper only. Each haiku must be submitted on a separate sheet of paper, or e-mailed to the competition administrator as a MS Word file attached to your e-mail. E-mail submissions can be made via ihshaikucompetition[at]gmail[dot]com 7. The haiku and payment should be firmly attached to the entry form/covering letter. The name of the entrant must not appear on the poems themselves (or in the file attached to the e-mail). 8. Contestants are asked to provide a covering letter with their Name, Address, Phone Number, E-mail address, Date of Birth, Nationality, Occupation, any Haiku group affiliation and the first lines of their poems. This information can be included in the body of the e-mail but not in the attached file. The name of the translator(s), if any, must also appear in the covering letter but not on the poems themselves. 9. No alterations can be made to the haiku once it has been submitted, and it is regretted that no entries can be returned. 10. Haiku cannot be submitted via the adjudicator of the competition. Any attempt to contact the adjudicator of the competition in relation to it will result in immediate disqualification. 11. The judge's decisions are final and no correspondence can be entered into regarding those decisions. Submission of haiku implies the competitor's acceptance of the conditions set out above. The prize-winners will be announced in January 2020 and subsequently awarded. A list of the prize-winners will be posted up on the IHS website at http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm as soon as they are announced. Copyright will remain with the competitors, but the Irish Haiku Society reserves the right to arrange first publication or broadcast of selected haiku as it sees fit. Adjudicator Anatoly Kudryavitsky is the editor of Shamrock Haiku Journal and the founding President of the Irish Haiku Society. His own collections include Shadow of Time (2005), Morning at Mount Ring (2007), Capering Moons (2011) and Horizon (2016), the latter three being collections of haiku, senryu and haibun. His haiku have received awards in Ireland, Japan, USA, Italy, Croatia, Romania and Canada, were published in the main haiku magazines and widely anthologised. IHS International Haiku Competition 2018 Results The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the eleventh IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 300 haiku by poets from fourteen countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku. 1st Prize equinox the leaf scent half bitter half sweet Scott Mason (USA) 2nd Prize beyond the reach of light luminous fish Simon Hanson (Australia) 3rd Prizes: the river smoothing river stones winter moon John Barlow (England) dead orchard the random blue sparks of woolly aphids Debbie Strange (Canada) Honourable Mentions In alphabetical order: on every stem of the seed-spent umbel a cluster of frost John Barlow (England) a palomino flicks her tail... new foal�s first breath Tracy Davidson (England) falling through serrated leaves tatters of light Anton Floyd (Ireland) ullchabh�n r�isc san aer feanntach � ci�nas (short-eared owl in the chilly air � silence) Susan Flynn (Ireland) warming tidal pool a starfish creeps deeper into shadow Jay Friedenberg (USA) a grub in the bark the wattlebird�s beak at the ready Gregory Piko (Australia) tire swing the memories we cling to Greg Schwartz (USA) Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, whose assistance proved invaluable. World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018 We are delighted to be able to announce the winners of the JAL World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018, Ireland. The competition yielded very impressive works, and we have four winners of JAL Grand Prix. JAL GRAND PRIX (in alphabetical order): Ro�s�n Beazley, Co. Kerry, age 8 Ellie Geary, Co. Limerick, age 13 Fionn Kearney, Co. Cork, age 13 Lorraine O'Shea, Co.Cork, age 13 The judges were of the opinion that the further four works were of considerable merit, and so awarded four JAL Prizes: JAL PRIZE (in alphabetical order): Noelle McCarthy, Co. Cork, age 12 Duaa Aziza Rejeb, Dublin City, age 6 Orestis Smalis, Co. Limerick, age 12 Sin�ad Ward, Co.Limerick, age 13 The winning poems are awailable for viewing on the JAL Foundation website. Many thanks to all for taking part in the contest - and congratulations to our worthy winners! World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018 The contest is held by JAL Foundation, Japan, in cooperation with the Irish Haiku Society. Contestants must be aged under 15 on 15th January 2018. Each haiku must be an original and unpublished work by the child himself/herself. Assistance of others is prohibited. The haiku must be accompanied by a hand-drawn or hand-crafted artwork appearing on the same page of an A4 sheet of paper (21cm x 29.7cm). Glue the application form to the back of the artwork. The winning haiku will appear in the book titled Haiku by World Children, Vol. 15. Topic: "Living Things" Deadline: All the entries shall be postmarked by 15^th January 2018. Address for Entries: Administrator, World Children's Haiku Contest 2017-2018 75 Willow Park Grove Glasnevin Dublin 11 D11 VK85 Ireland More detailed Rules are available here. The Application Form is available here. Queries: irishhaikusociety[at]gmail[dot]com IHS International Haiku Competition 2017 Results The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the tenth IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 300 haiku by poets from fifteen countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku. 1st Prize sunrise all these little fires in the frost Simon Hanson (Australia) 2nd Prize endless heather first scent of the sea Scott Mason (USA) 3rd Prize: almost dusk far from the shore a small paper boat Ann Magyar (USA) Honourable Mentions In alphabetical order: making no headway in the tipping rain the wind-blown crow John Barlow (England) river wind the sting of sulfur rain Chris Bays (USA) vapour trails a roaring horse becomes unicorn Tracy Davidson (England) slime trails a tale of two snails Jay Friedenberg (USA) over the last hill the sun melts into golden red Mercy Ikuri (Kenya) sunset darkness settles on an owl Gregory Longenecker (USA) river bend the curve of a raven's cry Gregory Piko (Australia) new moon tide sandpiper takes a longer U-turn Srinivasa Rao Sambangi (India) snowy field the owls we thought were stones Debbie Strange (Canada) Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, whose assistance proved invaluable. IHS International Haiku Competition 2016 Results The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the ninth IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 300 haiku by poets from fourteen countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku. 1st Prize equinox the weight of dying light Gregory Longenecker (USA) 2nd Prize coastal beach, crabs catching the wave home Mercy Ikuri (Kenya) 3rd Prize: nightswim in mountain water touch of the moon Anton Floyd (Ireland) Honourable Mentions In alphabetical order: turtle rain grass root nudging a half-buried egg Bill Cooper (USA) warm breeze a deaf man and his blind dog Ignatius Fay (Canada) between fence rails an orb weaver graphing the breeze Scott Mason (USA) heartland a road sign above the floodwater Roland Packer (Canada) ebb tide turtle hatchlings chase the sea Christina Sng (Singapore) nothing planted in the garden this year ... wild strawberries! Richard St. Clair (USA) this autumn a willow weeping gold Steve Tabb (USA) all the things I never told you - fallen leaves Juliet Wilson (Scotland) Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, without whom... World Children's Haiku Contest 2015-2016 We are delighted to be able to announce the winners of the JAL World Children's Haiku Contest 2015-2016, Ireland. The competition yielded very impressive works, and we have four winners of JAL Grand Prix. JAL GRAND PRIX (in alphabetical order): Chantelle Esper (15) Riverchapel, Co. Wexford Athalia Fubara (14) Foxrock, Dublin 18 Niamh O'Farrell-Tyler (15) Blackrock, Co. Dublin Emma O'Mahony (12) Killaloe, Co Clare The judges were of the opinion that the further four works were of considerable merit, and so awarded four JAL Prizes: JAL PRIZE (in alphabetical order): Roisin Beazley (6) Killarney, Co. Kerry Jessica Lawrence (11) Scotstown, Co. Monaghan Briana Mac Cinna (10) Scotstown, Co. Monaghan Dylan Walsh (13) Limerick The winning poems are awailable on the JAL Foundation website. Many thanks to all for taking part in the contest - and congratulations to our worthy winners! Rules: http://irishhaiku.webs.com/rules.pdf Application form: PDF: http://irishhaiku.webs.com/applicationform.pdf XLS (download): http://irishhaiku.webs.com/applicationform.xls IHS International Haiku Competition 2015 Results The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the eighth IHS International Haiku Competition. Over 250 haiku by poets from twelve countries/territories were submitted to this year's competition. It was adjudicated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku. 1st Prize late afternoon a rabbit sniffs the sun Scott Mason (USA) 2nd Prize forest mist... a single bee fills the stillness Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Two poets receive the 3rd Prize: July morning fire-ants pour from the faucet Ernest J Berry (New Zealand) rocky ledge a wolf with the moon in its mouth Debbie Strange (Canada) Honourable Mentions In alphabetical order: bend of the river a heron's shadow stretches southwest John Barlow (England) Crete dusk between the shore's rocks squid eye Martin Cohen (USA) glinting off snow a skater's blade cuts through the silence Tracy Davidson (England) mountainside waterfall pours colonnade of light Anton Floyd (Ireland) thunderheads a cowrie's mantle purple-flushed Marietta McGregor (Australia) http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm empty ocean the shearwater's belly catches the sun Greg Piko (Australia) winter's afternoon a golden pheasant weaves through bamboo Cynthia Rowe (Australia) autumn wind - ten thousand shimmering stars viewed from a wave crest William Seltzer (USA) http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htmsunset valley a line of merinos melds into the gold Barbara A. Taylor (Australia) Our sincere congratulations to the winners! We also express our sincere gratitude to the Administrator of the competition, without whom... IHS International Haiku Competition 2014 Results The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the seventh IHS International Haiku Competition. 165 haiku by poets from eight countries/territories (Australia, Canada, England, Italy, 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. 1^st Prize Anton Floyd (Ireland) receives the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku: waiting in the sheaths of ice blades of grass 2^nd Prize The 2^nd Prize of Euro 50 goes to John Barlow (England) for the following haiku: places I'll never see the backlit wings of migrating geese 3^rd Prize Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) and Cynthia Rowe (Australia) each receive the third prize of Euro 30 for the following haiku: reflection in this oyster shell pearl moon (by Marion Clarke) spring shower a peacock sips pinkness from the bromeliad (by Cynthia Rowe) *Highly Commended Haiku* In alphabetical order: Glenn G. Coats (USA) mouth of the river I dream with my cousin boat to boat Tracy Davidson (England) empty jam jar the tadpoles in the u-bend Jan Dobb (Australia) no clouds a wind in the sheoaks shuffles bits of blue Seren Fargo (USA) loon call the stillness of the lake Scott Mason (USA) flashes of lightning across the pasture â€“ sheared sheep Jan O'Loughlin, Australia half light not knowing what today will bring Roland Packer (Canada) winter commute the face of a missing child exits Our congratulations to 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 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. 1^st 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 2^nd Prize The 2^nd 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 3^rd 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 (by Scott Mason)

Haiku Competition

The Irish Haiku Society is a not-for-profit organisation promoting the writing and appreciation of haiku in Ireland. It organises readings, ginko, workshops and other haiku-related events.

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