IHS International Haiku Competition 2016 Results

[Anatoly Kudryavitsky]

IHS International Haiku Competition 2016 Results



The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the eighth 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!

Anatoly Kudryavitsky
Irish Haiku Society Chairman
http://irishhaiku.webs.com