First held in 2004, the annual haiku award is named for Francine Porad (1929–2006), founder of Haiku Northwest, president of the Haiku Society of America, and editor for eight years of Brussels Sprout, an international journal of haiku and art. The contest typically attracts several hundred entries from around the world, awards cash prizes for three winning entries, and selects three or four honorable mentions.
Table of Contents
- Contest Procedures and Regulations
- 22nd Francine Porad Award, 2025
- 21st Francine Porad Award, 2024
- 20th Francine Porad Award, 2023
- 19th Francine Porad Award, 2022
- 18th Francine Porad Award, 2021
- 17th Francine Porad Award, 2020
- 16th Francine Porad Award, 2019
- 15th Francine Porad Award, 2018
- 14th Francine Porad Award, 2017
- 13th Francine Porad Award, 2016
- 12th Francine Porad Award, 2015
- 11th Francine Porad Award, 2014
- 10th Francine Porad Award, 2013
- 9th Francine Porad Award, 2012
- 8th Francine Porad Award, 2011
- 7th Francine Porad Award, 2010
- 6th Francine Porad Award, 2009
- 5th Francine Porad Award, 2008
- 4th Francine Porad Award, 2007
- 3rd Francine Porad Award, 2006
- 2nd Francine Porad Award, 2005
- 1st Francine Porad Award, 2004
- Early Washington Poets Association Haiku Contests
Note: “Porad Haiku Award,” a full history of the contest and its forerunners, is available on the Haiku Northwest website: “Porad Haiku Award.” This Haikupedia listing is derived in large measure from the website.
Contest Procedures and Regulations
Note: The general information in this section is derived from “2023 Porad Award,” the contest announcement on the Haiku Northwest website. Current procedures and regulations are regularly updated and should be consulted by anyone planning to enter the contest.
Eligibility: The Porad contest is open to everyone—Haiku Northwest members and nonmembers alike—except Haiku Northwest officers, the Contest Coordinator, and the Judge.
Submissions must be original and previously unpublished work. Poems posted on social media websites, web pages, blogs, etc., are considered published and so are not eligible.
Content restrictions: There are no prescriptions or restrictions on syllable count, format, season words, or subjects for haiku or senryu entered in the contest.
Submissions may be made using the online form (preferred) or by email. Be sure to check the website for detailed instructions on submission procedures, especially by email.
Submission period: typically mid-July through the end of August.
Entry Fees: $5.00 for one entry (one entry may be one to five haiku by one person), in U.S. funds. Payment may be made via PayPal (preferred) or by postal mail (contact the Contest Coordinator to submit and pay by postal mail).
Prizes: $100 for First Place, $50 for Second Place, and $25 for Third Place, plus Honorable Mentions.
Adjudication: One judge is appointed by Haiku Northwest and announced in advance of the competition.
Announcement and publication of results: Contest winners are announced at Haiku Northwest’s annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway, and a trifold flier with contest result is prepared for distribution to Haiku Northwest members and others. Results, including the judges’ commentaries, are published and archived on the Haiku Northwest website . The winning haiku from the contests from 2018 through 2023 have been featured in short YouTube videos by Michael Dylan Welch, who also prepared a video retrospective of the first 20 years of the awards..
22nd Francine Porad Award, 2025
| Judge | Jacquie Pearce | |
| Contest Coordinator | Luke Brannon | |
| Number of entries | 555 | |
| First Place ($100) | Chen-ou Liu, Ajax, Ontario | collapsed school wall a butterfly in shades of charcoal |
| Second Place ($50) | John S Green, Bellingham, Washington | the slow creep of twilight darkens the room early-onset |
| Third Place ($25) | Sarah Paris, Santa Rosa, California | tide pool a child’s O |
| Honorable Mention (6, unranked) | petro c. k., Seattle, Washington | so , lar flare. . ) . . we * stop > talk ing ( to each oth. /er |
| Edward Cody Huddleston, Baxley, Georgia | forest stream a fawn steps into itself | |
| Lakshmi Iyer, Trivandrum, Kerala, India | festive breeze a bride’s trousseau in moonj basket | |
| C.X. Turner, Atherstone, Warwickshire, U.K. | low tide— a fishbone glitters on the salt path | |
| Paula Sears, Exeter, New Hampshire | rain clouds a threadbare rabbit left behind | |
| John Barlow, Ormskirk, United Kingdom | canyon rim a raven play-stalls on a crosswind |
21st Francine Porad Award, 2024
| Judge | Alan S. Bridges | |
| Contest Coordinator | Angela Terry | |
| Number of entries | 623 from 129 poets in 13 countries | |
| First Place ($100) | David Berger Seattle, Washington | on my knees to see the underside of things … hellebore bloom |
| Second Place ($50) | Paula Sears Exeter, New Hampshire | winter fog the frayed remnants of a sailor’s knot |
| Third Place ($25) | Kristen Lindquist Camden, Maine | lichen blooming on the lighthouse granite— distant thunderheads |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Carole MacRury Point Roberts, Washington | sweetgrass … braiding summer into a basket |
| petro c.k. Seattle, Washington | …………………………………………..sandpiper | |
| Ravi Kiran Hyderabad, India | lost in the rain the line between sea and sky |
20th Francine Porad Award, 2023
| Judge | Billie Wilson | |
| Contest Coordinator | Angela Terry | |
| Number of entries | 573 from 118 poets in 11 countries | |
| First Place ($100) | Frank Hooven, Morrisville, Pennsylvania | Navajo canyon a pinyon pine the shape of the wind |
| Second Place ($50) | Terri L. French, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | summer solstice a jar of marbles collecting sunlight |
| Third Place ($25) | Lesley Anne Swanson, Coopersburg, Pennsylvania | seedless watermelon summer’s end |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | P. H. Fischer, Vancouver, British Columbia | vernal equinox braiding her hair with birdsong |
| Michele Rule, Kelowna, British Columbia | spring salmon the old man dropping lines from his boat | |
| Frank Hooven, Morrisville, Pennsylvania | wagging tail the length of a vet bill |
19th Francine Porad Award, 2022
| Judge | Lenard D. Moore | |
| Contest Coordinator | Michelle Schaefer | |
| Number of entries | 534 from 109 poets in 10 countries | |
| First Place ($100) | Jay Friedenberg, Tuckahoe, New York | wind-blown snow the drift of static across a TV screen |
| Second Place ($50) | Janice Doppler, Easthampton, Massachusetts | her soft voice in a sacred space … autumn mist |
| Third Place ($25) | Edward Cody Huddleston, Baxley, Georgia | banjo moon his father’s song just out of range |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Kanchan Chatterjee, Jamshedpur, India | slicing a salmon the man shifts his tobacco to the other cheek |
| Kanchan Chatterjee, Jamshedpur, India | low yellow moon— the C-shift men all quiet at the mill’s gate | |
| Ravi Kiran, Hyderabad, India | the plaits in sync with the ropes double dutch |
18th Francine Porad Award, 2021
| Judge | Susan Antolin | |
| Contest Coordinator | Ron Swanson | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| First Place ($100) | John Hawkhead, Bradford-on-Avon, U.K. | gibbous moon blotched with sky blue a deniable bruise |
| Second Place ($50) | Janice Doppler, Easthampton, Massachusetts | flamingo flock— the child holds her arabesque |
| Third Place ($25) | Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Hyderabad, India | windblown grass a motherless child learning to walk |
| Honorable Mention (4, unranked) | Helga Härle, Nacka, Sweden | backstroke— navigating by clouds |
| Vandana Parashar, Panchkula, India | phantom pregnancy the weight of snow on a bare bough | |
| Nikolay Grankin, Krasnodar, Russia | autumn sun a little girl on her father’s shoulders picks an apple | |
| Dmitry Shestakovsky, Donetsk, Ukraine | time to go home— my dog pretends to be a stranger |
17th Francine Porad Award, 2020
| Judge | Julie Warther | |
| Contest Coordinator | Ron Swanson | |
| Number of entries | 663 from 108 poets in 14 countries | |
| First Place ($100) | Annette Makino, Arcata, California | long before language the S of the river |
| Second Place ($50) | Kala Ramesh, Chennai, India | to be— I walk where leaves fall |
| Third Place ($25) | Brad Bennett, Arlington, Massachusetts | summer sky how could nothing be so blue |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Andrea Cecon, Cividale del Friuli, Italy | social distancing I get closer to my shadow |
| Alan S. Bridges, Littleton, Massachusetts | pounding surf the in-and-out breaths of the porch screen | |
| David Grayson, Alameda, California | old globe the two hemispheres coming apart |
16th Francine Porad Award, 2019
| Judge | Tom Painting | |
| Contest Coordinator | Ron Swanson | |
| Number of entries | 566 from 85 poets in 9 countries | |
| First Place ($100) | Michele Root-Bernstein, East Lansing, Michigan | wet leaves the way loss mellows the path home |
| Second Place ($50) | Marietta McGregor, Canberra, Australia | the giddy spin of late-night lies apogee moon |
| Third Place ($25) | Lon Risley, Joshua Tree, California | owl pellet not enough bones for a name |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Kanchan Chatterjee, Jamshedpur, India | shimmering heat … the silent fish hawker stands under a shade |
| Raquel D. Bailey, Arlington, Virginia | Key West sunset every bartender curing humanity | |
| Kath Abela Wilson, Pasadena, California | jacaranda keeping the future in a dark little purse |
15th Francine Porad Award, 2018
| Judge | Francine Banwarth | |
| Contest Coordinators | Richard Tice and Kathleen Tice | |
| Sponsor | Haiku Northwest | |
| Number of entries | 495 by 79 poets from 9 countries | |
| First Place ($100) | Margaret D. McGee, Port Townsend, Washington | March gusts I hold the baby’s foot for ballast |
| Second Place ($50) | Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, New York | twilight the tug of a mother’s call before it’s heard |
| Third Place ($25) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | winter solstice you have to hold the handle down |
| Honorable Mention (4, unranked) | Melissa Alexander, Seattle, Washington | high winds off Alki a sea star clings to the piling |
| Michael Dudley, Peterborough, Ontario | rocky shoreline … the driftnet remains of seagull remains | |
| Deborah P Kolodji, Temple City, California | pelican line-up the arrival horn of a cruise ship | |
| Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | settled porch— rocker runners tell the same story |
14th Francine Porad Award, 2017
| Judge | Terry Ann Carter | |
| Contest Coordinators | Richard Tice and Kathleen Tice | |
| Sponsor | Haiku Northwest | |
| Number of entries | 390 by 66 poets | |
| First Place ($100) | paul m., Bristol, Rhode Island | grave cleaning … all winter a fallen tree held by another |
| Second Place ($50) | Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio | sumi-e— a heron’s wingtips dip dip into the river |
| Third Place ($25) | Carole MacRury, Point Roberts, Washington | fog … the sound of wings going somewhere |
| Honorable Mention (4, unranked) | Danny Blackwell, Whitwell, United Kingdom | clonazepam— I watch the scenery slowerly |
| Meik Blöttenberger, Hanover, Pennsylvania | leaving stones on graves the weight of our whispers | |
| Gregory Piko, Yass, Australia | ragged edge the cabbage moth’s wing and the cabbage | |
| Nicholas Klacsanzky, Edmonds, Washington | alone— I eat all the salmonberries on the trail |
13th Francine Porad Award, 2016
| Judge | Charles Trumbull | |
| Contest Coordinators | Richard Tice and Kathleen Tice | |
| Sponsor | Haiku Northwest | |
| Number of entries | 482 by 79 poets | |
| First Place ($100) | Shirley A. Plummer, Yachats, Oregon | suspended in the fog— an empty boat |
| Second Place ($50) | kjmunro, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory | starlight seeing the past so clearly |
| Third Place ($25) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | leaf pile raker leaf pile kicker two autumns |
| Honorable Mention (5, unranked) | Brad Bennett, Arlington, Massachusetts | swan feathers on the leeward shore last light of day |
| John Stevenson, Nassau, New York | autumn color something more in our greeting | |
| Alan S. Bridges, Littleton, Massachusetts | in broken English his sky wider than mine | |
| paul m., Bristol, Rhode Island | without asking she ladles me some soup winter rain | |
| Carol Judkins, Carlsbad, California | floating lanterns … at the river’s edge her empty chair |
12th Francine Porad Award, 2015
| Judge | Carolyn Hall | |
| Contest Coordinators | Richard Tice and Kathleen Tice | |
| Sponsor | Haiku Northwest | |
| Number of entries | 610 | |
| First Place ($100) | Alan S. Bridges, Littleton, Massachusetts | retelling the story animal bones |
| Second Place ($50) | Sharon Pretti, San Francisco, California | in remission acacia dust brushed from the windshield |
| Third Place ($25) | Carole MacRury, Point Roberts, Washington | sinking sun— the heron stalks what’s left of the day |
| Honorable Mention (5, unranked) | Anita Guenin San Diego, California | your shoulder blades cut my hands— first lilacs |
| Susan Constable, Parksville, British Columbia | summer magic my father finds a whistle in a blade of grass | |
| Ernest J. Berry, Blenheim, New Zealand | winter dusk this foreign duck one of us | |
| Brad A. Bennett, Arlington, Massachusetts | snowy winter less down to the see saw | |
| paul m., Bristol, Rhode Island | growth rings on a truckful of pine logs the day’s last light |
11th Francine Porad Award, 2014
| Judge | John Stevenson | |
| Contest Coordinators | Richard Tice and Kathleen Tice | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwestand theWashington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | 403 | |
| First Place ($100) | Judt Shrode, Tacoma, Washington | cold floor … stepping barefoot on broken moonlight |
| Second Place ($50) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | slowly sizing up her graduated pearls |
| Third Place ($25) | Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio | all my irons in the fire out |
| Honorable Mention (5, unranked) | Alan S. Bridges, Littleton, Massachusetts | my day at work | her air violin |
| Glenn G. Coats, Prospect, Virginia | Sunday drizzle the rattle of empty bottles | |
| Meik Blöttenberger, Hanover, Pennsylvania | cold sea against rocks … the names I would have given my children | |
| paul m., Bristol, Rhode Island | cancer spreading … my cell phone’s single bar | |
| Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio | inside the frozen waterfall water falling |
10th Francine Porad Award, 2013
| Judge | Ce Rosenow | |
| Contest Coordinator | Nancy Dahlberg | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwestand theWashington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | 350 | |
| First Place ($100) | Peggy Heinrich, Santa Cruz, California | it could be nothing it could be something winter darkness |
| Second Place ($50) | Michael L. Evans, Shelton, Washington | Father’s Day … the weight of his hammer that never fit my hand |
| Third Place ($25) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | ground fog I am certain of nothing |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Seren Fargo, Bellingham, Washington | sinking moon the weight of all my unspoken words |
| Terry Ann Carter, Victoria, British Columbia | holly trees surround the garden— when will I learn to forgive? | |
| Barbara Snow, Eugene, Oregon | dog days through every window the night train’s whistle |
9th Francine Porad Award, 2012
| Judge | Deborah P Kolodji | |
| Contest Coordinator | Nancy Dahlberg | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwest and theWashington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| First Place ($100) | Dejah Léger, Shoreline, Washington | sketching the sapling I will never see grown— the quiet woods |
| Second Place ($50) | Carole MacRury, Point Roberts, Washington | Perseids … oh, the weight of all those wishes |
| Third Place ($25) | Timothy Russell, Toronto, Ohio | equinox— this one tiny worm coiling uncoiling |
| Honorable Mention (4, in order of merit) | Mark Smith, Keyser, West Virginia | deep crack in the acorn morning thunder |
| Cara Holman, Portland, Oregon | frost-tipped blossoms not how I thought it would happen | |
| Barbara Snow, Eugene, Oregon | white lilacs beyond our grasp the Milky Way | |
| paul m., Bristol, Rhode Island | snow clouds each of us seeing someone else |
8th Francine Porad Award, 2011
| Judge | Susan Constable | |
| Contest Coordinator | Ida Freilinger | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwestand theWashington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| First Place ($100) | Cara Holman, Portland, Oregon | afternoon fog the dampened cries of wild geese |
| Second Place ($50) | Seren Fargo, Bellingham, Washington | unrelenting summer— a termite tears at its wings |
| Third Place ($25) | Glenn G. Coats, Prospect, Virginia | fallout she said it felt lighter than snow |
| Honorable Mention (4, unranked) | Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | bristlecone pine— finding out about myself |
| Glenn G. Coats, Prospect, Virginia | at least the crow says what he means April rain | |
| Angela Terry, Lake Forest Park, Washington | acacia seeds rattle in the autumn breeze … missing you | |
| John Hawk, Columbus, Ohio | snowed in every inch of her |
7th Francine Porad Award, 2010
| Judge | Penny Harter | |
| Contest Coordinator | Nancy Dahlberg | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwest and theWashington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| First Place ($100) | Susan Constable, Nanoose Bay, British Columbia | blue on blue a dragonfly taps the skylight |
| Second Place ($50) | Carmi Soifer, Suquamish, Washington | the shell’s story inside the inside |
| Third Place ($25) | Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | clouded moon the ocean moves closer |
| 1st Honorable Mention | Dean Summers, Seattle, Washington | in an open jar of sage, the desert after the rain |
| 2nd Honorable Mention | Seren Fargo, Bellingham, Washington | traveling the creek that bears her name— my mother’s ashes |
| 3rd Honorable Mention | Billie Wilson, Juneau, Alaska | ripening plums outside our bedroom window … and the far dawn |
| 4th Honorable Mention | C. R. Manley, Bellevue, Washington | heat wave— mouse circling the bottom of the rain barrel |
| 5th Honorable Mention | Ruth Yarrow, Seattle, Washington | full moon— white-barked alder leans its light back into sky |
| 6th Honorable Mention | Dean Summers, Seattle, Washington | late summer eve— white coals on the lid of a Dutch oven |
6th Francine Porad Award, 2009
| Judge | Michael Dylan Welch | |
| Contest Coordinator | David Rizzi | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwest and the Washington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| First Place ($100) | Carolyn Hall, San Francisco, California | fall garden the cat’s ashes no more than a handful |
| Second Place ($50) | Dejah Léger, Shoreline, Washington | Christmas morning— the snowprints of the stray who curled by our door |
| Third Place ($25) | Roland Packer, Hamilton, Ontario | white towels by a wash basin jane doe |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa | three-quarter moon mandolin music just sad enough |
| Cynthia Cechota, Dubuque, Iowa | milky sky an eagle’s rib bones cradle the snow | |
| Tanya McDonald, Woodinville, Washington | expectant father the tender way he holds his comic book |
5th Francine Porad Award, 2008
| Judge | Margaret Chula | |
| Contest Coordinators | Michael Dylan Welch and Angela Terry | |
| Cosponsors | Haiku Northwest and the Washington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| First Prize ($100) | Earl Keener, Bethany, West Virginia | first robin the bowed sapling flings its ice |
| Second Prize ($75) | Claudia Coutu Radmore, Carlton Place, Ontario | summer heat brooding in the dark bantam hen |
| Third Prize ($50) | Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | funeral march the play of raindrops on mahogany |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | closed louvers a mourning dove filters through |
| Peggy Heinrich, Santa Cruz, California | shrinking snowman the red wool scarf loosens its grip | |
| Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | crows on phone lines— a new arrangement every few caws |
4th Francine Porad Award, 2007
| Judge | William J. Higginson | |
| Contest Coordinator | Not recorded | |
| Sponsor | Washington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | “Some 300” | |
| First Prize ($100) | Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa | sun dogs on the winter horizon … another body count |
| Second Prize ($75) | Roland Packer, Hamilton, Ontario | midwinter sermon hardened drops of varnish on the pews |
| Third Prize ($50) | Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | hurricane the taste of rain from a barrel |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | sculpture garden a spider web deep in cleavage |
| Minna Lerman, Haverown, Pennsylvania | sea turtle one thousand miles his eye on a star | |
| Margaret Chula, Portland, Oregon | winter light chickens scratch at their pale shadows |
3rd Francine Porad Award, 2006
| Judge | Ruth Yarrow | |
| Contest Coordinator | Not recorded | |
| Sponsor | Washington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | More than 200 | |
| First Prize ($100) | Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | mountain pass headlights on the edge of a thunderhead |
| Second Prize ($75) | John Barlow, Liverpool, U.K. | the faint pulse of out-of-tune strings— winter light |
| Third Prize ($50) | Christopher Herold, Port Townsend, Washington | baton raised … a moth spirals into the silence |
| Honorable Mention (2, unranked) | Sara Mills, Somerville, Massachusetts | jar of tadpoles— two shadows swim off the candle-lit table |
| Marie Summers, Excelsior Springs, Missouri | summer wind … sailing the length of the moon’s reflection |
2nd Francine Porad Award, 2005
| Judge | Christopher Herold | |
| Contest Coordinator | Not recorded | |
| Sponsor | Washington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | Not recorded | |
| First Prize ($100) | Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | precipice the ascending cry of an osprey |
| Second Prize ($75) | Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | a banner flaps in the autumn wind … Everything Must Go! |
| Third Prize ($50) | an’ya, Crescent, Oregon | winter fog everything familiar unfamiliar |
| Honorable Mention (4, unranked) | Tracy Koretsky, Berkeley, California | the sound of breaking waves on a moonless night —distant friend |
| Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa | slow bend in the river he comes around to my point of view | |
| Ernest J. Berry, Picton, New Zealand | hot night the length of a siren | |
| Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York | dislodged from its tangle of branches beaver moon |
1st Francine Porad Award, 2004
| Judge | Michael Dylan Welch | |
| Contest Coordinator | Not recorded | |
| Sponsor | Washington Poets Association | |
| Number of entries | 410 | |
| First Place ($100) | Peter Yovu, Middlesex, Vermont | among her things my birthday newspaper— deepening snow |
| Second Place ($50) | Lyn Coffin, Seattle, Washington | salmon thrashing near the base of their ladder— we stop holding hands |
| Third Place ($25) | John Bird, Ocean Shores, Australia | bus stop a pregnant woman picks at flaking paint |
| Honorable Mention (3, unranked) | Earl R. Keener, Bethany, West Virginia | family reunion the wind takes a paper plate into the lilacs |
| Cathy Drinkwater Better, Eldersburg, Maryland | deer emerge from the snowy woods tea grown cold | |
| Michael McClintock, South Pasadena, California | traveling, too, on a seat by the window— green melons |
Early Washington Poets Association Haiku Contests
Note: With minor edits and reformatting, this section is taken wholly from the article of the same name on the Haiku Northwest website.
The Porad Award for haiku was sponsored by the Washington Poets Association from 2004 to 2014, cosponsored by Haiku Northwest from 2008 to 2014, and taken over independently by Haiku Northwest in 2014 after the WPA dissolved in 2013. Prior to 2004, however, the WPA had at least three haiku contests, in 1973, 1980, and 1994.
For 1973, no record seems to remain as to who the judge was, or what the winning poems were, but the winners were as follows:
| First Place | Sr. Phoebe Passler, OSB, Olympia, Washington | |
| Second Place | Albert R. Marino, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania | |
| Third Place | Constance Show, Lakewood, Colorado |
In 1980, the judges were Patricia Loken, Frances Fagerlund, and Charlotte G. Warren, who selected the following “finalists” (winning poems not known, and may not have been awarded beyond the selection of these finalists):
| Jerald T. Ball | ||
| Gloria Buckner | ||
| June E. Lamson | ||
| Bobbie Leiser | ||
| Molly See | ||
| Louise E. Widner |
The Washington Poets Association also published at least eight haiku collections in the late 1970s and into the 1980s. These books were most likely associated with annual contests, but this is uncertain. Why their publication ceased is also unclear. In 1994, Francine Porad served as the judge and chose the following winners for a new one-off contest:
| First Place | Robert Randall, Federal Way, Washington | At night firefly stars kindle my dream ashes |
| Second Place | Kohjin Sakamoto, Kyoto, Japan | each with its own shadow ants in line |
| Third Place | Robert Gibson, Centralia, Washington | cloud tree sea sail one wind one mind |
As mentioned, the Washington Poets Association published at least eight staple-bound haiku anthologies, starting in the 1970s. More information about these publications will be added as it is unearthed.
—Michael Dylan Welch, July 2020
Sources / Further Reading
- “Porad Haiku Award.“ Haiku Northwest website: https://www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-award.
- “Early Washington Poets Association Haiku Contests.” Haiku Northwest website: https://www.haikunorthwest.org/porad-haiku-award.
Compiled by Michael Dylan Welch
Adapted from Materials on the Haiku Northwest Website
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