Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards (1976– )

Established in 1976, the Haiku Society of America’s Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards have been given out each year for the best English-language haiku submitted to the contest. As one of the oldest haiku contests in the West and open to the public, the Henderson Awards enjoy pride of place among English-language haiku contests.

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Evolution of the Henderson Awards

Beginning in 1973 under president Anita Virgil, the Haiku Society of America began to consider awards that would recognize English-language material of outstanding quality that had historical significance or that developed new directions for American haiku. Elizabeth Searle Lamb was the first Awards Committee chairperson. The other members of the committee were David Lloyd, Alfred Marks, Michael McClintock, Herta Rosenblatt, and John Wills. They considered material from the decade of activity that began with the advent of American Haiku, established in 1963, and continued through 1972. Their report was presented to the society and accepted on September 24, 1974.¹

Beginning with awards in 1976, the annual Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Awards have been given for the best English-language haiku submitted to the contest, sponsored and judged annually by the Haiku Society.

Originally the intent was to give a single award each year, but the custom of more than one prize soon took over. Nevertheless, the society has elected to give the judges a free hand in distributing awards, according to their judgments on the quality of the entries. The selection criteria, number of awards and honorable mentions, and prizes therefore have not been consistent from year to year.²

The awards were originally made possible by a gift from Mrs. Harold G. Henderson in memory of her husband, who helped found the Haiku Society of America.³

The organization and procedures of the Henderson Awards have been relatively stable from the outset. One or more judges are recruited by the HSA Executive Committee (the position of Second Vice President was created in 1994 to coordinate HSA contests), the contest is announced in HSA publications, the hundreds of entries are received by the Contest Coordinator and forwarded to the judges, who select the winners and provide brief commentaries on the winning haiku. The results are then announced to the winners by mail—now by email—and published in the HSA journal, Frogpond.

In the first several years of the Henderson Awards, some judges provided illuminating commentary on the character and quality of the haiku they were asked to consider. For example, in their report in HSA Frogpond, the judges of the 1978 contest provided an analysis of the types of haiku among the 587 entries. There were 9 tanka or long poems and 3 visual poems; 13 one-line haiku, 6 two-line, 541 three-line, 12 four-line, and 6 with six or more lines. There were 33 haiku with eighteen to twenty-five syllables, 350 with seventeen, 27 with sixteen, 25 with fifteen, 84 with twelve to fourteen, 55 with 11 or fewer, and 3 with five or fewer.⁴

In 1984 Judges Shirley Brooks and Paul O. Williams selected only three prize-winning haiku and published the winners’ names without commentary.

In the “Statement by Cor van den Heuvel and Adele Kenny (Judges of 1985 Henderson Awards) on the Haiku Submitted for This Contest” the two poets wrote that they “didn’t find it difficult to select three unique haiku from among the 247 entries.” They went on to say, however, that they were disappointed by much of what they read, notably “carelessly handwritten entries, tacked on titles, clues to meaning on the reverse side, and the apparent ‘beginner-isms‘” they found in some entries.⁵

The 1986 Henderson Judges Geraldine Clinton Little and William J. Higginson did not record their impressions of the submissions, but, in addition to selecting three prize-winners and six honorable mentions, they awarded special attention to a senryu by Carol Montgomery, explaining in a footnote:

Traditionally, haiku and senryu share the same form. However, while haiku focus on our perceptions of the natural world, including but not emphasizing humans, senryu focus on human foibles. Senryu usually poke a bit of fun at people, and may have the biting tinge of sarcasm. We both feel that Montgomery’s “second husband” [winner of the Second Prize in this contest] is seen as a natural being, doing the natural thing, and find that poem to be a haiku, though one rich with humor. The “small child” seems more focused on the human emotion and the humor, making it a senryu in our judgment, but one with a good deal of depth. We do not feel that a senryu is eligible for a prize in a haiku contest, but hope this will help clarify the differences between the two genres.⁶

This provided the impetus for the creations of the society’s Gerald M. Brady Senryu Awards.

In lieu of commentaries on the winning haiku in 1987 by judges Penny Harter and Alexis Rotella, HSA President Adele Kenny made a few general comments, including this: “[Of] the 319 entries this year there were few in which the poets attempted to capture or create an Eastern tone, an observation which affirms the direction that English-language haiku poets have taken.”⁷

Note on the Haikupedia Presentation

We have used three main sources for information about the Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Awards. Results have typically been first publicized in the HSA journal Frogpond and sometimes in the HSA newsletter as well. Data for the competitions from 1976 through 1988 have been included in A Haiku Path but without the judges’ comments. All winning haiku in the contests from 1976 onward have been gathered in the “Complete Archive Collection” on the Haiku Society of America website. The selectors’ commentary and biographical sketches of the judges for the contests from 2008 forward are archived separately on the web pages accessible from the “Complete Archive Collection” page. As a general rule, when sources vary we have favored the contest reports in Frogpond, being closest in time to the event, and relied on A Haiku Path and the HSA web archives to supplement or reconcile obvious errors in earlier accounts.

There has been a great deal of variation in the procedures and reporting for the Henderson contest over the years. This has resulted from the selection of different judges for each running of the contest, various styles of coordination of submissions and the selection process, and differences in reporting results. For example, there has been no consistency in the number of prizes and honorable mentions or their designations (“First Prize” or “First Place”? Ranked or unranked Honorable Mentions?). Note also that Honorable Mentions are listed in this article in the order they were reported. Unless specifically stated (e.g., “First Honorable Mention”), they are not given in a rank order. Even the name of the contest has varied from one year to the next. Making matters more complicated, the reporting of the winners in the Haiku Society of America members’ journal Frogpond, A Haiku Path, the comprehensive 1994 history of the HSA, and the recently added archives of HSA contests on the HSA website reflect the various editors’ attempts to standardize their presentations and reduce the variations. The result is, of course, even more variation among the sources.

For the purposes of our exposition the Haikupedia editors have also tried to simplify and standardize. For the contest title the formulation “[year] Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Awards, was generally used for the annual contests, and for the past few years the now official title, ”The [year] HSA Haiku Award in honor of Harold G. Henderson.” For ease of indexing and reference we have used simply “Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, [year]” throughout.

Contest Regulations and Procedures

Based on the HSA information for the 2023 contest. Be sure to check the HSA contest website for up-to-date information.

Eligibility: The contest is open to the public. HSA officers who are members of the Executive Committee are not eligible, but Regional Coordinators may enter.

What to submit: Up to 10 unpublished haiku, not being considered for publication elsewhere or by any other contest. There are no restrictions on syllable count or seasonal word.

Submissions may be made by email or regular post. Check the HSA website for directions.

Submission window: Typically June and July.

Adjudication: The names of the judge(s) are announced after the contest.

Awards: First Prize, $200; Second Prize, $150; Third Prize, $100. Judges may award Honorable Mentions at their discretion.

Announcement: Winning haiku are published in Frogpond and on the HSA website.

Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.

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Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2024

Judges	P. H. Fischer and Annette Makino
Contest Coordinator	Chuck Brickley
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 47:3; HSA website
First Place ($200)	Matthew Markworth, Ohio	blue skies— finding the nowhere I’d rather be
Second Place ($150)	Frank Hooven, Pennsylvania	first fireflies the little boy in my voice
Third Place ($100)	Matthew Markworth, Ohio	spring equinox a canoe flipped upside up
Honorable Mention (2)	Barrie Levine, Massachusetts	deep into summer . . . eating the seeds with the melon
	Kelly Sargent,  Vermont	receiving my sign name— a painted lady brushes my cheek

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2023

Judges	Brad Bennett and Caroline Skanne
Contest Coordinator	Chuck Brickley
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 46:3; HSA website
First Place ($200)	Joshua Gage, Ohio	milkweed husks  the dusk greens  with dragonflies
Second Place ($150) *	paul m., Florida	unable to fit it on one sketchbook page  the young hawk’s circle
Honorable Mention (4)	John Barlow, Ormskirk, U.K.	where the bufflehead  entered dark water  bubbles of light
	Temple Cone, Maryland	one log left beside the log-splitter  a sliver of moon
	M F Drummy, Colorado	desert dawn an ash-throated flycatcher
	Jacquie Pearce, British Columbia	maple stump the sky still holding  the old treehouse

* The judges’ original selection for Second Place was found to have been published previously and so was disqualified; the Third Place choice was moved up to Second and no Third Place was awarded.

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2022

Judges	Kat Lehmann and Matthew Paul
Contest Coordinator	Chuck Brickley
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 45:3; HSA website
First Place ($200)	Alison Woolpert, California	harvest festival jars of fig jam full of galaxies
Second Place ($150)	Sean O’Connor, Ireland	nights drawing in— wondering how Dad is in his patch of earth
Third Place (tie; $50 each)	Lorraine A Padden, California	empty vase the last of the baby’s breath
	Scott Mason, New York	autumn pond … spending just-us time with my thoughts
Honorable Mention (3)	Alan S. Bridges, Massachusetts	stalks of corn in their own language evening breeze
	Julie Bloss Kelsey, Maryland	September twilight— a honeybee’s slow descent into goldenrod
	Scott Mason, New York	where the fox kits      last frolicked           wisps of fog

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2021

Judges	Julie Schwerin and George Swede
Contest Coordinator	Chuck Brickley
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 44:3; HSA website
First Place ($200)	Tom Bierovic, Florida	a year at most … we pretend to watch  the hummingbirds
Second Place ($150)	Scott Mason, New York	Mars landing— cardboard softens the subway grate
Third Place ($100)	Tony Williams, Scotland	daisies— learning to live in a crowd again
	Brad Bennett, Massachusetts	open meadow a monarch hinges  on a milkweed
Honorable Mention (3)	June Rose Dowis, Louisiana	blossom to blossom  a bee tips the fate  of the world
	Margaret Tau, North Carolina	sand dollars all that’s left of  her summer job
	Laurie D. Morrissey, New Hampshire	whether or not you forgive me—forget-me-nots

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2020

Judges	Deborah P Kolodji and Bryan Rickert
Contest Coordinator	Chuck Brickley
Number of entries	More than 1,100
Results and Judges’ comments	HSA website
First Place ($150)	Mary Stevens, Hurley, New York	the heft of a cast-iron skillet autumn deepens
Second Place ($100)	Kat Lehmann, Guilford, Connecticut	evening news junipers consume the moon
Third Place ($50)	Carol Ann Palomba, Wanaque, New Jersey	whether or not you come home spring peepers
Honorable Mention (2)	Marilyn Appl Walker, Madison, Georgia	gibbous moon she circles the baby’s due date
	Clifford Rames, Freehold, New Jersey	casting off all self-doubt— prize trout

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2019

Judges	Carole MacRury and Christopher Herold
Contest Coordinator	Beverly Acuff Momoi
Number of entries	Nearly 800
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 42:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Raquel D. Bailey, Jamaica	ultrasound the thump of a bee  against the window
Second Place ($100)	Michael Morell, Havertown, Pennsylvania	high summer the slow drift of a heron’s landing
Third Place ($50)	Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, New York	fireflies rearranging bedtime
Honorable Mention (7)	Paul Kulwatno, Falls Church, Virginia	downpour        alone together                with our phones
	Jacquie Pearce, Vancouver, British Columbia	dawn chorus all the birds he used to know
	Martha Magenta, Bristol, United Kingdom	frosty night … the horse’s breath  melts a star
	Temple Cone, Hyattsville, Maryland	barn owl’s cry: the darkness pierced with wounds
	Matthew Markworth, Mason, Ohio	it ends  with a text  april rain
	Roland Packer, Hamilton, Ontario	crack house even the shadows  have shadows
	Annette Makino, Arcata, California	to lead a life of such purpose … ants in a line

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2018

Judges	Lorin Ford and Lee Gurga
Contest Coordinator	Beverly Acuff Momoi
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 41:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Joe McKeon, Strongsville, Ohio	sun-bleached billboard the gravel road ends at peaches
Second Place ($100)	Brett Brady, Haiku, Hawaii	flute notes fluttering        petals
Third Place ($50)	Alan Summers, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England	the rill’s trick a greenfinch moves its green around
Honorable Mention (4)	Ron C. Moss, Tasmania, Australia	the first stroke of the ink brush … ravens in snow
	Jayne Miller, Hazel Green, Wisconsin	evening prayer the sediment begins to settle
	Barry George, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	a turnstile going around by itself—  winter rain
	Sam Bateman, Everett, Washington	winter solitude lost in the hum of my computer

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards 2017

Judges	Robert Gilliland and Cherie Hunter Day
Contest Coordinator	Beverly Acuff Momoi
Number of entries	990
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 40:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Gary Hotham, Scaggsville, Maryland	light for their world      fireflies
Second Place ($100)	Michele Root-Bernstein, East Lansing, Michigan	gathering dusk all the colored pencils back in their cup
Third Place ($50)	Alison Woolpert, Santa Cruz, California	the dogs shake it loose —summer sea
Honorable Mention (3)	Tigz DePalma, Balearic Islands, Spain	watermelon flesh deep in summer
	Lew Watts, Santa Fe, New Mexico	trial separation another inch of snow on the gin bottles
	Corine Timmer, Faro, Portugal	summer holiday walking the dogs where they want to go

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2016

Judges	Cor van den Heuvel and Scott Mason
Contest Coordinator	Beverly Acuff Momoi
Number of entries	674
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 39:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Celia Stuart-Powles, Tulsa, Oklahoma	window … to window … and back … the cat
Second Place ($100)	Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa	spindrift … I go where the story takes me
Third Place ($50)	Christina Sng, Singapore	drifting snowflakes the police car’s ascent up our driveway
First Honorable Mention	Roland Packer, Hamilton, Ontario	evening breeze through the barnboards final bid
Second Honorable Mention	Annette Makino, Arcata, California	our easy silence every puddle sky-deep
Third Honorable Mention	Robyn Hood Black, Beaufort, South Carolina	wedding invitations the press and release of the nib
Fourth Honorable Mention	Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio	paddling through stars the wake of a boat long passed
Fifth Honorable Mention	Olivier Schopfer, Geneva, Switzerland	pride parade from behind a cloud the sun comes out

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2015

Judges	George Dorsty and Tom Painting
Contest Coordinator	Charlotte Digregorio
Number of entries	657
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 38:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Debbie Strange, Winnipeg, Manitoba	stone cairns  a faded cap drifts  downriver
Second Place ($100)	Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York	jasmine beyond  the honeycombed lattice           a call to prayer
Third Place ($50)	Renée Owen, Sebastopol, California	sand dunes  by morning  a different dream
Honorable Mention (3)	Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, Poole, England	early morning  mist reunites  the hills
	Michele Root-Bernstein, East Lansing, Michigan	the underside of leaves  her back story  changes everything
	Joe McKeon, Strongsville, Ohio	snow crocus  my grandson asks  if I have dreams

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2014

Judges	Tanya McDonald and Michael Dylan Welch
Contest Coordinator	Sari Grandstaff
Number of entries	739
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 37:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Joe McKeon, Strongsville, Ohio	county fair second place ribbon  in an empty stall
Second Place ($100)	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	junk car the hum of bees beneath the hood
Third Place ($50)	Joe McKeon, Strongsville, Ohio	the Christmas  after we told them      artificial tree
Honorable Mention (7)	Terri L. French, Huntsville, Alabama	a bit of rust on the Chevy’s fender harvest moon
	Rob Dingman, Herkimer, New York	a lightning strike gives up a flower
	Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York	forest clearing      a scapula left for the moon
	Phyllis Lee, Sebring, Ohio	that time of year moonlight fills his empty chair
	Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio	birding … the unfamiliar path home
	Carolyn Hall, San Francisco, California	winter solstice the tilt of her hospital bed
	Joseph Robello, Novato, California	first morning firecracker papers wander the streets

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2013

Judges	Margaret Chula and Johnny Baranski
Contest Coordinator	Sari Grandstaff
Number of entries	554
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 36:3; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Temple Cone, Annapolis, Maryland	flies wait it out  under a cow’s chin  spring shower
Second Place ($100)	Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, New York	heartwood  the saw changes  its tune
Third Place ($50)	Elizabeth Steinglass, Washington, D.C.	snow field  the earth marked  by fallen angels
Honorable Mention (5)	June Dowis, Shreveport, Louisiana	setting sun  an accordion squeezes  the night air
	Ernest Berry, Blenheim, New Zealand	no moon  the click of stilettos  on cobblestones
	Mike Blöttenberger, Hanover, Pennsylvania	flowing estuary  native languages  long gone
	Neal Whitman, Pacific Grove, California	in the hot tub  my eyes on her floating breasts  Hunters Moon
	Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York	rosebud unfolding  the seed packet left behind  in Revelations

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2012

Judges	Mark Harris and Peter Yovu
Contest Coordinator	John Stevenson
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	HSA website; [not published in Frogpond]
First Place ($150)	Scott Mason, Chappaqua, New York	no escaping this moonlight— Pompeii
Second Place ($100)	Jayne Miller, Hazel Green, Wisconsin	river mud the shape of boys
Third Place ($50)	Jim Kacian, Winchester, Virginia	somewhere becoming rain becoming somewhere
Honorable Mention (3)	Garry Gay, Santa Rosa, California	desert twilight a map with many creases nailed to a cross
	Anita Curran Guenin, San Diego, California	we huddle over mother’s open grave— lawless winter
	Michael McClintock, Clovis, California	a long bus ride the prophetic language of the stops

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2011

Judge	Jim Kacian and Billie Wilson
Contest Coordinator	John Stevenson
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 35:1; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Garry Gay, Santa Rosa, California	Navajo moon  the coyote call  not a coyote
Second Place ($100)	Mark Smith, Keyser, West Virginia	deleting words  from the eulogy  falling leaves
Third Place ($50)	Cherie Hunter Day, Cupertino, California	calla lily the sound of a ladder  lengthening
Honorable Mention (7)	Marjorie Buettner, Chisago City, Minnesota	tasting the well  in the water—  summer stars
	Carolyn Hall, San Francisco, California	Mother’s Day  the expiration date  on wildflower seeds
	Michele L. Harvey, Brooklyn, New York	northern lights … the scratchy play of seventy-eights
	Christopher Patchel, Mettawa, Illinois	a recurring escape from my father’s dream
	Michelle Schaefer, Bothell, Washington	the big dipper  no matter where I stand       mountain sky
	Michelle Schaefer, Bothell, Washington	summer passing the yard flamingo’s        rusty legs
	Charles Trumbull, Santa Fe, New Mexico	glint of sunlight: the respirator carries on  alone

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2010

Judges	Fay Aoyagi and Lenard D. Moore
Contest Coordinator	Francine Banwarth
Number of entries	834 haiku from 7 countries
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 34:1; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Michele L. Harvey, Brooklyn, New York	All Souls Day … my name called  from the front gate
Second Place ($100)	Tish Davis, Concord, Ohio	autumn  an empty booster seat  in the barber’s window
Third Place ($50)	Michele L. Harvey, Brooklyn, New York	hunter’s cabin:  of the woods  not of it
First Honorable Mention	Margaret Chula, Portland, Oregon	end of the walk  returning the crow’s feather  where I found it
Second Honorable Mention	Adelaide B. Shaw, Millbrook, New York	cafe for sale—  outdoor tables rusting  into autumn
Third Honorable Mention	Carolyn Hall, San Francisco, California	day lilies  another death date added  to the family tree

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2009

Judges	Marian Olson and Peggy Willis Lyles
Contest Coordinator	Francine Banwarth
Number of entries	583
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 33:1; HSA website
First Place ($150)	Stephen Gould, Denver, Colorado	The house finch has a song for it, morning after snow
Second Place ($100)	Ron C. Moss Leslie Vale, Tasmania, Australia	crescent moon a bone carver sings to his ancestor
Third Place ($50)	C. R. Manley Bellevue, Washington	close enough to touch— I let the junco lead me away from its nest
Honorable Mention (2)	Bruce England, Santa Clara, California	Blowing leaves tempt the old cat, but not enough
	Michael McClintock, Fresno, California	ancient mountains … runners clearing hurdles on the practice field

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2008

Judges	Jennie Townsend and Christopher Patchel
Contest Coordinator	Francine Banwarth
Number of entries	672 by 125 poets
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 32:1; HSA website
First Place ($150)	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	Thanksgiving—  fifteen minutes of mince pie
Second Place ($100)	Kristen Deming, Bethesda, Maryland	blossoms …  the baby’s bare feet  pedal the air
Third Place ($50)	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	butterfly my attention attention span
Honorable Mention (2)	Garry Gay, Santa Rosa, California	one moth  a thousand candles light the darkness
	Linda Jeannette Ward, Coinjock, North Carolina	trail’s end— my pebble settles the cairn

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2007

Judges	George Swede and Carmen Sterba
Contest Coordinator	Marlene Egger
Number of entries	881
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 31:1
First Place ($150)	Claire Gallagher, Sunnyvale, California	family reunion— some of the beached kelp in knots
Second Place ($100)	Roland Packer, Hamilton, Ontario	a jar of pennies on the lemonade stand evening cool
Third Place ($50)	Ken Hurm, Morganfield, Kentucky	lightning … the scarecrow’s coat sleeve caught in mid-wave
Honorable Mention (2)	Marjorie Buettner, Chisago City, Minnesota	summer’s end the hammock turned in on itself
	Ron C. Moss, Leslie Vale, Tasmania, Australia	Charcoal Alley— children flick marbles into the light

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2006

Judges	an’ya and Michael Rehling
Contest Coordinator	Marlene Egger
Number of entries	694
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 30:1
First Place ($150)	Ellen Compton	season of lights the postman leans to the wind
Second Place ($100)	Michael McClintock	having no thought we’ve come to see them— dogwoods in bloom
Third Place ($50)	C. R. Manley	turning tide— placing intact clams back in the water
Honorable Mention (6)	Alice Frampton	mallard pair he rocks on her wake
	Lois J. Funk	filtering in with the night air a skunk’s warning
	Merrill Ann Gonzales	stone in my pocket— the brook cuts deeper into the mountain
	Joan M. Murphy	a bee chose the rose I meant to pluck … empty vase
	Sandra Nickel	soba noodles … the new year slips in
	Bruce Ross	hazy dusk … no one bothered to plow the graveyard road

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2005

Judges	Francine Porad and Billie Wilson
Contest Coordinator	Marlene Egger
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 29:1
First Place ($150)	Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa	child’s wake the weight of rain
Second Place ($100)	Jim Kacian, Winchester, Virginia	gunshot the length of the lake
Third Place ($50)	Rick Tarquinio, Woodruff, New Jersey	a stick caught on the lip of the dam winter’s end
Honorable Mention (5)	Francine Banwarth, Dubuque, Iowa	summer stars …  the old violin goes to the highest bidder
	Kirsty Karkow, Waldoboro, Maine	winter drags on … I squeeze the last drops from a teabag
	Origa, Okemos, Michigan	distant thunder— a titmouse gives one chirp and falls silent
	Bill Pauly, Dubuque, Iowa	Alzheimer’s birthday each slice of the cake takes part of her name
	Marie Summers, Excelsior Springs, Missouri	March winds a decade has passed by your grave

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2004

Judges	William Cullen, Jr., and Brenda J. Gannam
Contest Coordinator	Tom Painting
Number of entries	1,124
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 28.1
First Place ($150)	w. f. owen, Sacramento, California	Indian summer a spent salmon washes ashore
Second Place ($100)	Becky Barnhart, Dubuque, Iowa	after the funeral whiskers still in his razor
Third Place ($50)	Michael Fessler, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan	the page-finders of my father’s Daily Missal losing their colors
Honorable Mention (2)	Marjorie Buettner, Chisago City, Minnesota	first buds of spring    I change the washer’s setting       to delicate
	George Swede, Toronto, Ontario	Among the gravestones with names worn away children play hide ‘n seek

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2003

Judges	paul m. and Patrick Gallagher
Contest Coordinator	Tom Painting
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 27:1
First Place ($150)	Billie Wilson, Juneau, Alaska	whalebone from a beach near Savoonga— winter rain
Second Place ($100)	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	All Saints morning a path of trodden leaves
Third Place ($50)	Carolyn Hall, San Francisco, California	cremated in her favorite kimono— small green plums
Honorable Mention (2)	Timothy Russell Toronto, Ohio	spring rain— the gravedigger latches the door              of his backhoe
	Carolyn Hall, San Francisco, California	spring rain the cat’s pink nipples

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2002

Judges	Larry Kimmel and Carol Purington
Contest Coordinator	Stanford Forrester
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 26:1
First Place ($150)	Marjorie Buettner, Chisago City, Minnesota	loon calls my daughter drawing circles near the fire
Second Place (tie; $100 each)	Billie Wilson, Juneau, Alaska	summer evening— from across the meadow a call to supper
Third Place ($50)	Michael Fessler, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan	shivering on the roof I rub my palms together meteor shower
Honorable Mention (4)	John Thompson, Alameda, California	ocean breeze— a strand of seaweed     steadies the kite
	Ross Figgins, Claremont, California	autumn rose—      even as I sketch the wind         more petals fall
	Doug Hunt, Columbia, Missouri	Humid July— from the stove the smell of old fires
	Harvey Hess, Waterloo, Iowa	the wind of autumn a homeless man warms himself hand to mouth

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2001

Judges	Yu Chang and Ferris Gilli
Contest Coordinator	John Stevenson
Number of entries	920
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 25:1
First Place ($150)	Kathy Lippard Cobb, Bradenton, Florida	broken easel— the front yard blue  with wildflowers
Second Place (tie; $100 each)	Linda Jeannette Ward, Coinjock, North Carolina	heat waves— the hitchhiker shifts her child to the other hip
	Leatrice Lifshitz, Pomona, New York	land’s end— sand in each bite  of my apple
Third Place ($50)	W. F. Owen, Antelope, California	Indian summer a fish slips through  the gill net
Honorable Mention (2)	Jeanne Emrich, Minneapolis, Minnesota	her 18th birthday— for the first time she notices        my silences
	A. C. Missias, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	spring sunshine        the climbing ivy        filled with sparrows

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 2000

Judges	Jerry Kilbride and Cyril Childs
Contest Coordinator	Alice Benedict
Number of entries	849
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 24:1
First Place ($150)	Michael Dylan Welch, Foster City, California	meteor shower—     a gentle wave  wets our sandals
Second Place ($100)	Yvonne Hardenbrook, Columbus, Ohio	mountain hike  we drink from the beginning        of a great river
Third Place (tie; $50 each)	Tom Clausen, Ithaca, N.Y.	spring sun—        high in his arms               the newborn is shown
	Marian Olson, Santa Fe, New Mexico	snail— to know             its heart beats too
Honorable Mention (3)	LeRoy Gorman, Napanee, Ontario	lethal injection unable to shut  the blind dog’s eyes
	Peggy Heinrich, Bridgeport, Connecticut	end of summer  the shape of his feet      in his sneakers
	Linda Jeannette Ward, Coinjock, N.C.	Geronimo’s grave  someone has left     plastic flowers

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1999

Judges	Jerry Ball and Pamela A. Babusci
Contest Coordinator	Alice Benedict
Number of entries	849
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 23:2
First Place ($150)	Yu Chang, Schenectady, New York	new in town  the scent of unknown flowers
Second Place ($100)	Christopher Herold, Port Townsend, Washington	foghorns … we lower a kayak into the sound
Third Place ($50)	Celia Stuart-Powles, Tulsa, Oklahoma	catalog time the garden begins without a seed
Honorable Mention (5)	Ferris Gilli, Orlando, Florida	new butterfly … folded wings lean into the wind
	Christopher Herold, Port Townsend, Washington	morning overcast a few seeds still dangle from the dandelion
	R. A. Stefanac, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	break up I leave behind her butterfly net
	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	walking home barefoot, we enter the shadow of the hill
	Tom Tico, San Francisco, California	autumn evening … a page of the old book separates from the spine

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1998

Judges	Ebba Story and Robert Major
Contest Coordinator	Alice Benedict
Number of entries	629
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 21:3
First Place ($150)	Randy Brooks, Decatur, Illinois	funeral procession … snowflakes blowing  into the headlights
Second Place ($100)	Zinovy Vayman, Boston, Massachusetts	autumn evening  my hospital window  becomes a mirror
Third Place ($50)	Ernest Berry, Picton, New Zealand	storm clouds  the cry of a shearwater  circles the sky
Honorable Mention (4)	Margaret Chula, Portland, Oregon	late into the night  we talk of revelations  moon through the pines
	Christopher Herold, Redwood City, California	the kettle whistles …             a blur of garden color             on the window
	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	winter beach  a piece of driftwood  charred at one end
	Ruth M. Yarrow, Seattle, Washington	riveredge old growth: a towering window  of stars

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1997

Judges	Francine Porad and John Stevenson
Contest Coordinator	Alice Benedict
Number of entries	649
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 20:2
First Place ($150)	June Moreau, Lexington, Massachusetts	I’m caught in it too— the blossom-loosening wind
Second Place ($100)	Garry Gay, Windsor, California	Over the railroad tracks the slow motion  of a snake
Third Place ($50)	George Swede, Toronto, Ontario	The beetle I righted  flies straight into  a cobweb
Honorable Mention (5)	Helen Davie, Atascadero, California	leaf in my palm  its stem extends  my lifeline
	Susan Gaston, Cotopaxi, Colorado	about the tree  over my small son’s grave —tell me
	William J. Higginson, Santa Fe, New Mexico	musty smell  forgotten … deep  into the text
	Connie Meester, Dubuque, Iowa	that Venus!  leading the cupped moon through every turn of the road
	Kohjin Sakamoto, Kyoto, Japan	”grabs“ and ”opens“  the fist  sowing seeds

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1996

Judges	Christopher Herold and Margaret Chula
Contest Coordinator	Alice Benedict
Number of entries	668
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 19:3
First Place ($150)	Leatrice Lifshitz, Pomona, New York	the river— coming to it with nothing in my hands
Second Place ($100)	Kay F. Anderson, Redwood City, California	deep silence           the orphaned nestlings           this third morning
Third Place ($50)	Jeffrey Witkin, Carmel, Indiana	summer solstice— the long tips of lavender bent by bees
Honorable Mention (4)	Sandra Fuhringer, Hamilton, Ontario	snowbound coloring inside the lines
	LeRoy Gorman, Napanee, Ontario	the dumproad pond tadpoles exit a birdhouse
	Kohjin Sakamoto, Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan	still sun-warmed … the pulled-out scarecrow in my arms
	v. tripi, San Francisco, California	Changing the swallowtail      changed by it           the spring wind

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1995

Judges	Karen Sohne and Bill Pauly
Contest Coordinator	Barbara Ressler
Number of entries	665
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 18:4
First Place	Leatrice Lifshitz, Pomona, New York	letting the branch go a shower of petals falls on the old woman
Second Place	Michael Dylan Welch, Foster City, California	toll booth lit for Christmas from my hand to hers warm change
Third Place	Jim Kacian, Berryville, Virginia	winter seclusion tending all day the small fire
Honorable Mention (4)	Helen K. Davie, Templeton, California	on the path only one of us touched by a falling leaf
	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	winter,    bedtime    static flickers       through a white sleeve
	Ruth Yarrow, Seattle, Washington	warm river— up to our necks in sunset
	Jeanne Emrich, Bloomington, Minnesota	beneath the ice the waterfall                     still falling

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1994

Judges	Dave Sutter and Dan Burke
Contest Coordinator	Barbara Ressler
Number of entries	614
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 17:3
First Place	Alice Mackenzie Swaim, Carlisle, Pennsylvania	Old garden chair sagging with the weight of a single leaf.
Second Place	Helen K. Davie, Templeton, California	after the stroke … watching only the half of your face that smiles
Third Place	Peggy Heinrich, Westport, Connecticut	City window mountains and pines etched in frost
Honorable Mention (4)	Garry Gay, Santa Rosa, California	Autumn deepens an empty snail shell explored by an ant
	Christopher Herold, Redwood City, California	early morning sun    scattered on the table       several grains of salt
	Gary Hotham, Laurel, Maryland	snowflakes no one will miss melt in her hand
	John Stevenson, Nassau, New York	bright leaves   blow through     her dream house

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1993

Judges	Ruby Spriggs and John J. Dunphy
Contest Coordinator	Dee Evetts
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 16:2
First Place	Sylvia Forges-Ryan, North Haven, Connecticut	scattering his ashes      the moon           in bits and pieces
Second Place	Virginia Brady Young, Cheshire, Connecticut	on the river      of many names, one cloud      floating
Third Place	Elizabeth Searle Lamb, Santa Fe, New Mexico	learning too late he didn’t like bubinga wood— sun strikes the urn
Honorable Mention (4)	Penny Harter, Santa Fe, New Mexico	the war memorial— migrating butterflies cover the names
	Jim Kacian, Berryville, Virginia	falling leaves the house comes out of the wood
	Leatrice Lifshitz, Pomona, New York	leaving you— fog on either side of the white heron
	June Moreau, Lexington, Massachusetts	Below zero all curled up in the woodpile the skin of a snake

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1992

Judges	Larry Rungren, vincent tripi, and Nina Wicker
Contest Coordinator	Minna Lerman
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 15:2
First Place	Carol A. Purington	deep winter.                          the armload of firewood                          chills the kitchen
Second Place	James Chessing	mourning dove calls …      my elderly neighbor stills           the sound of her hoeing
Third Place	Lenard D. Moore	August morning— a window washer wiping dust from his sunglasses
No Honorable Mentions in 1992

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1991

Judges	Virginia Brady Young, Judge; Joe Nutt and Matthew Louvière, Co-judges
Contest Coordinator	Not stated
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 14:3
First Prize—$100	Bill Pauly, Dubuque, Iowa	snowmelt …      she enters      the earth on her knees
Second Prize—$75	Michael Dylan Welch, Foster City, California	an old woolen sweater            taken yarn by yarn                      from the snowbank
Third Prize—$50	Elizabeth Searle Lamb, Santa Fe, New Mexico	a white horse drinks from the acequia            blossoming locust
Special Award—$10 (3)	Alyson Pou, New York City	sunlight shines red through my father’s thumb on the steering wheel
	John Thompson, Alameda, California	two women crying one giving birth           the other being born
	vincent tripi, San Francisco, California	Approaching the family plot … my furled umbrella turns into a cane.
Honorable Mention (5)	Mark Arvid White, Palmer, Alaska	Chernobyl victim— fingers pressing the plastic to his wife’s caress
	Christopher Herold, Redwood City, California	cloud shadow             long enough to close the poppies
	June Moreau, Lexington, Massachusetts	The thick clang of a cowbell the sun deepens
	Sydney Bougy, Memphis, Tennessee	Roses in the smaller room more fragrant
	Vicki Silvers, Brentwood, New York	Ninety winters           Spellbound                     Again

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1990

Judges	Sister Mary Thomas Eulberg and Garry Gay
Contest Coordinator	Not stated
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 13:4
First Place ($100)	Charles B. Dickson, Atlanta, Georgia	silent cathedral      stained-glass apostles      dimming with dusk
Second Place ($50)	R. J. Trayhern, McLean, Virginia	up the path to touch that one oak in last night’s dream
Third Place ($25)	Jim Boyd, San Mateo, California	dry leaves the old archer curves his eyebrow
Honorable Mention (5)	William Cullen, Jr., Brooklyn, New York	soft rain— the new grave looks old
	Dee Evetts, New York City	morning sneeze— the guitar in the corner resonates
	Lee Gurga, Lincoln, Illinois	fall leaves the trees the winter sky
	George Swede, Toronto, Ontario	dusk a lone car going the same way as the river
	Tom Tico, San Francisco, California	First days of summer …      already the leaves gather           beneath the sycamores

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1989

Judges	Leroy Kanterman, Chief Judge; George Swede and Tom Tico, Judges
Contest coordinator	Not stated
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 12:4
First Place ($100)	John Thompson	so many ways within the waterfall      for water to fall
Second Place ($50)	Dee Evetts	after the rain on my vegetable patch a new crop of stones
Third Place ($25)	Joe Nutt	frozen in mud by the vacant shanty: lottery ticket
Honorable Mention (6; $10 each)	Frederick Gasser	the potter’s hands gently shape the vase      out of himself
	Garry Gay	Water melon rind, sitting in its own juice the summer sun
	Lee Gurga	figure drawing class— in the model’s deepest shadows a stark white string
	Robert Mainone	Ebb tide …      a little sea           in the shell
	Joan Bulger Murphy	watching rain pouring down … pouring down just watching
	Denver Stull	abandoned store—      large sign reading           WE NEVER CLOSE

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1988

Judges	Alan Pizzarelli and Anita Virgil Garner
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 11:4; A Haiku Path
First Prize ($100)	Dan Burke	a single strand  of spider silk       stops her
Second Prize ($50)	Lesley Einer	endlessly becoming, clouds
Third Prize ($25)	Jerry Kilbride	mime  lifting  fog
Senryu selections made by the judges to be cited in no particular order as poems of special note in the genre (in lieu of honorable mentions)	Carolyn Talmadge	taking time … listening  to the grocery clerk
	Elizabeth St Jacques	in the Yukon  sleeping with one eye shut  the summer night
	Bill Pauly	in soap bubbles  again and again  his face is broken

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1987

Judges	Penny Harter and Alexis Rotella
Number of entries	319
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 10:4; A Haiku Path
First Prize ($100)	Jerry Kilbride	yard sale,  sunlight filling  mason jars
Second Prize ($50)	Kathleen Burgy	leaving home … the smell of smoke  from old brick chimneys
Third Prize ($25)	Ross Figgins	frozen pond— white antlers rise     through the ice
Honorable Mention (10)	Steve Dalachinsky	June night  my mother alone with  her cancer
	Sr. Mary Thomas Eulberg	at dinner  biting into the roast beef …            the butcher’s thumb nail
	Dee Evetts	repeating the lecture  his eyes following  the window-cleaner’s blade
	Dee Evetts	phoning the neighbors their real voices through the open window
	Esther Harris	Tools rusting  Unused on the work bench  A faucet dripping
	Donald McLeod	dusk  drawing the pond’s depth  to the surface
	H. F. Noyes	full moon        peering into        the half-built house
	Carol Montgomery	old woman, wrapping  her cat’s gifts  —centering the bows
	Lynn G. Moore	on the way to work  a hot air balloon  up in the mist
	Denver Stull	this heat;      the dog’s tail          the only breeze

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1986

Judges	Geraldine C. Little and William J. Higginson
Number of entries	275
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 9:4; A Haiku Path
First Prize ($100)	Ruth M. Yarrow	light  up under the gull’s wing:                sunrise
Second Prize ($50)	Carol Montgomery	second husband  painting the fence  the same green
Third Prize ($25)	Clark Strand	such coolness  the snail stretches  its neck
Honorable Mention (6)	David E. LeCount	the one legged bird  that deep bend before  taking off
	Peggy Willis Lyles	bird song  lost  in bird song
	Bill Pauly	walking in on her  dead eyes reflecting          snowfall
	Rebecca Rust	in the sea  the fireworks  rising
	Ruby Spriggs	bird feeder untouched …     alone again
	Ruth M. Yarrow	circling each thigh               cool    of the night river
Senryu	Carol Montgomery	small child  afraid to throw away      his Church Bulletin

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1985

Judges	Cor van den Heuvel and Adele Kenny
Number of entries	247
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 8:4; A Haiku Path
First Prize ($100)	Stephen Hobson, Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia	in utter stillness  the incense            changes direction
Second Prize ($50)	David E. LeCount, La Honda, California	early spring sun— the spinster combs out her hair for nesting birds.
Third Prize ($25)	Ruth Yarrow, Ithaca, New York	canyon:  at the very edge         riversound
First Honorable Mention	Robert F. Mainone, Delton, Michigan	Out of its slipper       her bare foot talking            under the table
Second Honorable Mention	David Elliott, Factoryville, Pennsylvania	Burial prayers  grandson playing hide and seek       behind the stones
Third Honorable Mention	Robert Kramer, Everglades City, Florida	between the fireflies  the changing shape of darkness
Fourth Honorable Mention	Dorothy McLaughlin, Somerset, New Jersey	My father’s hammer  warm again  in my hand
Fifth Honorable Mention	Margarita Mondrus Engle, La Quinta, California	under trees and sky       the baby studies       her hands

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1984

Judges	Shirley Brooks and Paul O. Williams
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 7:4; A Haiku Path
First Prize ($100)	Adele Kenny	migrating geese— once there was so much to say
Second Prize ($50)	Bill Pauly	sound of her voice carrying eggs  across the ice
Third Prize ($25)	Alexis Rotella	moving  with the clock tower’s shadow the flower lady

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1983

Judge	Elizabeth Searle Lamb
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 6:3; A Haiku Path
First Prize	Bill Pauly	heart drawn in dust  by the old Indian … rain
Second Prize	Ross Figgins	whispered dusk—       a fox picks its way             across the ice
Third Prize	Ruth Yarrow	mist  lifting  the loon’s cry
Honorable Mention (7)	Ruth Yarrow	snowman’s eye  sinking in  the spring rain
	Joyce Currier	Autumn afternoon:  I stand on the shadow  of the sparrow
	Bill Pauly	ten below zero:  man and boy walk through their breath to read old tombstones
	Margarita Mondrus Engle	hot wind  the roadrunner’s beak  opens and closes
	Charles L. Cutler	Blackbirds descend through the floaters  in this eye
	Darold D. Braida	the old man  closes the shadow  in his hand
	Ruth Yarrow	spring drizzle  rounding the thorn  a drop of light

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1982

Judge	Bill Pauly
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 5:3; A Haiku Path
First Prize	Raymond Roseliep	horizon  wild swan drifting through        the woman’s body
Second Prize	Chuck Brickley	deserted wharf  the mime bows  to the moon
Third Prize	Elizabeth Searle Lamb	a spider’s web  across the windharp  the silence
Honorable Mention (10)	Rita Mazur	under the back steps       catfish still flop in the pail—           the long August night
	Darold D. Braida	horns fold  at my shadow’s touch; brown slug
	Sister Mary Thomas Eulberg	early April rain  that woman fills every jar,     seals them forever
	Darold D. Braida	dead mynah bird … with each passing car  its wing flaps
	Edward P. Willey	Picking cotton—       the memory             of birdtracks in the snow
	Garry Gay	Old tea bag;      tints the moon            slightly.
	David E. Evans	blackened walnut  left unopened— winter solstice
	Thelma Murphy	Distant woodchopper inside the cabin  axbite echoes
	Richard Bodner	The grey cranes at dusk— bending in a line along       the crooked fenceposts
	L. A. Davidson	checking for water  the woman finds a full moon trapped in the cistern

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1981

Judges	Marion J. Richardson, Proxade Davis, and Gary Hotham
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	Frogpond 4:3; A Haiku Path
First Prize ($50)	Bill Pauly, Galena, Illinois	Old woman, rain in the eye of her needle
Second Prize (2; $25 each)	Gloria Buckner, Fort Wayne, Indiana	The path shorter now, underfoot the crumbling leaves; the child runs ahead
	Elizabeth Searle Lamb, Santa Fe, New Mexico	cry of the peacock widens the crack in the adobe wall

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1980

Judge	Geraldine C. Little
Number of entries	Not stated
Results published	[not published in HSA Frogpond]; A Haiku Path
First Prize	Robert F. Mainone	Fields of snow       not only moonlight            but the moon
Second Prize	Chuck Brickley	cold morning sea— an old man towels himself in the sunlight
Third Prize	Sister Mary Thomas Eulberg	fields of corn stretching  as far as the eye can see within           a lost child
Honorable Mention (8)	L. A. Davidson	crossing the bright sky  of a near-sighted swimmer,         the song of a bird
	Soichi Furuta	and yet  perishable is flesh— a mountain plum
	Bill Pauly	what thing cries out  deep inside us cooking the turtle?
	Peggy Willis Lyles	Lights out  … the firefly  inside
	Gary Hotham	the wind  somewhere else— bird tracks in a light snow
	Sister Mary Thomas Eulberg	apples cooking:  in the aroma  pictures of my mother canning
	Stephen Gould	Dawn       another parting       with the moon
	Gary Hotham	back and forth goldfish hot & humid afternoon

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1979

Judge	Kyoko Selden
Number of entries	402
Results and Judges’ comments	HSA Frogpond 2:3/4; A Haiku Path
Winner ($100)	James O’Neil	the child  points at the moon  and says, “bird“
Honorable Mention (11)	Darold D. Braida	one seagull  on a shaft of air;  dawn
	Kirsten Stromberg	Lean man  Carving  The tree’s dream.
	Marlene M. Wills	morning-glory folds into herself into her folds
	Cor van den Heuvel	from behind me  the shadow of the ticket-taker  comes down the aisle
	Michael O’Brien	Walking to Work  Pages lap at your feet  The quick eye holds up the news to the day.
	Tal Streeter	Part of a dog  walking by upside down  in the roadside puddle.
	Garry Gay	Where the ripple was the fisherman casts his line;  another ripple
	Virginia Brady Young	Quiet strokes  of night swimmer: the slap  of beaver tails …
	Raymond Roseliep	never expecting  the lilies in November  nor the small coffin
	Michael McClintock	the room’s smallness fills with light        this morning of snow
	Joyce Walker Currier	The way of the conch— blueing in the sea, and  echoing in the wind

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1978

Judges	Marlene Wills and Gary Hotham
Number of entries	587
Results and Judges’ comments	HSA Frogpond 1:3; A Haiku Path
Winner	Elizabeth Searle Lamb	leaving      all the morning glories      closed

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1977

Judge	Elizabeth Searle Lamb
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	A Haiku Path (1984)
First Prize (tie)	Robert Mainone	Old frog      up to his ears          in moonlight
	Raymond Roseliep	reaching into sky  the girl breaks the wish— bone of geese

Harold G. Henderson Haiku Awards, 1976

Judge	Virginia Brady Young
Number of entries	Not stated
Results and Judges’ comments	A Haiku Path
First Prize	Jennifer Virgil	in a dark bag onions sprouting
Second Prize	R. E. T. Johnson	still lake— a hawk makes off with its image
Third Prize	Larry E. Martin	skiers!   standing on the wind

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Sources / Further Reading

• The Harold G. Henderson Memorial Haiku Awards.” Haiku Society of America Twentieth Anniversary Book Committee, eds. A Haiku Path: The Haiku Society of America 1968–1988. New York: Haiku Society of America, 1994, 330–46.
• Haiku Society of America Haiku Award in Memorial of Harold G. Henderson. Haiku Society of America website: https://www.hsa-haiku.org/haikuawards/. Individual web pages for the results of each year of the contest with links to separate documents with the judges’ commentaries.

1. A Haiku Path, 295. [↩]
2. A Haiku Path, 330. [↩]
3. Haiku Society of America website. [↩]
4. HSA Frogpond 1:3, 1. [↩]
5. Frogpond 8:4 (November 1985), 8. [↩]
6. Frogpond 9:4 (November 1986), 11. [↩]
7. Frogpond 10:4 (November 1987), 23. [↩]