Table of Contents
- Background
- Contest entry procedures and regulations
- 27th HIA Haiku Contest, 2025
- 26th HIA Haiku Contest, 2024
- 25th HIA Haiku Contest, 2023
- 24th HIA Haiku Contest, 2022
- 23rd HIA Haiku Contest, 2021
- 22nd HIA Haiku Contest, 2020
- 21st HIA Haiku Contest, 2019
- 20th HIA Haiku Contest, 2018
- 19th HIA Haiku Contest, 2017
- 18th HIA Haiku Contest, 2016
- 17th HIA Haiku Contest, 2015
- 16th HIA Haiku Contest, 2014
- 15th HIA Haiku Contest, 2013
- 14th HIA Haiku Contest, 2012
- 13th HIA Haiku Contest, 2011
- 12th HIA Haiku Contest, 2010
- 11th HIA Haiku Contest, 2009
- 10th HIA Haiku Contest, 2008
- 9th HIA Haiku Contest, 2007
- 8th HIA Haiku Contest, 2006
- 7th HIA Haiku Contest, 2005
- 6th HIA Haiku Contest, 2004
- 5th HIA Haiku Contest, 2003
- 4th HIA Haiku Contest, 2002
- 3rd HIA Haiku Contest, 2001
- 2nd HIA Haiku Contest, 2000
- 1st HIA Haiku Contest, 1999
Background
The HIA Haiku Contest has been held annually since 1999, a project of the Haiku International Association (HIA) based in Tokyo. One or two original haiku may be submitted in either of two sections, Haiku in Japan or Haiku in Non-Japanese / Haiku in Overseas (i.e., work in English). Two judges are selected from among prominent members of the HIA; since 2020 contest adjudicators have beenToshio Kimura and David Burleigh. Each judge independently selects two Winners and four Honorable Mentions. Contest results are announced at a ceremony at the HIA offices and published in the association’s journal HI (Haiku International) and its website. Supporters of the contest over the years have included: The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, The Japan Times, The Association of Haiku Poets, The Modern Haiku Association, andThe Association of Japanese Classical Haiku.
Contest entry procedures and regulations
The HIA Haiku Contest is open to everyone. There is no entry fee.
Each entrant may submit one or two haiku. There are no regulations as to topic or format of the haiku.
Work already published elsewhere will not be accepted.
Submitting poets are to use the print application form inserted in the journal HI. Photocopies of the form are acceptable. Completed forms should be mailed to this address:
The Haiku International Association
7th Floor Azuma Building 2-7 Ichigaya-Tamachi,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843 Japan
Entries may also be submitted on the application form that is posted on the HIA website in advance of the contest.
Closing date for receipt of entries: Typically mid-November.
Adjudication: Two judges, typically prominent members of the HIA, are announced before each contest.
Announcement of the winners with judges’ commentary: In the journal HI, usually in early December. At a later date they will also appear on the HIA website.
Prizes: Top winners receive certificates and invitations to the awards ceremony in Tokyo.
27th HIA Haiku Contest, 2025
| Judges | David Burleigh and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| David Burleigh’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Chen-ou Liu, Canada | trade war news a spiderweb on the eaves sagging with raindrops |
| Ibrahim Nureni, U.S.A. | proxy war a soldier’s uniform on the scarecrow | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Amir Kapetanović, Croatia | fisherman’s gaze pulls in the heavy nets of leaden clouds |
| Eduard Țară, Romania | telegraph poles— only the moon settles on the missing wire | |
| Richard L. Matta, U.S.A. | fall stairwell a crow’s long caw lengthens it | |
| Zoran Doderović, Serbia | distant bells blackbird’s song uninterrupted | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners | Kanchan Chatterjee, India | flapping hand fan — grandpa’s hunting stories continue |
| Alan Summers, U.K. | day of vinyl records the sprawling ivy rotates into its own past | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Silva Trstenjak, Croatia | autumn equinox — the Moon half full half empty |
| Zoltán Pachnik, Hungary | calm sea stars looking for their own images | |
| Marek Kozubek, Poland | after a quarrel — discovering the silence in a nightingale’s song | |
| Kat Lehmann, U.S.A. | as if no one knows fawn season |
26th HIA Haiku Contest, 2024
| Judges | Toshio Kimura and David Burleigh | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Kanchan Chatterjee, India | while the embers glow in a mountain lodge oven— full Hunter’s Moon |
| Maya Daneva, Netherlands | mountain mist lifts … voices of cows’ bells become cows’ bells | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | dl mattila, U.S.A. | migrating geese the farmhouse door never locked |
| Olivier Schopfer, Switzerland | the moisture on the dog’s nose first cold | |
| Zlata Bogović, Croatia | torn apart fence— fattened geese gone with no return | |
| Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania | the moon slips … the fisherman’s rod suddenly heavier | |
| David Burleigh’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania | the moon slips … the fisherman’s rod suddenly heavier |
| Richard L. Matta, U.S.A. | falling acorns a key turns tumblers in a lock | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Lyudmila Hristova, Bulgaria | a frog crosses the Milky Way— stars go out |
| Eduard Țară, Romania | last refugees the cherry trees remain to bloom in the village | |
| Ravi Kiran, India | refugee camp the moon imprisoned in a puddle | |
| Federico Peralta, Philippines | nearing dusk a curled leaf enters the church door |
25th HIA Haiku Contest, 2023
| Judges | Toshio Kimura and David Burleigh | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | David Josephsohn, U.S.A. | busker’s song coins rattle in a minor key |
| Sebastian Chrobak, Poland | talking to roses when she gets angry thorns grow faster | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Lev Hart, Canada | summer’s end the silence between embers and moonset |
| Lyudmila Hristova, Bulgaria | rainy summer barely visible the cemetery angels | |
| Kat Lehmann, U.S.A. | river-smoothed stone the part of me still here | |
| Marjolein Rotsteeg, Netherlands | the garden path a trace of puddles leads to autumn | |
| David Burleigh’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Eduard Țară, Romania | war zone the dandelions advance on both sides |
| Kevin Valentine, U.S.A. | cherry blossoms throwing caution to the wind | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Keith A. Simmonds, France | Spring wind … children reel in the sunset with their kites |
| Ken Sawitri, Indonesia | a hawk cries the salt farmer starts to rake the sky | |
| Urszula Marciniak, Poland | our old park bench so quickly the yellow leaves fill the empty space | |
| Engin Gülez, Türkiye | supermoon all my walls look small |
24th HIA Haiku Contest, 2022
| Judges | Toshio Kimura and David Burleigh | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Ravi Kiran, India | setting sun a cuckoo dissolves in its song |
| Eduard Țară, Romania | border station a maple leaf still waiting on the platform | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Xenia Tran, U.K. | mountain hare behind the stones his own dusk |
| Nikola Đuretić, Croatia | Sunny winter day— rolling after its shadow kicked chestnut | |
| Alvin B. Cruz, Philippines | origami star i fold the sky into another sky | |
| Meera Rehm, U.K. | where sunflowers follow the summer sun ongoing war | |
| David Burleigh’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Srini, India | Toothache but only a star falls |
| Nina Kovačić, Croatia | palm reading sunbeams disappear in an oak’s bark | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Mattias Granfrid, Sweden | the frog looking back at me from the tip of a pencil |
| Ali Znaidi, Tunisia | sudden blackout … the sustainable light of fireflies | |
| Seby Ciobîcă, Romania | Perseids … granny stops reading a fairy tale | |
| Maria Akiyama, Japan | Full moon passes evenly over the uneven buildings of Tokyo |
23rd HIA Haiku Contest, 2021
| Judges | Toshio Kimura and David Burleigh | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | RaV (Rafał Zabratyński), Poland | storm’s end the whiff of lilac deepens into itself |
| Polina Pecherskaya, Moscow, Russia | The shortest day a bit less than 17 syllables | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Mona Bedi, India | starry night I pick out one to talk to |
| Paul Iordache, Romania | mom’s old teapot — still preserving the aroma of childhood | |
| Amir Hasanvandi, Iran | In the end, Only Haiku stayed with me in quarantine | |
| Radostina Dragostinova, Bulgaria | my fear of anility not of death day-fly | |
| David Burleigh’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Marie Derley, Belgium | between the second and the third wave a spring |
| Patricia Machmiller, U.S.A. | Milky Way a communal reading of the “Odyssey” | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Kanchan Chatterjee, India | stone Kannon — a line of spring rain drops from her hand |
| Brad Bennett, U.S.A. | six feet apart more ma in my haiku | |
| Emin Masimli, Azerbaijan | waning dream dog’s distant barking gets louder | |
| Florin C. Ciobîcă, Romania | ceasefire agreement new leaves masking the plum tree’s scars |
22nd HIA Haiku Contest, 2020
| Judges | Toshio Kimura and David Burleigh | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Cynthia Rowe, Australia | our window-box a honeybee meanders among my desires |
| marinabita (Marina Bellini), Romania | abandoned garden a rusty bird cage with the door open | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Susan Burch, U.S.A. | autumn loneliness waiting for the cows to come home |
| Ana Prundaru, Switzerland | paper lantern passing sea-grass gone, like that | |
| Praniti Gulyani, India | long journey I wave to the moon I left behind | |
| Himanshu Vyas, India | summer winds my guitar gathers the softest dust | |
| David Burleigh’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Lyudmila Hristova, Bulgaria | Biblical rainfall the pigeon bread has turned to dough again |
| Jonathan Humphrey, U.S.A. | dropping its last leaf wind enters the bathhouse | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Pere Risteski, North Macedonia | full moon my blank look |
| Eduard Țară, Romania | cherry petals the mask can’t hide her delight | |
| Earl R. Keener, U.S.A. | meteor shower the black-eyed susans are watching too | |
| Xenia Tran, U.K. | early dawn he fills the door frame with his laughter |
21st HIA Haiku Contest, 2019
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Eduard Țară, Romania | wild plum — the ants carrying the light petal by petal |
| Francesco de Sataba, Luxembourg | old pendulum clock — caught in a spider net grandpa’s fairy tales | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Helen Buckingham, U.K. | on the road to a full recovery … gibbous moon |
| Ali Znaidi, Tunisia | night curfew … even the sky becomes starless | |
| Pragya Vishnoi, India | in a pool of rainwater a little ghetto boy floats his paper boat | |
| Pragya Vishnoi, India | lingering heat … a man behind the turnstile listening to jazz | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Eduard Țară, Romania | wild plum — the ants carrying the light petal by petal |
| Blessed Ayeyame, Nigeria | morning rain a child’s cupped hand collecting wishes | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Lyudmila Hristova, Bulgaria | dilapidated castle the moonlight rebuilds the front staircase |
| Želyko Funda, Croatia | sunflower field is it real that each of them is looking at me? | |
| Brett Brady, U.S.A. | desert water bottles riddled | |
| Vasile Moldovan, Romania | Unknown hero — the weeds and grass conquer his grave |
20th HIA Haiku Contest, 2018
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Nikolay Grankin, Russia | from stars in the sea to stars in the sky a stone stairway |
| Nina Kovačić, Croatia | empty net ― fisherman shakes the ashes from a cold pipe | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | David McMurray, Kagoshima, Japan | Bike riders zoom one after another desert moon |
| Lilian Rittri, Sweden | taiko-drums ceasing slowly soaring down the white feather | |
| J. Brian Robertson, Canada | left: snoring right: botching a crossword commuting | |
| Mariela Hernandez, Netherlands | bright sun the cocoa dries to the song of a woman | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Alexey Andreev, Russia | grandma’s house silent barking of the hand shadow dog |
| Ben Clarkson, New Zealand | ducklings and blossoms mingle in the pond small talk I don’t understand | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Kanchan Chatterjee, India | monsoon dusk … a group of women sings the rice planting songs |
| Jay Friedenberg, U.S.A. | summer breezes the universe beyond our small gate | |
| Lucky Triana, Indonesia | sunlit field in the tree frog’s eyes darkness stays | |
| Branka Vojinović Jegdić, Montenegro | the last tram takes into the night the street noise |
19th HIA Haiku Contest, 2017
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Barnabas I. Adeleke, Nigeria | spring cleaning … a free space for echoes in the basement |
| Pierre Nabhan, France | In a rocky language mountain guides sing mysteries of the Alps | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Ali Znaidi, Tunisia | tomato season … in the hand of each picker a succulent sun |
| Alexey Andreev, Russia | freezing night from a star to a star magpie’s wings | |
| April Mae M. Berza, Philippines | between barbed wires a child and a refuge look up to the sky | |
| Branka Vojinović Jegdić, Montenegro | in the sand the sun crushed into pieces | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Ali Znaidi, Tunisia | moon halo … prayers that grandma taught me |
| Alexey Andreev, Russia | Remembrance Day different stories about my father | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan | deforestation a pine tree falls on its own shadow |
| Allan Saylor, U.S.A. | paper animals unfold becoming like paper again | |
| Vishnu P Kapoor, India | old oak still serves as a marker | |
| Mack (David McMurray), Japan | Sepia photos faces we once knew flowers with no names |
18th HIA Haiku Contest, 2016
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Laura Nicola, Denmark | Empty street Birds flying away First golden leaf |
| Andrius Luneckas, Lithuania | sunflowers field son asks about universe | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Anthony Obaro, Nigeria | noon darkness watery bullets pound every roof |
| Angela Cornelia Voss, Germany | On a park bench I have nothing for you two sparrows | |
| Pere Risteski, Macedonia | from the rooftops of the houses, smoke lifts light as a breath | |
| Anna Switalska-Jopek, Gdańsk, Poland | winter evening on my tambour frame a meadow’s blooming | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Dorota Pyra, Poland | cranes in flight my father’s worn coat full of autumn wind |
| Roberta Beary, U.S.A. | deep in the cat’s eyes the crow’s caw caw caw | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Lilia Racheva, Bulgaria | traces in the garden jasmine rediscovering me |
| Kwaku Feni Adow, Ghana | arriving on the farm— the open arms of the scarecrow | |
| mayflowerbg (Maya Lyubenova), Bulgaria | minor seventh … a car door squeaks to the blackbird’s song | |
| kjmunro (Katherine Munro), Canada | dark night every raindrop a star falling |
17th HIA Haiku Contest, 2015
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Owen Bullock, Australia | black swan water drops jewel the neck |
| Ernest J. Berry, New Zealand | dying oak by the curator’s home limbs akimbo | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Valeria Barouch, Switzerland | Botanical garden the cafe’s empty chairs sparrow perches |
| Kanchan Chatterjee, India | long rains … the night guard’s faint whistle floats by | |
| Nshai Waluzimba, Zambia | a committee gathers in celebration dying buffalo | |
| Saša Važić, Serbia | back to my village … more furrows twisted around the chestnut’s bark | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Rafał Zabratyński, Poland | cherry blossom rain just a few heartbeats from the ground |
| Adam Augustin, Poland | old clock run by finger stopped time | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Steven Clarkson, New Zealand | a handful would suffice mountain stars |
| Roberta Beary, U.S.A. | express train 3 seconds of sunflowers | |
| Valeria Barouch, Switzerland | Riverbank only clover leaves without luck | |
| Alexey Andreev, Russia | power restored yet I don’t rush to blow out the candle |
16th HIA Haiku Contest, 2014
| Judges | Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website https://wp.haiku-hia.com/contest_en/nyusen/16.html | |
| Winners (2) | Dietmar Tauchner, Austria | frost touched hair future consists of memories |
| Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, Poland | wherever he goes … remnants of Indian summer and her hair | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Dan Iulian, Romania | The last leaf meets its shadow — silent forest |
| Kevin Valentine, U.S.A. | cactus shadow the invisible thorn of farewell | |
| Nikola Ðuretić, Croatia | flutters by without looking back the first butterfly | |
| Gabriel Sawicki, Poland | leaf after leaf autumn into my garden |
15th HIA Haiku Contest, 2013
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 784 Overseas haiku: 570 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Stjepan Rožić, Croatia | a magpie takes off its shadow fell from its claws to the snowy ground |
| Valeria Barouch, Switzerland | Peacock on the tree the spring breeze tousles his eyes | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania | The peep of day Aquarius empty the sky From its stars |
| Andy Hunter, U.K. | roses by the motorway: their scent in the hot sun deafens me | |
| Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, Poland | old attic along the sunbeam straight to the sky | |
| Elaine Riddell, New Zealand | summer drought pennyroyal flowers in the stream bed | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Robert Kania, Poland | an old apple tree memories instead of fruits |
| Stanka Boneva, Bulgaria | half-lit Moon in the sky I invent stories about the other half | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Wincenty Ozga, Poland | lizard — a traveler from the past looking for its end |
| Olprica Padeanu, Romania | Drops under the eave — a rooster picking the last star | |
| Angela Terry, U.S.A. | close to the wind … how many endings does this story have? | |
| Mihail Buraga, Romania | foggy forest reminds me about us everything blurry |
14th HIA Haiku Contest, 2012
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Tugomir Orak, Croatia | Two blackbirds fighting for a breadcrumb− sparrow is faster |
| Anusha Tennakoon, Japan | Air plane and bird different speeds but parallel | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Sitting Mountain, Ghana | the sweat of an alien boy at the border − wet midday |
| Tatjana Debeljački, Serbia | old chestnut tree with shadows of leaves − sky eagle | |
| John McDonald, Scotland | on every wall the graffiti of soldiers’ shadows | |
| Chen-ou Liu, Canada | a black swan my whisky glass emptied into the moon | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Seren Fargo, U.S.A. | unable to shut it out even when I close my eyes full moon |
| Scott Mason, U.S.A. | early thaw paw prints to oblivion | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | John Soules, Canada | full moon another moth ignites |
| Drago Štambuk, Croatia | On God’s image created. Fresh egg tinted by dirt | |
| Sam Cannarozzi, France | A lone empty bench memories rains wash away and the bus is late | |
| Irena Szewczyk, Poland | fresh flowers from her garden for her grave |
13th HIA Haiku Contest, 2011
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 726 Overseas haiku: 184 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Polona Oblak, Slovenia | not yet spring two swans on the lake not yet white |
| Grzegorz Sionkowski, Poland | in the amber the sun from years ago | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Pat Nelson, U.S.A. | town square the fiddle player nudges the moon |
| Roberta Beary, U.S.A. | weeping willow soldiers trudge by without a glance | |
| Cara Holman, U.S.A. | keeping vigil the silence of the stars | |
| Michael Nickels-Wisdom, U.S.A. | cherry blossoms thrown at a mirror in a dark room | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Vasile Moldovan, Romania | Silence of shrine— shadows of hands in prayer moving on the walls |
| Dietmar Tauchner, Austria | deep field sunflowers facing the secret | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Daniel Gahnertz, Sweden | curled up like an old cat— childhood memories |
| Stevie Strang, U.S.A. | summer’s end again mother asks if it’s still Tuesday | |
| Irena Szewczyk, Poland | a frog the prince in my garden incognito | |
| Constantin Stroe, Romania | End of vacation— deep in the wet sand |
12th HIA Haiku Contest, 2010
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Chen-ou Liu, Canada | autumn dusk … I stir my coffee anticlockwise |
| Kevin O’Donnell, New Zealand | the winter sun stretches your shadow as far as a seagull’s call | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Dubravko Korbus, Croatia | the first snowflakes hold down a bowed back of the scarecrow |
| Darrell Lindsey, U.S.A. | outside the asylum the vertigo of flowers | |
| Lyle Rumpel, Canada | night owl the forest grows between calls | |
| Roberta Beary, U.S.A. | cherry blossoms the incessant sound of mother’s cough | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Urszula Wielanowska, Poland | gondola emerges from the mist the end of the canto |
| Florentina Loredana Dalian, Romania | Leaving behind a sad lotus in bloom an alone rower | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | M. Fazio, Australia | the town clock chimes three—regretting my words |
| Valeria Simonova-Cecon, Italy | cold marble on St. John’s lips the unspoken word | |
| Robert Naczas, Ireland | idle morning— passing magpie steals my thought | |
| Malcolm Creese, U.K. | With only two notes the cuckoo says more than the blackbird ever can |
11th HIA Haiku Contest, 2009
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 824 Non-Japanese haiku: 299 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | Japanese haiku: 824 Non-Japanese haiku: 299 | |
| Winners (2) | Tomislav Ž. Vujčič, Serbia | Two invalids— me disabled veteran and a deer. |
| Owen Bullock, New Zealand | waterfowl drift into photos | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Pamela A. Babusci, U.S.A. | night of silence I find a river stone in my pocket |
Kirsten Cliff, New Zealand | winter afternoon one empty space in the library carpark | |
| Naomi Y. Brown, U.S.A. | moonlight— Spanish moss hung from tree ghost swaying | |
| Tatjana Stefanović, Serbia | summer shower: Donald Duck’s head peeping out of gutter-pipe | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Tatjana Stefanović, Serbia | Gliding to sea towers of sandy castle. Long lizard’s tail |
| Olga Hooper, U.S.A. | late autumn moonlight preserved in a glass jar | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | David Dayson, U.K. | ghosts of distant conflict still haunt— the unarmoured soul |
| Roberta Beary, U.S.A. | new coolness soldiers’ black boots crunch leaves of gold | |
| Željka Vučinić Jambrešić, Croatia | all the reed combed in one way the wind in a marsh | |
| Petar Tchouhov, Bulgaria | full moon the hole of his wedding ring |
10th HIA Haiku Contest, 2008
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 760 Non-Japanese haiku: 469 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Dietmar Tauchner, Austria | equinox the village in the light of time |
| Neal Woolery, U.S.A. | both silent on the phone— a cricket where I am a bird where she is | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Marijan Čekolj, Croatia | Early spring immense forest— all in one bud! |
| Lynn Graham, Canada | Morning mist on moors owned by ancient kings— feeding lambs |
9th HIA Haiku Contest, 2007
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 934 Non-Japanese haiku: 404 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | David Simmonds, Trinidad and Tobago | a firefly upon a crib: baby’s eyes twinkle |
| Stevan Mihailović, Serbia | above Danube sea-gulls and clouds hide-and-seek in the blue | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Adina Enachescu, Romania | At the waterfall ignoring the babble; a nightingale sings |
| Jerry Ball, U.S.A. | I’ll call him “Issa” … the fly who sits on my hand and says “Just resting … | |
| Dorota Pyra, Poland | winter walk my sonny hands me the mist of his breath | |
| Rosie Roumeliotis, Greece | mending tattered nets the fishermen pose for the painter | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Verica Živković, Serbia | cut down forest— behind the deer antlers waxing moon |
| Patricia J. Machmiller, U.S.A | at the waterfall sometimes I feel an answer sometimes … the wind | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Sam Yada Cannarozzi, France | the fine evening mist erases the lake’s far shore a bird’s screech remains |
| Grzegorz Sionkowski, Poland | awakening the rain from my dream still falling | |
| Dubravko Korbus, Croatia | Spring evening dew in the lilies the moon in the dew | |
| Terry Ann Carter, Canada | day moon dotting the snowy hillside five black cows |
8th HIA Haiku Contest, 2006
| Judges | Toru Kiuchi and Toshio Kimura | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 942 Non-Japanese haiku: 286 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Marshall Hryciuk, Canada | in darkness i await my voice |
| Bill West, U.S.A. | Although the tree’s dead， the birds do not forsake it; they stand guard on it. | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Marijan Čekolj, Croatia | In the fresh print of the calf’s hoof in the mud new form of water. |
| Mohammed Fakhruddin, India | Snow clad mountains shine, while interacting with moon; wolves on walk to dine！ | |
| Zoran Doderović, Serbia | Spring flood. Bunny’s ears peeping out from the ranger’s boot. | |
| Ferenc Bakos, Hungary | snowy funeral microphone-test: “one two three …” | |
| Toshio Kimura’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Jeremy Das, U.K. | a snowflake’s momentary pause― the ground so far below |
| Marijan Čekolj, Croatia | In the fresh print of the calf’s hoof in the mud new form of water. | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Grzegorz Sionkowski, Poland | autumn park a girl turns leaves right-side up |
| Tom Lowenstein U.K. | Low grey cloud. Against the wind the melancholy weight of one last heron. | |
| Francis Attard, Malta | War headline heron’s wings fold white | |
| Bruce Ross, U.S.A. | cool morning The Buddha’s eyes are still closed |
7th HIA Haiku Contest, 2005
| Judges | Tsunehiko Hoshino and Toru Kiuchi | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 834 Non-Japanese haiku: 309 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Tsunehiko Hoshino’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Yukiko Yamada, Japan | moving day one last look cherry blossoms |
| Paul Pfleuger Jr., Taiwan | a red balloon floating above the eagle cage | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Ljubomir Dragović, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Campfire― above the glowing faces the cold space |
| Helga Härle, Sweden | Rain on the roof― voices spreading in the room | |
| David Cobb, U.K. | Crossing the field bigger with each step my feet of snow | |
| Aleksandar Ševo, Montenegro | Lunch in the field The sky is all around even in the pot | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Jürgen Johansson, Sweden | the earthworm moves away from itself |
| Ion Codrescu, Romania | hydrangea— into this stillness the crescent moon | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Chad Lee Robinson, U.S.A. | the heavy swing of the mausoleum door autumn heat |
| Janelle Berrera, U.S.A. | bus ride home everyone notices my long stemmed rose | |
| Sandra Simpson, New Zealand | summer rain on the washing line five swallows | |
David Cobb, U.K. | on the raw red neck of a monk at his prayers a kneeling fly |
6th HIA Haiku Contest, 2004
| Judges | Tsunehiko Hoshinoand Toru Kiuchi | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 768 Non-Japanese haiku: 351 | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Tsunehiko Hoshino’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Nara Bauer, U.S.A. | morning fog the ferryman’s laugh drifts ashore |
| John Stevenson, U.S.A. | we go outside for cigarettes … and fireflies | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Željko Funda, Croatia | The old orchard The snail shell occupied by a cherry petal |
| Cor van den Heuvel, U.S.A. | tea in the garden as I shake the sugar packet cicada | |
| Johnette Downing, U.S.A. | ripples in the pond my mother’s face in mine | |
| Naomi Y. Brown, U.S.A. | resume returned an over ripe melon on the kitchen table | |
| Toru Kiuchi’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Stanford M. Forrester, U.S.A. | opening a jar of fireflies … starry night |
Željko Funda, Croatia | The old orchard The snail shell occupied by a cherry petal | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Ed Markowski, U.S.A. | sunset the deep red of an upturned radish |
| Earl R. Keener, U.S.A. | spring sunshine a spider web between railroad cars | |
| Slobodan Joksimović, Montenegro | lazy afternoon: resting in sun lizard and I | |
| Naomi Y. Brown, U.S.A. | wind farm one generator not in sync sunset |
5th HIA Haiku Contest, 2003
| Judges | Tsunihiko Hoshino and Shunichi Shibota | |
| Number of entries | Japanese haiku: 735 Non-Japanese haiku: 428 from 29 countries | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Tsunihiko Hoshino’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | John Bernard Ower, U.S.A. | from the fog that closed the airport— a honking of wild geese |
| Gilbert Donchez, France | A butterfly is using my shadow — Oppressive heat | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | Helen Buckingham, U.K. | back outside the gallery … an endless sky |
| Garry Gay, U.S.A. | Summer ends— another mountain to climb across the river | |
| Bruce Ross, U.S.A. | autumn afternoon a sunshower falls on one part of the street | |
| Trevor Christie, U.K. | crematorium— the flowers on the casket still attract a bee | |
| Shunichi Shibota’s selections | ||
| Winners (2) | Ernest J. Berry, New Zealand | night nurse I walk down a corridor of her perfume |
| Miloslav Doderović, Montenegro | Indian summer— two old men on the bench embracing their stiks | |
| Honorable Mention (4) | John Bird, Australia | fallen leaves sandflies spiral up a sunbeam |
| John Stevenson, U.S.A. | in a dream clouds contemplate me | |
| Jeanne Painchaud, Canada | the sky so pale this morning to doubt even the existence of stars | |
| Penny Harter, U.S.A. | into each jar of peach preserves the family stories |
4th HIA Haiku Contest, 2002
| Judges | Tsunihiko Hoshino and Shunichi Shibota | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Special Prize (4) | Alenka Zorman, Slovenia | a cargo ship how weightless in the flock of gulls |
| Tomislav Ž. Vujčić, Yugoslavia | two scarecrows— one in the field and I in the village | |
| Duvivier, Belgium | small butterfly in the whirlwind of the wind last day of summer | |
| Michael Nickels-Wisdom, U.S.A. | war approaching, a butterfly’s wing blown along | |
| Honorable Mention (8) | Gene Williamson, U.S.A. | autumn night campfire ashes flicker among the stars |
| Michael Dylan Welch, U.S.A. | chambers pulsing in the washed-up jellyfish— waning moon | |
| L.A. Davidson, U.S.A. | a distant boat not noticed until a sail is raised to the wind | |
| Darko Plažanin, Croatia | only the wind can step across the minefield | |
| Zoran Doderović, Yugoslavia | school vacation— shadows of pupils’ cups resting on the wall | |
Marinko Spanović, Croatia | with the sunrise a gang of bikers jerks into blossoming cherries | |
| Katherine Samuelowicz, Australia | moonglazed night visiting house after house my shadow | |
| Zlata Volarič, Slovenia | veter je danes poštar — po ulicinese razne reklame. the wind is the mailman today — down the street he carries various advertisements |
3rd HIA Haiku Contest, 2001
| Judges | Shunichi Shibota and Tsunehiko Hoshino | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Special Prize (3) | Ljubomir Dragović, Bosnia and Herzegovina | odours of spring. young bull’s horns sharpened by moon. |
| Roberta Beary, U.S.A. | no longer married only their shadows touch …… graduation day | |
| Winona Louise Baker, Canada | take the red-eye home with his ashes — he never liked flying |
2nd HIA Haiku Contest, 2000
| Judges | Tsunehiko Hoshino and Ryusai Takeshita | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Prize of HIA (4) | Vitomir Miletić Vitata, Yugoslavia | broken bridge a girl on the sandbar gathering shells. |
| Ernest J. Berry, New Zealand | siesta by the poplar tree a dog stirred | |
| L.A. Davidson, U.S.A. | upturned face …… high above the city a wedge of wild geese | |
| Dušan Mijalović Adski, Yugoslavia | the high chestnut tree …… a girl holding in her hands a fallen fledgling |
1st HIA Haiku Contest, 1999
| Judges | Kazuo Satō and Tsunehiko Hoshino | |
| Number of entries | Not stated | |
| Results reported / archived | HIA website | |
| Prize of HIA (3) | Alan J. Summers, U.K. | powdered snow— a crow’s eyes above the no parking sign |
| Patricia Christine Prime, New Zealand | flash of lightning children laugh behind curtains | |
| Bogoljub T. Mihajlović, Yugoslavia | summer noon— shadow of chestnut trees across the street |
Sources / Further Reading
- HIA Haiku Contest website: https://wp.haiku-hia.com/contest_en/nyusen/16.html