• The Snapshot Press Haiku Collection Competition 2006
• The Haiku Calendar Competition 2008

The Snapshot Press
Haiku Collection
Competition
2006

• 1st Prize
• Highly Commended
• Commended
• Entries
• 2007 Competition

1st Prize

Roberta Beary
The Unworn Necklace

Roberta Beary receives the first prize of £200/US $300.

The Unworn Necklace will be published in August 2007.

The collection can be pre-ordered online or by mail order.

third blizzard—
the untuned piano's
middle C

                   from here
                   to there
                   mother's silence

the sound of the name
i used to have
soft falling snow

                   first date—
                   the little pile
                   of anchovies

snowed in
the dog clicks
from room to room

                    all day long
                    i feel its weight
                    the unworn necklace

Highly Commended

In alphabetical order:

Marjorie Buettner (USA)
Gary Hotham (Germany)
Christopher Patchel (USA)

Ernest J. Berry (New Zealand)
Nola Borrell (New Zealand)
Helen Buckingham (England)
Glenn G. Coats (USA)
Anne LB Davidson (USA)
Joshua Gage (USA)
Helga Härle(Sweden)
Allen McGill (Mexico)
Victor Ortiz (USA)
Rob Scott (Australia)
Mathew V. Spano (USA)

Entries

30 entries to the contest were received.

2007 Competition

The format of the contest will be revised before the next deadline, which is likely to be in late 2007/early 2008. Details will be available shortly.

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The Haiku Calendar
Competition
2008

• Winners
• Runners-Up
• Adjudicator's Report

• pdf version of results
• 2009 Calendar
• 2009 Competition

Winners

January
‘Colonel Mustard’ — John Stevenson (USA)

February
‘white wind’ — Carolyn Hall (USA)

March
‘evening chill’ — Renée Owen (USA)

April
‘spring breeze’ — Kala Ramesh (India)

May
‘finally’ — Jack Barry (USA)

June
‘sunset’ — Kala Ramesh (India)

July
‘thunder moon’ — Marilyn Appl Walker (USA)

August
‘distant thunder’ — Jamie Edgecombe (England)

September
‘hurricane’ — Ernest J. Berry (New Zealand)

October
‘autumn rain’ — Chad Lee Robinson (USA)

November
‘touch of sleet’ — Matthew Paul (England)

December
‘the year passes’ — Kala Ramesh (India)

Each of these haiku features prominently in The Haiku Calendar 2009.
The Prize Money of £300/US $600 is divided equally between the 12 Winners.

Note to authors: Please use the following acknowledgements when publishing these haiku in collections.
Award Credit: Winner, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2008.
Publication Credit: The Haiku Calendar 2009 (Snapshot Press, 2008).

Runners-Up

Raquel D. Bailey (Jamaica)
‘afternoon’

Francine Banwarth (USA)
‘egg moon’

Jack Barry (USA)
‘end of summer’
‘lily pads’
‘your arm’

Roberta Beary (USA)
‘spring break’

Helen Buckingham (England)
‘Leonids night’

Simon Chard (Scotland)
‘freshening wind’
‘summer graffiti’

Glenn G. Coats (USA)
‘September dusk’

Ellen Compton (USA)
‘dandelion wind’
‘morning prayer’
‘snow on forsythia’
‘the tips of my fingers’

Cherie Hunter Day (USA)
‘sharing my plan’

Jamie Edgecombe (England)
‘streamside elms’

David Giacalone (USA)
‘ice floes’

Ferris Gilli (USA)
‘how I still fit’

Andrea Grillo (USA)
‘indian summer’

Carolyn Hall (USA)
‘dark comes early now’
‘year’s end’

Marilyn Hazelton (USA)
‘in bitter wind’

Keith Heiberg (USA)
‘evening walk’

Claire Knight (England)
‘windfall apples’

Daniel Liebert (USA)
‘old well-house’

Peggy Willis Lyles (USA)
‘oyster shells’

Kate MacQueen (USA)
‘his song’

Fonda Bell Miller (USA)
‘not yet day’

Christopher Patchel (USA)
‘milkweed puffs’

Matthew Paul (England)
‘solstice night’
‘summer’s end’

Vanessa Proctor (Australia)
‘breastfeeding’

Kala Ramesh (India)
‘passing clouds’

Chad Lee Robinson (USA)
‘buffalo bones’
‘stars at dawn’
‘train tracks’;

Dave Russo (USA)
‘summer dusk’

Sandra Simpson (New Zealand)
‘one egg’

Marilyn Appl Walker (USA)
‘winter drizzle’

Diana Webb (England)
‘popping balsam pods’

All runners-up are published in The Haiku Calendar 2009.

Note to authors: Please use the following acknowledgements when publishing these haiku in collections.
Award Credit: Runner-up, The Haiku Calendar Competition 2008.
Publication Credit: The Haiku Calendar 2009 (Snapshot Press, 2008).

Adjudicator's Report

Many thanks to everyone who entered this 10th annual contest, and to those who helped to publicize what is an internationally established annual haiku ‘event’.

This year 728 entries were received from 121 entrants residing in 17 countries across 4 continents:
USA (48 entrants), England (40), Scotland (6), Wales (6), Canada (5), Australia (3), New Zealand (2), N. Ireland (2), Cyprus (1), France (1), India (1), Ireland (1), Israel (1), Jamaica (1), Romania (1), Serbia (1), and Spain (1).

As ever, in the initial stage of adjudication each poem entered faced one simple criterion – its quality as a haiku. The shortlisted haiku were then judged according to their originality and relevance to their assigned months, particularly with regards to seasonal references.

With 52 haiku by 33 authors, the resulting 2009 calendar continues a rich tradition exploring and celebrating the continuing relevance of seasonal references in English-language haiku.

Many thanks again to all entrants for making both this contest and the calendar a worthwhile, and ongoing, experience. I would like to congratulate all the winning poets, and hope that their haiku will be widely appreciated throughout the coming year.

John Barlow