A haiku by AHS member Lorin Ford has been voted equal second in the Presence # 54 ‘Best-of-issue Award’. Her prize is two free issues of Presence (with results in Presence #55, June 2016):
migrating eels
the warp and the weave
of creek water
AHS member Madhuri Pillai has had two poems selected as haiku of merit, each in different sections of the June 2016 edition of World Haiku Review (magazine of World Haiku Club):
https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/june-2016
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A poem by AHS member Lyn Reeves has been selected as a haiku of merit in the Shintai section of the June 2016 edition of World Haiku Review (magazine of World Haiku Club):
lowering sun—
in its glow
a lacework of leaves
Melbourne-based haiku poet Robyn Cairns will be holding a launch of her new chapbook In Transit at the Dancing Dog Café (42A Albert Street, Footscray – phone: 03 – 9689 2566), between 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. on Sunday, 17 July. All are welcome. Please RSVP to Robyn at rbcairns@gmail.com ASAP.
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An entry by Australian haiku poet Rodney Williams has been Commended in the 2015 Little Haiku Contest, as judged by Jim Kacian for the Three Rivers Haiku Association in Croatia. Continue reading “Rodney Williams – Commended in Croatia”
Working in collaboration with Ferris Gilli, Australian haiku poet Ron C. Moss has come first in the HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Memorial Renku Awards Collection for 2016.
Continue reading “Ron C. Moss – joint winner of HSA Renku Award 2016”
With the following poem, Australian haiku poet Simon Hanson has won first prize in the Jane Reichhold Haiku Prize, as recently announced at the 14th Annual Ukiah Haiku Festival in the United States:
hallway mirror
a vase of flowers
made of light
Annette Makino of California came second in this contest, with Scott Mason of New York third.
Sandra Simpson and Elaine Riddell from New Zealand both featured among the Honourable Mentions.
First prize – Ruth Powell, Prince George, BC, Canada
Second prize – Owen Bullock, Canberra, Australia
Third prize – Liz Fenn, Wellsville, NY, USA
Honourable Mentions – Rodney Williams, Trafalgar, Australia
See Australian haiku below, along with full results (and judge Tom Clausen’s comments) at this link:
http://www.haikucanada.org/awards/BettyDrevniokAward2016.pdf Continue reading “The Betty Drevniok Award 2016 Results”
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