Judges’ Report:
Senior Section (18 & over): Judge Sandra Simpson
Category: Members’ News
Review of A Pause in the Conversation by Lynette Arden
Lynette Arden recently had her collection, A Pause in the Conversation published as part of Friendly Street New Poets #15.
Montage: The Book
The Haiku Foundation has released a haiku collection titled Montage: The Book
It includes:
Janice Bostok
Lorin Ford
Ron Moss
Artwork and art design by Ron Moss
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/publications/montage-the-book/
Haiku Now! Contest Results
On behalf of everyone at Haiku Oz, I would like to congratulate Lorin Ford for her recent win in the 2010 Haiku Now! Contemporary Haiku Competiton and Vanessa Proctor for taking out one of the runners-up awards.
Heron’s Nest Readers Award Results
On behalf of Haiku Oz I would like to congratulate Lorin Ford, Jo McInerney & Quendryth Young for their recent commendation in the Heron’s Nest Readers Awards.
It is always wonderful to see Australian names in the awards lists!
Quendryth Young wins 2010 Romanian Haiku Society International Competition
Quendryth Young has won the English-language section of the 2010 Romanian Haiku Society International Competition with this poem:
Easter Sunday
the monotonous call
of a wild pigeon
On behalf of all the members of Haiku Oz, I would like to congratulate Quendryth on this outstanding achievement.
Lorin Ford featured on Blogging Along Tobacco Road
Curtis Dunlap’s ‘Blogging Along Tobacco Road’ features many haiku poets from all over the world answering three questions which throw light on haiku poetics and practice.
Lorin Ford features in the first of the ‘3 Questions’ series for 2010:
http://tobaccoroadpoet.blogspot.com.au/2010/01/lorin-ford-three-questions.html
IHS International Haiku Competition 2009
On behalf of everyone at haiku Oz I would like to congratulate Cynthia Rowe for receiving a highly commended in the 2009 IHS International Haiku Competition.
A full listing of results is below:
The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the second IHS International Haiku Competition. This year we saw a significant increase in the number of participating authors. 218 haiku by poets from thirteen countries ( Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Poland, Portugal and Romania) were submitted to this year’s competition. Many of the submitted poems were from the island of Ireland. This year’s competition was adjudicated by Anthony “Anatoly” Kudryavitsky, and it was judged blindly. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.
1st Prize
Mary O’Keefe (Ireland)
November sunset
a galaxy of crows
quench the twilight
Interview with Maureen Sexton
Haiku on Friday recently conducted an interview with Maureen Sexton.
Australian Haiku Society 