CONTEST RESULTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Thank you to the Judges who awarded my haiku a merit award in Montenegro's First International Haiku Festival (ME) 2017
heat wave
the house fly drinks
my beer
Thank you to the Judges who selected my work for the Haiku Submission Collection in the 9th Yamadera Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest (Japan) 2017
withered leaves
the old woman
totters away
a month of rain
watching the paddocks
pucker up
Thank you to the Judges of the H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest 2017 (US) who short listed my haiku:
departed son
the chess board left
as it was
Thank you to the Judges of the Sharpening the Green Pencil 2017 Contest organised by the Romanian Kukai Group who selected my haiku from those submitted to be included in the book of the contest (viewable online).
bottling day
spiders eyes
in the foam
Thank you to Ruth Arnison for including one of my haiku in the Spring 2016 edition of the "Poems in the Waiting Room" card that is delivered free to medical waiting rooms, hospices, prisons and rest homes each season.
spring arrives
even birds
tidy nests
Thank you to Haiku from Ohanami Haiku Recital, Sofia, 2016
confetti breeze
married once more
in cherry blossom
бриз от конфети
пак се женя
сред вишнев цвят
Thank you to Ruth Arnison for including one of my haiku in the Spring 2016 edition of the "Poems in the Waiting Room" card that is delivered free to medical waiting rooms, hospices, prisons and rest homes each season.
spring arrives
even birds
tidy nests
Thank you to Dr Jacqui Murray for including a number of my haiku in the Winter 2016 dedicatory haiku only farewell edition of paperwasp: a journal of haiku. Enquiries about purchasing this collectors and final quarterly print edition can be made to: [email protected].
sunlight
also rests
bamboo grove
spring rain
for a while beet leaves
tambourines
summer gums
stepping into
the cathedral
Thank you to the Judges who selected my work for the Selected Haiku Submission Collection in the 8th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest (Japan) 2016.
agapanthus
the old head
of a dog
summer pond
the shape
of a fish kiss
Thank you to the Judges of the European Haiku Prize 2016 organised by the European Haiku Society who selected my haiku from 1600 haiku from 79 countries to be included in the EHS Anthology.
window breath
the outside world a
sume-i painting
Thank you to the Judges of the Sharpening the Green Pencil 2016 Contest organised by the Romanian Kukai Group who selected my haiku from those submitted to be included in the book of the contest (viewable online).
summer day
bees paparazzi
the meadow
Thank you to the Haiku Foundation and to Sandra Simpson for selecting one of my haiku to be included in the 2016 "World of Haiku" for the month of June to represent New Zealand in the "Haiku by NZ Poets Past and Present" selection.
My thanks to Judge Jim Kacian and the organisers of "A Little Haiku Contest" by Magazine Iris (Croatia) for commending my entry:
moonfaced
the footpath home
full of stumbles
My thanks to the Judges (Mr Toshio Kimura) of the 17th HIA Haiku Contest (Akita International Haiku Network) 2015 (Japan) for the selection of my entry as an Honourable Mention:
a handful
would suffice
mountain stars
Thank you to the Judges for giving my entry an Honourable Mention in the 2015 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational (CAN):
so light
yet blossom ripples
reach the edge
Thank you to Bruce Ross and the Bangor Haiku Group in the US for awarding my entry an Honourable Mention in the 2015 Autumn Moon Haiku contest:
autumn moon
the dog and I walk
on moonbeams
My thanks to the Panel of Judges of the Italian Haiku Association 2015 International Matsuo Basho Award for giving my entry an Honourable Mention.
closed eyes
I hear the bumblebee
stop
Thank you to Judge Muriel Cowan for selecting my haiku submission as the winner (joint) of the 2015 Online Poetry Competition run by the Tararua District Library (open to all poetry forms) in honour of National Poetry Day (NZ).
winter revel
taste of the Caribbean
under a brolly
spring shoots
the constant judgment
of clocks
new born daisies
running like
a child
first blossoms
following telephone calls
down the road
Thank you to the Judges of the Sharpening the Green Pencil 2015 Contest who selected my haiku to be included in the book of the contest (viewable online).
last light
the wonder of bird song
between the shelling
My thanks to the Judges of the Akita International Haiku Network (Japan) 3rd Japan - Russia Haiku Contest for selecting my entry from over 1,100 entries for inclusion in the Haiku Special section of the 6th volume of the "Akita - the land of poetry" pamphlet.
Motien Pass
in the hoof prints
a flower
Thank you to the Judges who selected my work for the Haiku Submission Collection in the 7th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest (Japan) 2015.
bird song thinner
this first day
of winter
moonlight
shadow women scrub
palace steps
Thank you to Editor Dr Ross for commending my work for inclusion in the "We" Society Poetry Anthology 2015 (NZ) organised by printablereality.com and its partners.
Many thanks to the organisers of the 4th Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest (Japan), photographer Seiichi Morimura and to David McMurray for highlighting my entry in the 2015 contest.
Matsuyama bay
ancestors come and go
with the tide
My thanks to Mr Weiss and the jury of the International Capoliveri Haiku Contest (Italy) for selecting me as one of the contributing authors for the 2014 anthology.
island memories
laughter and fireflies drift
across the table
Thank you to the Judges of the Golden Triangle BID/Japan Information Culture Center (JICC) Golden Haiku Contest (USA) for giving my entry an Honourable Mention and displaying it (with others) in the city during the winter months of 2015.
bare branches
a procession of birds
to the tea house
Thank you to the editors of Diogen pro culture magazine for including my submission in the 2014 New Year Greeting Card.
old men talk on
no time to hope or grieve for
another year
Thank you to Judge Marco Fraticelli for giving my entry an honourable mention in the 2014 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational (CAN):
cherry blossom
running fingertips
over names
Thank you to Judge Belinda Diepenheim for highly commending my entry in the 2014 Online Poetry Competition run by the Tararua District Library (open to all poetry forms) in honour of National Poetry Day (NZ):
harakeke
withering winds
kick the dunes
Thank you to the Judges who selected my work for the Haiku Submission Collection in the 6th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest (Japan) 2014.
dawn
sound of the lake
between the oars
waiting room
blowfly's path
repeating
Thank you to the Judges of the Sharpening the Green Pencil 2014 Contest organised by the Romanian Kukai Group who selected my haiku from those submitted to be included in the book of the contest (viewable online).
all too soon
the tea pot
cold
My thanks to Mr Weiss and the jury of the International Capoliveri Haiku Contest (Italy) for selecting me as one of the contributing authors for the 2013 anthology.
Thank you to Bruce Ross and the Bangor Haiku Group in the US for awarding my entry second place in the 2013 Autumn Moon Haiku contest:
there is only
the cricket
the autumn moon
All poetry © Steven Clarkson 2012-2017 (no reproduction or other use of any work in whole or in part without prior written permission from the author)