HNA 2013 Haiku Contest  Results

The Haiku North America contest results were announced at the Saturday night banquet.  Contest chair, Don Baird, reports that we received almost 1500 haiku from over 150 poets!   The contest judge was Garry Gay.  Entries were free.

First Place - $150

camellia floating
in a white cup
snow on mount fuji


    N. E. Taylor

Second Place - $100

windblown -
a dandelion
colonizes

     Diana Jeong

Third Place - $50

downtown
pointing the way
with her cigarette

     Bill Kenney

Honorable Mention

first snow...
the shape of a grandchild
beneath the quilt

    Terri French


long night
a snow fort
of dreams

    John Stevenson


moonless night
a cormorant fisherman
tightens the leash

   Andre Surridge

hospice
a hint of spring
in his window box


   Ernest J. Berry


butterfly garden
scraps of conversation
float by

   Brad Bennett

Thanks to everyone who entered!