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The Results of the Tenth HIA Haiku Contest
The Award ceremony for theTenth HIA Haiku Contest was held at
Tokyo Kaikan from 11:00 till 14:00, on monday November 10th,
2008. The six prizes were presented to the winners by representatives
of the four Japanese haiku organizations and the two companies sponsoring
the prizes. Lectures by David McMurray
and the reception party followed.
The Tenth HIA Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Haiku International Association,
Supported by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, The Japan Times
| Number of submission |
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Japanese haiku 760
Non Japanese haiku 469
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| The announcement and comments on the winning haiku |
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The announcement of the winners of the Japanese
haiku and comments were given by Okubo Hakuson (Director
of HIA).
The announcement and the comments on the non Japanease haiku
were given by Kiuchi Toru (Director of HIA).
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the 10th : 2008
| Haiku in Japanese |
| Translations by Miyashita Emiko |
Judges :
Inahata Teiko, Takaha Shugyô, Uda Kiyoko, Kogure Gôhei, Arima Akito, Hoshino Tsunehiko, Bôjô Nakako, Kurahashi Yôson, Nagata Ryûtarô, Yamazaki Hisao, Miyazu Akihiko, Ôkubo Hakuson, Yamazaki Satoshi ,Yasuhara Yô, Katô Kôko, Yamada Hiroko, Ôtaka Mukai, Kashiwabara Min-u
The Haiku International Association Award
| chichi no hi to dare mo kizukazu owari keri |
| Meguro-ku, Fumio Takabayashi |
Father's Day|
it ends unnoticed
by anyone |
| hanbun wa shikararete iru natsuyasumi |
| Jyôetsu-shi, Toshiko Fujii |
half of it spent
being scolded|
the summer holidays
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The Association of Haiku Poets Award
| kono hoshi ni tsukanoma ikite daiko maku |
| Komaki-shi, Shigezo Suzuki |
on this planet
I live a brief period of time,
sowing daikon seeds |
The Modern Haiku Association Award
| maronie no pari koinikeri tochi sakeba |
| Osaka-shi, Teiko Nishigami |
I long for Paris
with its horse chestnut trees . . .
the Japanese horse chestnut in bloom |
The Association of Japanese Classical Haiku Award
| aruitemo aruitemo tôhanabi kana |
| Yao-shi, Etsuko Yonezawa |
| walking on walking on yet the fireworks still afar |
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award
| dandanto ningen rashiku naru kakashi |
| Kitakyûshû-shi, Ryûkichi Matsumoto |
gradually becoming
more like a human
the scarecrow |
The Japan Times Award
| asshiji no takaki seidô kotori kuru |
| Kôbe-shi, Toshiko Kumaoka |
a tall church
in Assisi|
little birds congregating |
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Judges :
Kiuchi Toru, Kimura Toshio
Prize Winners
Selected by Toru Kiuchi
equinox
the village in the light
of time
Dietmar Tauchner,
Austria
both silent on the phone|
a cricket where I am
a bird where she is
Neal Woolery, U.S.A.
Selected by Toshio Kimura
Early spring
immense forest|
all in one bud!
Marijan Čekolj ,
Croatia
Morning mist
on moors owned by ancient kings|
feeding lambs
Lynn Graham,
Canada
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