Italian International Haiku Competition results 2014
The 2014 Italian International Haiku Competition saw 450 poets enter from all over the world, with 942 haiku received. Organisers extend their thanks to each poet who participated, as well as to all other people and organisations providing support in the promotion and judging of the contest.
In this twelfth edition of the Italian International Haiku Competition (2014), conducted through Cascina Macondo, major winners were:
FIRST PRIZE IN INDIVIDUAL SECTION:
Giorno dei mòrti -
il jisei di mìo padre
sul segnalibro
All Souls’ Day -
my father’s jisei
on the bookmark
Terryn Frans, Belgium
FIRST PRIZE IN GROUP SECTION:
Nell’òrto di nònno
i fioro per la tàvola
nònna èra viva
in grandpa’s garden
the flowers for the table
granny was alive
Mangia Anna, Turin
Elementary School Silvio Pèllico – Class 3C Project MUS-E (teacher – Carla Chiarlone)
Thanks not only to the judging panel, but also to the honorary judges: Ban’ya Natsuishi (Japan), Danilo Manera (Italy), David Cobb (England), Jim Kacian (USA), Max Verhart (Netherlands), Visnja Mcmaster (Croatia) and Zinovy Vayman (Russia).
(AHS Secretary’s footnote: Thanks likewise to Riccardo Velardi for translation.)