Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards for 2023
James Chessing and Sondra J. Byrnes, judges
of the best books published in 2022
see the judges commentaryHAIKU BOOK AWARDS:
First Place
Where Rain Would Stay: The Haiku Poetry of Peggy Willis Lyles, Edited by John Barlow & Ferris Gilli, Snapshot Press, 2022
Second Place
Peter Newton. Glide Path. Winchester, VA; Red Moon Press, 2022
Third Place
John Hawkhead. Bone Moon. Uxbridge, UK; Alba Publishing, 2022
Honorable Mentions (not ranked but in alphabetical order by author)
Brad Bennett, A Box of Feathers, Red Moon Press, 2022
Bill Cooper. Rounded by the Sea. Winchester, VA; Red Moon Press
Bruce H. Feingold, Everything with an Asterisk, Red Moon Press, 2022
Aaron Barry, Eggplants & Teardrops: A Haiku Collection, 2022
See the complete listing of all awards as well as the 2023 judges commentary at this page: Merit Book Awards 2023.
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HSA Virgilio Memorial Student Haiku Awards for 2023
The Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Student Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
Founded by the Sacred Heart Church in Camden, NJ, and co-sponsored by the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association in memory of Nicholas A. Virgilio, a charter member of the Haiku Society of America, who died in 1989. The Haiku Society of America is also a co-sponor of the contest, providing judges, and publishing the results in Frogpond and on the HSA Web site.
Virgilio Student Haiku Contest
The judges for the 2023 competition were Erin Castaldi and Scott Mason. See the web page of comments from the judges. Here are the winning haiku:
held in winter branches
a fading moon's
broken lightAlmila Dükel — Grade 12, Mugla, Turkey
wind-brushed pond
light breaks through
dragonfly wingsAlmila Dükel — Grade 12, Mugla, Turkey
kingfisher chatter
in the wind
her tousled hairGrace Keil-Vai — Grade 9, Pago Pago, American Samoa
farmer's wagon
dust settles
till dawnElsa Krol — Grade 8, Pennsylvania, USA
Rosh Hashanah
her apple cake recipe
scribbled in GermanRachel Morrison — Grade 8, Georgia, USA
night without clouds
she holds the moonlight
gentlyMingyuan Wu — Grade 12, Colorado, US
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