Results of the World Haiku Series 2022

It is my great delight and honor that I announce the results of the World Haiku Series 2022.

Thanks to the enthusiasm and support of haiku poets and haiku lovers around the world, we had congratulatory poems submitted in both Japanese and English.

We also had 130 submissions sent in Japanese, English, Russian, and Chinese. 

Each writer’s haiku appear twice on the website.

First of all, the haiku are posted as they were.

Two days later, some comments appear along with Japanese translations of some haiku.

Congratulatory Haiku (3)

To our great delight, we had 27 congratulatory haiku presented from 5-year-old children at Aishin Preschool and Yotsuba Preschool in Shirataka Town, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Furthermore, we had 7 congratulatory haiku and 3 congratulatory haiga presented by Zoe Grant, an 8-year-old haiku poet in New Zealand.

We also had 5 congratulatory haiku and 10 congratulatory chopstick paintings presented by Aino Shinyō, a KOTODAMA poetry artist in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Submissions (130)

We express our sincere gratitude to the authors who kindly and delightedly sent their fine works of haiku, photo haiku, or haiga, and photos.

We share their excellent works with our friends all over the world on the website.

We give a presentation of haiku by each poet and also introduce remarks.

We sincerely hope that their works of haiku are deeply, highly, and thoroughly appreciated through the presentation and the comments of haiku.

We also hope that haiku impress you and linger in your hearts.

Authors (130)

Adjei Agyei-Baah, Alan Summers, Alenka Zorman, Alessandra Delle Fratte, Alex Malley,

Aljoša Vuković, Anita Bacha, Anna Kasenkova, Arvinder kaur, Ashok K. Bhargava,

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Barbara Olmtak, Ben Grafström, Bina Sarkar Ellias,

Carmela Marino, Charlotte Digregorio, Chen Xiaoou, Christina Chin,

Christiane Ranieri, Corine Timmer,

Daniela Misso, Danijela Grbelja, David McMurray, Debbie Strange,

Dmitry Shestakovsky, Doreia Ragheb Yaseen, Dragan J. Ristić, Dubravko Korbus,

Djurdja Vukelić Rožić,

Ed Bremson, Elena Asch, Eufemia Griffo,

Florin Golban, Franjo Ordanić, Frank J. Tassone,

Galimzyanov Ayrat, Geethanjali Rajan, GILLENA COX, Giuliana Ravaglia,

Gordana Vlašić, Goutam Dutta,

Harvey Jenkins, Helen Buckingham, Henryk Czempiel, Hidenori Hiruta, Hifsa Ashraf,

Isabella Kramer,

Jessica Allyson, Jim Force, Jim Kacian, Jorge Alberto Giallorenzi, Julia Guzmán,

Kala Ramesh, Karen O’Leary, Kimberly Olmtak Gomes, Koroleva Natalia,

Lakshmi Iyer, Lan Diep, Lavana Kray, Li Xiao, Liudmila Skrebneva,  Ljiljana Dobra,

Lisa Fox, Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Lucia Cardillo, Luciana Moretto, Luminita Suse,

Manoj Sharma, Margherita Petriccione, Marina Cheremisova, Maria Concetta Conti,

Maria Teresa Piras, Marilyn Humbert, Mark Miller, Marta Chocilowska,

Michael O’Brien, Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan, Mike Gallagher, Milan Rajkumar,

Milan Rupčić, Mircea Moldovan,  Mirela Brăilean, Mona Bedi, Mona Iordan,

Nadejda Kostadinova, Nadezhda Bezmenova, Nani Mariani, Natalia Kuznetsova,

Neena Singh, Nina Kovačić,

Philomene Kocher, Polina Pecherskaya, Pravat Kumar Padhy, Priscilla Lignori,

Ram Chandran, Ram Krishna Singh, Ravi Kiran, Refika Dedić, Reshida Coba,

Richa Sharma, Rika Inami, Rina Albert, Roberta Beach Jacobson, R. Suresh babu,

Sally Quon, Samo Kreutz, Sankara Jayanth Sudanagunta, Sanjuktaa Asopa, Shanmao,

Silva Trstenjak, Sherry Grant, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Susan Bonk Plumridge,

Susan Spooner, Štefanija Ludvig,

Teji Sethi, Tsugoshi Toshiaki,

Vandana Parashar, Vida jalili, Vilma Knežević, Vishnu Kapoor, Vitaly Svirin,

Vladimir Ludvig, Vladislav Hristov,

Xenia Tran,

Yuko Hirota,

Zana Coven, Zdenka Mlinar, Željko Funda, Zhelyko Funda

Submissions were sent from the following 37 countries:

Albania (1), Argentina (2), Australia (4), Belarus (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Bulgaria (2), Canada (12), China (1), Croatia (18), England (2), France (1), Germany (1), Ghana (1), India (21), Iran (1), Ireland (1), Italy (12), Japan (4), Malaysia (1), Mauritius (1), Nepal (1), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Philippines (1), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Romania (5), Russia (11), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Slovenia (2), Suriname (1), Syria (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (2), USA (10)

Presentations (December 24, 2022 – February 10, 2024)

2022

Dec. 24 　World Haiku Series 2022 Congratulations!   Children in Japan

Dec. 25   World Haiku Series 2022 Congratulations! Zoe Grant in New Zealand

Dec. 26　 World Haiku Series 2022 Congratulations! 愛乃心葉 in Japan

Dec. 27  World Haiku Series 2022, Congratulations! Pravat Kumar Padhy and Aditri Mishra

2023

Jan. 1   World Haiku Series 2022 (1) Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah (Ghana)

Jan. 3   World Haiku Series 2022 Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah   

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2024

Jan. 1   World Haiku Series 2022 (118) Haiku by Vandana Parashar (India)

Jan. 3   World Haiku Series 2022 Haiku by Vandana Parashar

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Feb. 8   World Haiku Series 2022 (130) Haiku by Zhelyko Funda (Croatia)

Feb. 10  World Haiku Series 2022 Haiku by Zhelyko Funda

Closing Haiku of World Haiku Series 2022

Feb. 11  World Haiku Series 2022 (131)

        Haiku by Paul Callus (Malta)

Feb. 13  World Haiku Series 2022

        Haiku by Paul Callus

Feb. 14  World Haiku Series 2022 (132)

        Haiku by Dinko Sule (Croatia)

Feb. 16  World Haiku Series 2022

        Haiku by Dinko Sule

Feb. 18  World Haiku Series 2022 (133)

        Haiku by Angiola Inglese-Rapallo (Italy)

Feb. 20  World Haiku Series 2022

        Haiku by Angiola Inglese-Rapallo

Feb. 21  World Haiku Series 2022 (134)

　　 Haiku by Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo (Netherlands)

Feb. 23  World Haiku Series 2022

      　Haiku by Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

Feb. 24  World Haiku Series 2022 (135)

        Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova (Bulgaria)

Feb. 26  World Haiku Series 2022

        Haiku by Alexandra Ivoylova

E-book “World Haiku Series 2022 EARTH”

We are going to publish the E-book “World Haiku Series 2022 EARTH” in April, 2024.

We will think about the contents after the presentations of the series are over in February, 2024.

Global Haiku Contest 2024

We are planning to host the Global Haiku Contest 2024 from August 1 through October 31, 2024.

The contest has 5 categories: Japanese, English, Russian, Chinese, and Hindi.

We sincerely hope that you will willingly submit your haiku to this contest, if realized.

Hidenori Hiruta

Chief Director

The Akita International Haiku Network