2018 Haiku competition in celebration of our 50th birthday.

First Place - Isby Fleishmann

Second Place - Elizabeth Bennet

Tied second place.

Second Place - Jimi Scheid

Tied second place.

View the gallery to see all submissions for the 2018 Haiku competition.

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Judging the submissions

All the haikus submitted were given a number and the author’s name removed as part of our blind judging process. Our panel of 3 judges then evaluated each poem against the following criteria:

Relevance to the theme
Creativity/Style and Originality
Coherence of form and structure (harmony of words, presentation)
Clarity of imagery and language

Each judge awarded a score of 1 to 5 in relation to each of the criteria, with 5 being excellent. These were then tallied to give an overall score.