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Haiku News - Croatia: Children's Haiku Festival

 

The Association of Croatian Haiku Poets
6th CHILDREN'S HAIKU FESTIVAL
ZAGREB  2003

The Association of Croatian Haiku Poets, led by Višnja McMaster, President and Vladimir Devidé sponsors an annual international haiku contest for children. Mrs. McMaster, who is the contest's founder, teaches haiku to children and has designed a game of "Haiku Cards" to help children learn haiku. The club's magazine, Haiku is edited by Mrs. McMaster and Mr. Devidé.

The 6th Annual Children's Haiku Festival contest brought in haiku submissions from children and students around the world. Winners are from Serbia, Montenegro, England, Wales and Canada. Locally, the festival events included workshops on origami, art and haiku, refreshments and contests.

To learn more about the Association of Croatian Haiku Poets,  its children's festival and contests, please contact Visnja McMaster at:

visnja.mcmaster@zg.tel.hr

or

Fuljatkov breg 32
Markusevec, Zagreb 10060
Tel./fax: 385-1-4574 519

PRIZES

I. CATEGORY: HAIKU

1st Prize

1. Bojana Đorđević, 9, Smederevo, Serbia and Montenegro

black dog dreaming.....................
on the pile of fallen leaves –
first snowflakes

crni pas sniva
na hrpi otpalog lišća -
prve pahulj

2nd Prize

1. Tom Young, 11, Thomas Adams School, Wem, UK

deep blue
the boats drift through
a fishy smell

duboka plavet
brodice su nošene
kroz miris ribe

2. Thomas Moses, 7th grade, The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire, ....England, UK

a man drifting
the soft breeze slips through
his hair

čovjek se skiće
meki mu vjetrić prolazi
kroz kosu

3. Filip Stojanovski, 14, Novi sad, Serbia and Montenegro

in the dusk
over the dark red sky
the first geese

u sumrak
preko bordo neba
prve guske

3rd Prize

1. Mustafa Abdi , 12, Lester Somaliland Association, England UK

Mentor: Paul Conneally

closed eyes
sound of the wind
in my hair

zatvorene očithe
zvuk vjetra
u mojoj kosi

2. Rhys Llewellyn, 9, Cwmbach Junior School Wales, UK

Mentor: Paul Conneally

I can hear
on the little breeze
new buds

musicčujem glazbu
na malom povjetarcu
novi pupoljci

3. Karisa Bingley, 12, the Magrath Junior High School, Canada

Mentor: DeVar Dahl

the kitten
the wool socks hanging
on the line

batsmačić udara
vunene sokne što vise
na konopcu

II. CATEGORY: ILLUSTRATED HAIKU

1st Prize

1. Joseph Conneally, 7, Charnwood, UK, for digital photo-haiga

after the race
she lies crying on the floor
sun behind the clouds

nakon utrke
ona leži na podu plačući
sunce iza oblaka

 

 

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Permission to publish the winning haiku of The Association of Croatian Haiku Poets
6th CHILDREN'S HAIKU FESTIVAL ZAGREB  2003 given by Visnja McMaster

 

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