Haiku Society of America Senryu Awards for 2013

Haiku Society of America Senryu Award
in Memorial of Gerald Brady

2013

Judges: Alan S. Bridges & Michele L. Harvey
See 2013 judges' comments.

First Prize

middle age
in the mirror
the turn toward it

Peter Newton

 

Second Prize

wedding day
the time he takes
to knot the tie

Marylyn Appl Walker

 

Third Prize

stick figures
including one
i recognize

John Stevenson

 

Honorable Mentions (unranked)

boy girl party
the slow speed
of the blender

Michelle Schaefer

 

life and death decisions
the need to feel
the satin lining

Julie Warther

 

perfect storm the perfume not hers

 Ernest Berry

 

phantom pain—
the shape of her
in a stranger

 Jayne Miller

 

 

 

 

 

These awards for unpublished haiku were originally made possible by Mrs. Harold G. Henderson in memory of Harold G. Henderson, who helped found The Haiku Society of America.

Winners by Year:

| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |

See the complete collection of award-winning haiku from all previous Senryu Award competitions. 

See the contest rules for entering the next Haiku Society of America Senryu Award.