Haiku Society of America Haibun Student Haiku Awards for 1996

Haiku Society of America Student Haiku Awards
in Memorial of Nicholas A. Virgilio

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Student Haiku Awards for 1996

Lee Gurga and Paul Mena
judges

 

No commentary available for this year.

first snow
the whole pomegranate
one seed at a time

Margaret Miller
Hopewell Valley Central High School, Age 17, grade 12, Pennington, NJ

 

silence I wait
for the starter’s pistol

Bryan Roberts
Waialua High School, Age 16, grade 10, Waialua, HI

rain
finding
the hole in my shoe

Adam Dodds
Wahlert High School Dubuque, Age 18, grade 12, IA

 

first date
her dog
likes me

Scott Splinter
Wahlert High School, Age 17, grade 12, Dubuque, IA

 

dark street
a lit cigarette
moves closer

Brian Mulligan
Wahlert High School, Age 18, grade 12, Dubuque, IA

 

Halloween
my feelings
behind a mask

Krista Dodds
Wahlert High School, Age 16, grade 11, Dubuque, IA

 

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The Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12 was founded in 1990 by the Sacred Heart Church in Camden, N.J. It is sponsored and administered 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. See the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association for more about Nick.

The Haiku Society of America cosponsors the contest, provides judges, and publishes the contest results in its journal, Frogpond, and on its Website (www.hsa-haiku.org). Judges' comments are added to the web site following publication in Frogpond.

Winners by Year (with judges' comments):

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For details about the contest rules, read the complete contest submission guidelines.

See the Haiku Society of America publication of the award winning haiku and senryu:

Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition Anthology

edited by Randy M. Brooks
designed by Ignatius Fay

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