Haiku Festival

  • Haiku Fest Judges

  • We gratefully acknowledge the following judges who gave their time, talent and treasures to support Haiku Festival 2007:

    Carolyn Aguila
    poet, author of
    Flirting with Rhyme

    Marilyn Allen
    poet and healthcare administrator

    Katriél
    author of Night Fall, VP
    Chicago Writers’ Collective

    Renée K. Moore
    poet, educator
    Cave Canem Alumna

    Sidney Simmons
    writer, photographer and master chef

    Valerie Martt Wallace, poet,
    founder:
    DeepDishPoemAMonth.com
    Administrative Manager:
    University of Chicago
    Philosophy Dept.
    -since 2004

    Michael Covenant Watson
    poet, host of Wordslingers WLUW, 88.7 FM

--Fraser Brown, 1st Prize winner

  • Haiku Fest 2007 Winners

  • Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all participating student poets. Thanks to over 700 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. For more information on the event, click here.
  • We proudly announce the following commendations:
    • First Prize: $100
    • [Untitled]
      Telephone tightropes
      No parasols, words walk in
      This circus city
    • Fraser Brown, Age 14, Grade 8
      University of Chicago Lab School
    • Second Prize: $50
    • “My Weekend of Joy"
      Camping with my Dad
      Slow burning logs in the fire
      Lifetime memories
    • Riley Lyvers, Age 9, Grade 4
      High Point School, Orland Park, IL
    • Third Prize: (two-way tie): $25
    • “Parents!”
      Parents are funny
      When they look like volcanoes
      About to explode!
    • Jazmin Castillo, Age 12, Grade 7
      Rufino Tamayo School, Chicago
    • Third Prize: (two-way tie): $25
    • “Migration”
      Hooves pound like thunder
      warning of a long journey
      on vast open plains
    • Thomas Gariti, Age 14, Grade 8
      University of Chicago Lab School
    • Founders Award: $20
    • [Untitled]
      You haunt all my thoughts
      I breed you here—now—somehow
      My heart keeps beating
    • Stephanie Munoz, Age 14, Grade 7
      Lee School, Chicago
    • Honorable Mention:
    • “Milk”
      I was drinking milk
      And then it spilled on my legs
      It looked like a stream
    • Mallory Gonzalez, Age 10, Grade 5
      St. Benedict, Chicago
    • Honorable Mention:
    • “A Man at War”
      A man was at war
      He missed his dad very much
      He came back alive
    • Luis Colindres, Age 12, Grade 7
      St. Benedict, Chicago
    • Honorable Mention:
    • ”Snakes”
      Silky Slimy Soft
      Sneaky Slippery Sliding
      Slithering Snakes SSSSSSS
    • Kevin Camacho, Age 12, Grade 7
      Lee School, Chicago
    • Honorable Mention:
    • “A Rude Awakening”
      A bitter morning
      Frost forms on the window ledge
      The alarm clock sounds
    • Jack Burns, Age 13, Grade 8
      University of Chicago Lab School
    • Honorable Mention:
    • “Sunset”
      The sunset is near
      Go watch the end of the day
      And dazzle your eyes
    • Sydney Torres, Age 10, Grade 5
      St. Benedict, Chicago
    • Honorable Mention:
    • [Untitled]
      Melting sensation
      Luminescent smells approach
      Carnival sunshine
    • Megan Nash, Age 14, Grade 8
      University of Chicago Lab School

  • Haiku Fest Deadline: Saturday, 26 February 2011 @ MIDNIGHT

  • Haiku Festival Awards will be issued on:
    Saturday, 30 April 2011
    10:00 AM
    Harold Washington Library
    400 South State Street
    Chicago, Illinois
  • Special Guest: TBA

  • FREE Admission


  • Contact Information

  • eMail:  Info@HaikuFest.com
  • Mail:    Haiku Fest
                   Post Office Box 450
                   Chicago, IL 60690
  • Phone:  312-458-9898