Haiku Festival
  • Do You Haiku?

  • Submit ONE original poem to Haiku Festival 2010 for a chance to win cash awards and prizes.

    Poets must be between 8 and 14 years old. Each poet may submit only ONE original poem.

    For questions, please email us at Info@HaikuFest.com or call the Haiku Festival Office at 312-458-9898.

  • Participating Schools

  • Agassiz Elementary
    St. Agnes of Bohemia
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Amelia Earhart School
    Amos Alonzo Stagg
    St. Angela Elementary
    Annie Keller Gifted Center
    Arnold Mireles Academy
    Arthur Dixon Elementary
    Avalon Park Elementary
    Barbara Ann Sizemore
       Charter School
    St. Bartholomew Elementary
    Beasley Academic Center
    Bellejoix Conservatory
      for Higher Learning
    St. Benedict Elementary
    Benjamin Mays Academy
    St. Bernadette Elementary
    Betty Shabazz International
       Charter School
    Bouchet Elementary Math
      and Science Academy
    St. Cajetan Elementary
    Carlos Fuentes UNO Charter
    Carson Elementary
    Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
    Century Junior High
    Chicago Children’s Choir
       Academy
    CICS Avalon*
    CICS Basil*
    CICS Belden*
    CICS Bucktown*
    CICS Prairie Campus*
    Children of Peace Elementary
    St. Clement Elementary
    St. Christina Elementary
    St. Daniel the Prophet
    Dawes Elementary
    DeWitt Clinton
    Drake Elementary
    St. Edmund Parish School
    Erie Elementary Charter School
    St. Ethelreda Elementary
    Fernwood Elementary
    St. Francis Borgia
    Francis Xavier Warde
    Gresham Elementary
    Griffith Middle School
       Griffith, IN
    Hanson Music Studio
       Griffin, IN
    Harris House of Music
       Chicago, IL
    Hawthorn Scholastic
       Academy
    Hazel Crest Elementary
       Hazel Crest, IL
    St. Helena of the Cross
    Henry H. Nash Elementary
    High Point Elementary
       Orland Park, IL
    Hubbard High School
    St. Ignatius College Prep
    Inter-American Magnet
       School
    James B. McPherson Elementary
    James E. McDade
       Classical School
    Jerling Junior High
    John C. Coonley Elementary
    St. John DeLaSalle
    John C. Dore Elementary
    St. John Fisher Elementary
    Jonthan Burr Elementary
    Jordan Elementary
       Community School
    Keller Magnet School
    Kipling Elementary
    Lake Shore Music School
       Chicago, IL
    Liberty School
    Lincoln Elementary School
    Lozano Elementary
    Mahalia Jackson Elementary
    Martha Ruggles Elementary
    Martin Luther King
       High School
    St. Mary of the Woods
    St. Matthias Transfiguration
    Medgar Evers Elementary
    Meridian Middle School
       Buffalo Grove, IL
    Mount Carmel Academy
    Myra Bradwell Academy
    Near North Montessori
    North Park Elementary
    North Side College Prep
    Orland Junior High
    Our Lady of Guadalupe
    Park Manor Elementary
    Payne Learning Academy
    Percy Julian High School
    Perspectives Calumet
       Charter School
    Perspectives South Loop
       Charter School
    St. Philip Neri
    Pritzker Elementary
    Prologue Alternative High
    Queen of Angels Elementary
    Ravenswood Elementary
    Richard Henry Lee Elementary
    Rufino Tamayo UNO Charter
    Smyser Elementary
    Stephen Decatur Classical
       Elementary School
    Thurgood Marshall
       Middle School
    The Ujima International
       Educational Center
    University of Chicago
       Laboratory School
    St. Viator Elementary
    Wendell E. Green Elementary
    William H. Ryder Elementary
    Winston Campus
       Palatine, IL


    *Chicago International
       Charter School (CICS)

Members of the Harris Singers @ Sulzer Library
  • Haiku Festival 2009 Events

  • 5th Annual Haiku Fest Awards Program
  • Saturday, 18 April 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
  • Sulzer Regional Library
    4455 N. Lincoln Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60625
    312-744-7616
  • Admission: FREE, open to the public
    RSVP via phone: 312-458-9898, Haiku Fest Office
    RSVP via eMail:  Info@HaikuFest.com
  • Haiku Fest will award certificates to all student poets.
  • Haiku Festival 2008 Events

  • 4th Annual Haiku Fest Awards Program
  • Saturday, 5 April 2008, 12:00 to 1:00 PM
  • Carter G. Woodson Regional Library
    9525 South Halsted
    Chicago, IL 60628
    312-747-6900
  • Admission: FREE, open to the public
    RSVP via phone: 312-458-9898, Haiku Fest Office
    RSVP via eMail:  Info@HaikuFest.com
  • Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all student poets.
    Thanks to all 900 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. Click here for information on the 2008 winners.
  • The 2008 Spring Awards Program also featured members of Liberty Temple Children’s Choir: Daniel Coleman, Chris Cook , Jessica Cross, Andre Finney, Simone Greenlee, Bianca Newell, Markiya Odom, Derious Smith, Cherrish Woodson, and… under the direction of …Elsa Harris, Pianist & Minister of Music, performing excerpts from the Kidstuff CD and Everybody, clap your hands.
  • Haiku Festival 2007 Events

  • 3rd Annual Haiku Fest Awards Program
  • Saturday, 24 March 2007, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
    4455 North Lincoln Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60625
    312-744-7616, Ext. 3
  • Admission: FREE, open to the public
  • Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all student poets.
    Thanks to all 710 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. Click here for information on the 2007 winners.
  • The 2007 Awards Program also featured the Harris Singers: Catherine Harris, Cecil Harris, Cara Harris, Camille Harris, and India Lucas performing excerpts from the Kidstuff CD.
  • Haiku Festival 2006 Events

  • 2nd Annual Haiku Fest Awards Program
  • Saturday, 25 March 2007, 1:00 to 2:00 PM
  • Chicago Cultural Center
    78 East Washington
    Chicago, IL 60602
    312-744-6630
  • Admission: FREE, open to the public
  • Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all student poets.
    Thanks to all 332 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. Click here for information on the 2006 winners.
  • The 2006 Awards Program also featured Musical Interludes by:
  • Steven Solomon, age 16, pianist
    North Side College Prep*
  • Darious Siler, age 15, pianist
    Percy Julian High School**
  • Inea Gregory, Grade 3, pianist
    Hazelcrest Elementary**
  • Jose Cisneros, Grade 8, pianist
    Griffith Middle School, IN***
  • Dacia Hobson, singer**
    Chicago, IL
  • Charles Taylor, pianist**
    Chicago, IL
  • *Student of Professor Julie Lovison
    Lakeshore Music Studio, Chicago
  • **Student of Professor Elsa Harris
    Harris School of Music, Chicago
  • ***Student of Professor Jack Windsor
    Hanson Music Studio, Griffith, IN
  • Haiku Festival 2005 Events

  • 1st Annual Haiku Fest Awards Program
  • Saturday, 12 March 2005, 1:00 to 2:00 PM
  • Carter G. Woodson Regional Library
    9525 South Halsted
    Chicago, IL 60628
    312-747-6900
  • Admission: FREE, open to the public
  • In 2005--its Inaugural year--Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all student poets. Thanks to all 79 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. Click here for information on the 2005 winners.
  • The 2005 Awards Program also featured the following artists:
  • Lucretia Jackson-Lucas, soprano
  • Arthur Griffin, piano
  • Betty Shabazz International Charter School (BSICS)
    Dance Troupe and Azania Drum Ensemble
    Niambi Ingram, Choreographer
    Ann Ward, Music Director
  • BSICS Dancers:
    Regime Billingsley, Ajandra Butler,
    Kristin Hall, Olivia Hatch,
    Turiya Ingram, Aayonealya McDaniel,
    Mariah Mullens, Mariyah Simpson,
    Dionne Smith, Kamaria Taylor,
    and Precious Wilson
  • BSICS Drummers:
    Nana Arkorful, Paa Kofi Arkorful,
    Javonn Boykin, Najee Butler,
    Jabari Butler, Khalil Muhammad,
    and Tredarin Webb
  • Haiku Fest Deadline: Saturday 13 March 2010 @ MIDNIGHT

  • Haiku Festival Awards will be issued on:
    Saturday, 24 April, 2010
    12:00 noon
    Carter G. Woodson
    Regional Library
    9525 South Halsted
    Chicago, Illinois
  • Poet Angela Jackson is our Special Guest for the 2010 Awards Program
  • FREE Admission


  • Contact Information

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