2025 FIRST PLACE WINNERS

Zoe Miranda, Age 13, Grade 8
St. Bede the Venerable School, Chicago

Dominic Torres, Age 11, Grade 6
Michael Byrne Elementary, Chicago

Zev Raspatello, Age 9, Grade 4
Lincoln Elementary River Forest, IL

Winners have been announced
for the 21st Annual
Haiku Festival’s Awards Program
Saturday, 26 April 2025
Harold Washington Library Auditorium
400 South State Street in Chicago

Congratulations to all the students who participated!

Haiku Festival’s 2025 Awards Program
video will be available online in May, 2025

View Haiku Festival’s 20th Annual Awards Program, April 27th 2024

DO YOU HAIKU?

Submit ONE original poem to Haiku Festival 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 [email protected] or call the Haiku Festival Office at 312-253-7453.