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
Please enter ONE
original 5-7-5 haiku online
by Friday, 27 March 2026 at midnight
for the 22nd Annual
Haiku Festival’s Awards Program
Saturday, 25 April 2026
Harold Washington Library Auditorium
400 South State Street in Chicago
View Haiku Festival’s 21st Annual Awards Program, April 26, 2025
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 Info@HaikuFest.com or call the Haiku Festival Office at 312-253-7453.