Haiku Fest awarded certificates to all participating student poets. Thanks to over 3,000 poets, parents and teachers for making Haiku Fest successful. Winning entries are listed below.
We proudly announce the following commendations for participants in grades 3 and 4:
First Prize: $100
Gallop and canter
Quickly into the forest
Trot back to the barn
Leah Sautkas, Age 8, Grade 3
St. Symphorosa, Chicago
Second Prize: $50
I walk to find you
Brown, green trees, blue waterfalls
We go together
Samantha Duran, Age 10, Grade 4
Sacred Heart School – 96th, Chicago
Third Prize: $20
White and beautiful
Its pretty when I form shapes
Floating in the sky
Isabella Escot, Age 10, Grade 4
St. Symphorosa, Chicago
Poem of the School Award
In the morning light
I go outside with my dad,
playing with my bike.
Jamilette Munoz, Age 8, Grade 3
Avondale-Logandale Elementary, Chicago
Poem of the School Award
In winter it’s cold
Cold snow falls from high to low
And the birds migrate
Jose Jimenez, Age 8, Grade 3
Michael Byrne Elementary, Chicago
Poem of the School Award
Creamy, gooey, yum
Cupcakes out of the oven
Edible heaven
Megan Kathleen O’Sullivan, Age 10, Grade 4
High Point Elementary, Orland Park
Poem of the School Award
Red and black spotted
Colorful polka dotted
Ladybugs got it!
Amari Perkins, Age 8, Grade 3
St. Angela, Chicago
Poem of the School Award
Cold snowy snowflakes
A drink of hot chocolate
Glistening snowmen
Claire Blackmond, Age 10, Grade 4
St. Viator, Chicago
Honorable Mention
Winter is so cold
But the snow is lot of fun
Falling on your tongue
Giancarlo Herrera, Age 9, Grade 3
Avondale-Logandale Elementary, Chicago
Honorable Mention
Both mushy and sweet
Roasting sticky, golden brown
A camper’s delight.
Malcolm Wilson-Ahlstrom, Age 9, Grade 3
Home School, Chicago
Teacher of the Year:
Ms. Joann Serafin
St. Daniel the Prophet, Chicago
Honorable Mention for Teacher of the Year:
Ms. Joan Baley
St. Christina, Chicago
Ms. Kathleen Gienko
St. Bartholomew, Chicago
School of the Year:
Josephine Locke Elementary, Chicago
Ms. Mindy Gonzalez, Ms. Hernandez,
Ms. M. Selim, Mr. Edgar Valentin
Honorable Mention for School of the Year:
St. Daniel the Prophet, Chicago
Ms. Joann Serafin
St. Christina, Chicago
Ms. Joan Baley
St. Symphorosa, Chicago
Ms. Eileen Akroush, Ms. Linda Jania, Ms. Nancy Webb