Thanks to over 1,400 poets, essayists, artists; and 64 teachers from 36 schools for sharing in the 22nd Annual Haiku Festival workshops, readings, and events. Haiku Fest celebrates children through poetry and the arts, while promoting literacy.
Haiku Festival awards certificates to all participating student poets. Winning entries are listed below.
We proudly announce the following commendations for participants in grades 3 and 4:
First Prize:
orange sunset glows
in the lonely western sky
the fields are abloom
Emilia Medio, Age 10, Grade 4
St. Matthias IB World School, Chicago
2nd Prize:
roar of tracks ahead
strangers waiting for the train
going near and far
Emery Sowa, Age 8, Grade 3
Alphonsus Academy for the Arts, Chicago
3rd Prize:
frost on the window
a soft orange light burns low
coffee waits for you
Santiago Matthews, Age 8, Grade 3
Louisa May Alcott Elementary, Chicago
Poem of the School Award:
a flash of red wings
sudden against the gray clouds
ruby fire in snow
Colette Henri, Age 9, Grade 4
Christ the King Catholic School, Chicago
Poem of the School Award:
there is a green cow
dancing on the moon’s surface
yellow wolf’s jealous
Mason Benson, Age 10, Grade 4
Field-Stevenson Elementary School, Chicago
Poem of the School Award:
fierce as a bright sun
a phenomenal eclipse
rare, precious, like you
Avah Cole, Age 8, Grade 3
George Leland Elementary, Chicago
Poem of the School Award:
walking with my friend
ouch! what hit me? an apple?
I should be careful
Aiden Rubio, Age 10, Grade 4
St. Symphorosa, Chicago
Teacher of the Year Award:
Ms. Diana Zurawski
Galileo Scholastic Academy, Chicago
School of the Year Award:
Dannacks International Academy, Accra, Ghana
Justice Joseph Prah