4th EDITION OF SANTOKA INTERNATIONAL HAIGA CONTEST
It is a great honour to announce that we received 56 submissions from 22 countries for the 4th Santoka International Haiga Contest. On this occasion, we have singled out 6 haiga for their profound beauty. They received this year’s awards.
HAIGA #4
1st PLACE
CRISTINA ANGELESCU, ROMANIA
potkresano drvo
mislim o deci
koju nisam imala
pruned tree –
I’m thinking of the children
I didn’t have
2nd PLACE
ELENA ZOUAIN, FRANCE
zimska samoća
samo pesma vetra
ka neznanoj obali
winter loneliness –
only the song of the wind
to an unknown shore
3rd PLACE
DIANA TENEVA, BUGARIA
papirni ždralovi
da li će moje nade
uzleteti
folded cranes…
would my hopes
fly up
HIGHLY COMMENDED
HASSANE ZEMMOURI, ALGERIA
put ka natrag
kako da izbegnemo
naše ožiljke?
the way back –
how can we escape
our scars?
HIGHLY COMMENDED
GORAN GATALICA, CROATIA
popodnevni povetarac…
kao da se poznajemo
iz nekog prošlog života
afternoon breeze…
knowing each other
as in some past life
HIGHLY COMMENDED
JAY FRIEDENBERG, USA
kisela kiša
vreme poluraspada
radioaktivnog izotopa
acid rain
the half-life of
a radioactive isotope
We would like to thank all the authors of this year’s Santoka Contest for their participation in the hope that they will join us again next year and help us promote authentic Japanese art forms, haiku and haiga. Stay safe!
Damir Damir
Translation into Serbian by – Aleksandar Vasić
Translation into Japanese by – Višnja Smuđa
Prepress – Marija G. Gray
From quarantine, 21st March 2021.