2nd EDITION OF SANTOKA INTERNATIONAL HAIGA CONTEST
We received 38 works from 17 countries for the haiga contest within the Santoka Festival. We singled out 6 haiga for their extravagant beauty and awarded them on this occasion.
HAIGA #2
1st PLACE
ANĐELA NIKOLIĆ, SERBIA
gledam u svemir
istočni vetar
briše granice
gazing at the galaxy
Eastern wind
sweeps the borders
2nd PLACE
DEJAN PAVLINOVIĆ, CROATIA
duboko plavo
ispuni prazninu
razorenog doma
deep blues
filling the emptiness
of a broken home
3rd PLACE
GEOFF M. POPE, USA
staza do jezera
bakin poslednji zimski
san
trail to the lake
grandmother’s last winter
dream
HIGHLY COMMENDED
ROBIN ANNA SMITH, USA
moj potencijal
kao ljudskog bića
sitniš u džepu
my potential
as a human being
pocket change
HIGHLY COMMENDED
LAVANA KRAY, ROMANIA
topla kiša
dvostruki zaklon
bez cveća
warm rain
double enclosure
and no flowers
HIGHLY COMMENDED
DEBBIE STRANGE, CANADA
kraj leta
nudimo njegovu bol
vetru
summer’s end
we offer her pain
to the wind
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.
Translation into Serbian by – Aleksandar Vasić
Translation into Japanese by – Margareta Samoran
Prepress – Marija G. Gray