My 2014 Harvest

Last year yielded a good harvest. I won some awards and published some haiku, a tanka, a couple of haiga, and two poems. Thank you to all the editors, haiku contests judges, and fellow haiku poets for all of these.

Awards/Recognitions

                        International

Ø  First Place, Free Format Section in the 18^th Shiki Kukai, December 2014 (USA)

Ø  Second Place, Free Format Section in the 17^th Shiki Kukai, October 2014 (USA)

Ø  Third Place, Indian Kukai #7, September 2014 (India)

Ø  Honorable Mention, Diogen Spring 2014 Tanka Contest

Ø  Third Place, Diogen Spring 2014 Haiku Contest 

Publications in print and online books, magazines and journal

            International

Ø  “monsoon rains”, “mountain mist” in Akitsu Quarterly

Winter 2014 (USA)

Ø  “northeast monsoon” in the Asahi Shimbun, December 5, 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “All Soul’s Day” in the Mainichi Daily News, December 4, 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “full moon” in the Asahi Shimbun, November 21, 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “old carromata”, “chill wind” in Sharpening the Green Pencil The Book of the Contest 2014 (Romania)

Ø  “my wife on Skype” in Tamarind Magazine Issue #12, November 2014 (Australia)

Ø  “summer vacation” in Hedgerow: a journal of small poems Issue #7, November 7, 2014 (UK)

Ø  “monsoon evening” in Three Line Poetry Issue 29, 2014 (USA)

Ø  “quiet pond” in the Mainichi Daily News, November 7, 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “old gate”, “sudden wind” in the 6^th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection, July 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “early morning” in the Asahi Shimbun, October 17, 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “paddy field” in the Asahi Shimbun, September 19, 2014 (Japan)

Ø  “meteor shower” in the European Quarterly Kukai #8, December 2014 (Europe)

Ø  “slow sunrise” in the Indian Kukai #8 (India)

Ø  “missing moon” in the Shiki Kukai #17, October 2014 (USA)

Ø  “countdown to Christmas” in the Carribean Kigo Kukai #55, October 2014 (Trinidad and Tobago)

Ø  “spiders fight” in the European Quarterly Kukai #7, September 2014 (Europe)

Ø  “shifting clouds” in the Indian Kukai #6, July 2014 (India)

Ø  “dewdrops” in the European Quarterly Kukai #6, June 2014 (Europe)

Ø  “fruitless tree” in the Indian Kukai #5, May 2014 (India)

Ø  “summer vacation” in the European Quarterly Kukai #5, March 2014 (Europe)

Ø  “ancestral house” in the Indian Kukai #4, March 2014 (India)

Ø  “late afternoon” in Hedgerow: a journal of small poems Issue #7, November 7, 2014 (UK)

Ø  “A Photograph” in the Penwood Review Fall 2014 (USA)

Ø  “At Sunrise” in Rose Red Review Issue No. 8 Spring 2014, (USA)

Ø  “chill wind” in the 125^th World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, November 2014

Ø  “noon break” ” in the 124th World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, October 2014

Ø  “soft light” in the 123rd World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, September 2014